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thermometer from May 18 to June 3 was from 51° to 66°, and that of the barometer 29° 45' to 

 30° 05'. 



The changes of temperature and humidity are siidden and extreme, and therefore render the 

 inhabitants liable to inflammatory diseases, but probably not more so than in the northern 

 cities with us. 



There are apparently no sources of miasma, as the town is situated at the base and on the 

 side of a considerable mountain ; while such is the careful cultivation and draining of the 

 Japanese farmers, there probably can be no causes of ill health from the low sandy isthmus and 

 the level plains which connect the peninsula, upon which Hakodadi is situated, with the distant 

 range of mountains. It may, then, be reasonably inferred, that both Hakodadi and Simoda are 



Sub-prefect of Hakodadi with AUcndauts. 



free from malignant endemic diseases, and may be resorted to with advantage by our ships of 

 war on the China station, particularly at that period of the year — the latter part of summer and 

 autumn — when dysentery and fevers are usually prevalent there. This opinion has, however, 



