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The greatest desideratum in the location of a sanitarium should be a 

 freedom from sudden changes, from extremes of temperature, from chil- 

 ling winds, from disagreeable fogs, and from a humid atmosphere — all of 

 •which requisites are possessed by this place. During the middle of the 

 day, when the sun's rays are the fiercest, the air is tempered by the sea 

 breeze, which falls towards sunset, thus equalizing the temperature, as 

 will be seen from the fact that in the yearly mean for eighteen hundred 

 and seventy-three, there is but eight degrees difference in the tempera- 

 ture between the morning, noon, and night observations, while the 

 changes, for either of the three observations, between any two consecu- 

 tive days, is generally not more than one or two degrees, and seldom, if 

 ever, more than six or eight. 



During the past four years much has been said and written by those 

 competent to form a correct opinion in reference to this place in a sani- 

 tary point, and the universal verdict is, that it has no superior. The 

 late Professor Agassiz, whose scientific attainments command the admi- 

 ration of the world, after spending some time here, paid this tribute to 

 the location, at a public meeting: 



"There is one advantage that I have failed to hear the distinguished 

 speaker who has preceded me allude to. I, as a scientific man, may lay 

 more stress on it than necessary, but I hardly think it possible. It is 

 the question of latitude that I refer to. You are here on the thirty- 

 second parallel of latitude, beyond the reach of the severe Winters of 

 the higher latitudes. This is your capital, and it is worth millions to 

 you." 



In the Overland Monthly, in eighteen hundred and seventy, the Rev. 

 Mr. Cronell thus speaks of the climate: " The atmosphere is dry, clear, 

 and invigorating. No dense fogs, as at San Francisco, obscure the 

 Italian transparency. Already San Diego is being sought solely to gain 

 relief from present ills, and secure an extra lease of life. Undoubt- 

 edly it will become historic as the place of all others on this coast, 

 which, with healing in its wings, bears up worn-out human nature, 

 bringing to the invalid's cheek a flush of hope as it greets him with its 

 bright, sunny smile." 



The total deaths in the county for eleven months ending December 

 first, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, was only forty-two, being an 

 annual rate of 4.59 deaths per one thousand on the entire population of 

 the county. When this is compared with New York, with 32. G4 deaths 

 per one thousand; Boston, 30.53; Philadelphia, 26.28; St. Louis, 23.02; 

 Chicago, 27. GO; San Francisco, 17.50, as reported by them in eighteen 

 hundred and seventy-two, it justifies the assertion of the healthfulness 

 of this climate. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



The facilities for travel from here are good. There are two lines of 

 steamers between here and San Francisco, with a steamer by each line 

 once in six days. By the Panama line of the Pacific Mail Steamship 

 Companj- there is also a steamer each way every fourteen days. Stages 

 leave daily via Los Angeles, making time to San Francisco in sixty 

 hours. For Julian, and also for Arizona, stages leave three times a week. 

 On the latter line time has been reduced to five days to Tucson and 

 eight to Mesilla. Stages for San Bernardino once a week. 



The mails are carried on all the stage lines. In no one thing, perhaps, 

 is the progress of the place more apparent than in the Post Office statis- 

 tics. This office was established in eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, as 



