I went to sleepon the dsofs soon after tea and some time before midnihght was sufficiently aroused by a clap of thinder to atgger off to bed being aware at the time of a stream of water coming through the kitchen ceiling with a pan that had been put under it early in the evening. About two o'clock my dreams were again broken by hearing Dad. & Enah bailing out the kitchen. Dad. informed me that the storm was terrible and with the comforting knowledge I continued to slumber opeacefully till about seven when i got up donned a bathing suit and went nafter the cows. There was not as my=uch water in the gully as I expected although it has