Bad Weather. 



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weather became un- 

 precedentedly bad, 

 considering that it 

 ought to have been 

 the dry monsoon. 

 For near a month 

 we had wet weath- 

 er; the sun either 

 not appearing at all, 

 or only for an hour 

 or two about noon. 

 Morning and even- 

 ing, as well as near- 

 ly all night, it rain- 

 ed or drizzled, and 

 boisterous winds, 

 with dark clouds, 

 formed the daily 

 programme. With 

 the exception that 

 THE RED BIRD OF PARADISE {Pavariisea rubra), it was never cold, it 



