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Title: The Rain Cloud
or, An Account of the Nature, Properties, Dangers and Uses of Rain

Author: Anonymous

Release Date: December 18, 2009 [eBook #30706]

Language: English

Character set encoding: ISO-646-US (US-ASCII)

***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE RAIN CLOUD***

Transcribed from the 1846 Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org

THE
RAIN CLOUD:

OR,
An Account
OF
THE NATURE, PROPERTIES, DANGERS,
AND USES OF RAIN,

IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE WORLD.

* * * * *

PUBLISHED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF
THE COMMITTEE OF GENERAL LITERATURE AND EDUCATION
APPOINTED BY THE SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING
CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE.

* * * * *

LONDON:
Printed for the
SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE.
SOLD AT THE DEPOSITORY,
GREAT QUEEN STREET, LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS,
AND 4, ROYAL EXCHANGE.

1846.

LONDON:
R. CLAY, PRINTER, BREAD STREET HILL.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.
p. 10.
RAINS PECULIAR TO EACH SEASON--SPRING SHOWERS--MIDSUMMER RAINS--RAINS
OF AUTUMN AND WINTER--MEANS OF SUPPLYING THE EARTH WITH RAIN--RAIN
CLOUDS--DECEPTIVE APPEARANCES OF CLOUDS--THEIR LIGHT AND
SHADE--EFFECTS OF CLOUDS IN MOUNTAINOUS COUNTRIES--ASCENT OF MONTE
PIENTIO--ASCENT TO THE PEAK OF TENERIFFE--GRAND EFFECTS OF CLOUDS IN
THE PYRENEES--VOYAGE IN A BALLOON THROUGH THE CLOUDS.
CHAPTER II.