328 TEMPERATUEE. 



the heat^ althoug'h occasionally very oppressive for 

 a time^ caused very different sensations from those 

 experienced during- the almost stifling* calms of Port 

 Essing'ton. At Cape York^ however^ calms seldom 

 lasted above a few hours^ as from its peninsular posi- 

 tion the land receives the full influence of nearly 

 every breeze. An abstract of the thennometrical 

 observations made on board the Rattlesnake shews 

 the following' results : — 



Oct. 1848. aver. 81" aver. max. 85o aver. min. 77o 5 

 „ 1849. „ 81« „ 830 8 „ 7S^ 7 



Nov. 1849. „ 8] 09 „ 8408 „ 79« 



During- the above period^ the highest and lowest 

 temperatures recorded by the self-registering* maxi- 

 mum and minimum thermometer are^ for October 

 1848, 88° and ?3°^ for October 1849, 83^ 8 and 

 ITy and for November 1849, 88° and 76°. 



