En outre de quantité d’eau tombée<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> il faut encore <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />mesurer sa célérité. À <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0007693 https://www.geonames.org/3644768">Cumaná</placeName><supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> j’ai vu tomber <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />en 10′ de tems <measure xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" quantity="4.5" unit="ligne">4,5 lignes</measure><supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> donc en 1′ <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <sic>tombent</sic> <corr cert="high">tombe</corr> </choice> 0,45<choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <sic>.</sic> <corr type="deleted" /> </choice><supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />à <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0009839 https://www.geonames.org/3628488"> <choice> <abbr>S.</abbr> <expan>San</expan> </choice> Charles de la Rivière noire</placeName> en 1′ jusqu’à <measure xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" quantity="0.92" unit="ligne">0,92 <choice> <abbr>li</abbr> <expan>lignes</expan> </choice></measure><supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />mais il ne pleut que 15–20′ avec cette rapi<g xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="#typoHyphen" /><lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" break="no" />dité. Quelquefois<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> principalement la nuit<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> il tom<lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" break="no" />be à <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0007693 https://www.geonames.org/3644768">Cumaná</placeName> une pluye très fine<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> le 30 <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>Oct</abbr> <expan>Octobre</expan> </choice> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />en 1<hi xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#sup"> <choice> <abbr>h</abbr> <expan>heure</expan> </choice> </hi>40′ tombèrent <measure xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" quantity="0.9" unit="ligne">0,9 <choice> <abbr>li</abbr> <expan>lignes</expan> </choice> </measure> ou <measure xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" quantity="0.009" unit="ligne">0,009 <choice> <abbr>li</abbr> <expan>lignes</expan> </choice> </measure> en 1′.