FOU NINE MONTHS OF THE VEARS 1850-51. 



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Obs. — After the excessive heat of the 4th the temperature suddenly 

 sunk 19°, and continued uncommonly low up to yesterday. The sky 

 was overcast during the entire period, and a considerable fall of rain 

 took place. During this time the peasants have had abundant occupa- 

 tion in hoeing and weeding the cotton and rice crops, which liave grown 

 with a rapidity totally incomprehensible to agriculturists in a more tem- 

 perate climate. The average height of the thermometer during the 

 week has been 75-7° to 77*7° in 1850. 



Week ending 17th July, 1851. 



Obs. — The weather of the past week has been hot, dry, and scorching. 

 The average temperature has been 88-5°, or 5-9° over the average ol 

 the corresponding week last year. The ground has become cracked and 

 parched, and the crops have required irrigation. Tlie fields have pre- 

 sented quite a lively appearance in the morning and evening, contrasted 

 with the perfect silence of noon-day, when no living creature ventures 

 forth. 



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