They suddenly rose to such an unusual height, as to comfort the discontented party with the pleasing expectation of a deluge; till the peaceful river again subsided to the well-known and fertilizing level of sixteen cubits, or about thirty English feet.

[52] [Footnote 43: We may choose between the date of Marcellinus (A.D.

389) or that of Prosper, ( A.D.

391.) Tillemont (Hist.

des Emp.tom.v.