onemyself

Updated: May 2, 2025

I have reason to remember these storms, for I was once caught in onemyself, while crossing the river in an undecked boat about a day's journey from Santarem. They are accompanied with terrific electric explosions, the sharp claps of thunder falling almost simultaneously with the blinding flashes of lightning.

Henry Walter Bates - The Naturalist on the River Amazons