There is very little rain near Ava; though the country is a good deal flooded, where it is flat, from the rivers being swollen by the rains in the hills.

We had lovely weather, all the time." "I should like to see a little lovely weather here.

The last week has been almost worse than the rain--the steamy heat is like being in a vapour bath.

If it were not that I am on duty, I should like to strip, and go out and enjoy a shower bath for half an hour." Stanley laughed.
"It really would be pleasant," he said.

"I don't think that I gained much by hurrying back, for the gallop has thrown me into such a perspiration that I might almost as well be drenched by the rain, except that my clothes won't suffer so much." "Ah, it is all very well for you," the other grumbled.