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A. L. V. Manniche. 



years having resembled each other as near as possible judging from 

 all appearances. 



As an example of the temperature and downpour of the country 

 in the different months of the year, the following tables may be stated Ч 



Average temperature 



January . . 

 February . 

 March . . . , 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August . . . . 

 September. 

 October . . . 

 November , 

 December . 



The winter 1906-07 

 November— January -j- 22*9 

 February — April ... -~ 22*8 



1906 



1907 



3-3 

 14-0 

 21-2 

 24-5 



Ч-28-0 

 -v-25-9 

 -Ь234 

 19-0 

 7-9 

 1-4 

 3-6 

 2-6 

 4-0 

 14-3 

 Ч-19-6 

 17-1 



1908 



+ 



20-7 



28-8 



-ь20-9 



19-2 



6-1 



+ 1-3 



1907—08 

 November — January -j- 19'1 

 F"ebruary— April ... ~ 23'0 



Downpour 



1907—08 



August . . . 

 September 

 October. . . 

 November. 

 December . 

 January . . 

 February . 

 March .... 



April 



May . . . . 



June 



July 



The first month of the year belongs completely to the cold, the 

 darkness and the waste of winter. Violent and sometimes continu- 

 ous snowstorms are followed by clear, calm air with very low tem- 

 perature — until about -^ 40°. The birds — with the exception 

 perhaps of a single snowy owl — have left these inclement regions 

 long ago, while the mammals which are bound to the soil, lead a 

 more or less miserable existence. 



* Tlie designations of temperature are all according to Celsius. 



