KOSQUITO SHORE. 151
 Sunday 13.-The- weather contiimed
entirely against our putting to sea. -Du-
ring the whole of the, night it literally
rained torrents. The heaviest rains in
Europe might be considered April shew-
era compared to the sheets of water which
fell here.. My roof though of thatch,
resisted the storm surprisingly; but I was
not quite so fortunate in other respects,
two sides of my dwelling being entirely
open, and one of them on the quarter
ivhence the storm caine, it, meeting there
no opposition, deluged me completely.
To add to the unpleasantness of the
whole, vii id lightning, accompanied by
the mos awful thunder, continued in-
cessantly until day-break. About three
the sky became clear, and assumed amild-
-er appearance, the wind being likewise
fair, we took our departure from Crata.
The natives, on my partiig with them,
gave me every j eailranee of their wishes
that my voyage might he prosperous and