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along the verge of heaven, till at length they
burst over head in tremendous explosions
The sturdy oak IS shattered and dispoiled OF
its foliage; rocks aregent into shivers and the
grazing herds are struck into a hfeless group.
Even man IS not exempted from danger In tie
midst of this appalling scene. For hundreds
in every age have fallen victims either to Tie
direct stroke of the lightning, or to the concuS-
sions and conhagratlons with which 1t has
been attended. In tropical countries, the phe,
nomena Of thunder storms are more dreadful
and appalling, than in our temperate climate;
The thunder frequently continues Tor days and
weeks in almost one incessant roar the rams
are poured down in torrents and the ilashes
of lightning follow each other In so rapid sue
cession, that the whole atmosphere and the
surrounding hills seem to be in blaze. In
some instances, the most dreadful effects have
been produced by the bursting of an elec'rl-
cal cloud. In l772, a bright cloud was obser-
we'd at midnight to cover a mountain IN the IS
land of Java it emitted globes Of fire SO lu-
mnous, that the night became as clear as day.


Its effects were astonishing. Every thing was


destroyed for leagues round, houses were


demolished plantations buried in The earth ;S'


214O people lost their lives, besides l5OO head


of cattle, and vast number of horses and 9th


er animals"