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Climate. 



The climate of the country, as has been already stated, is 

 varied, but in no part can it be called unhealthy, as is under- 

 stood of western and central Africa. In the interior, where I 

 was resident for seven years, a register was taken for several 

 years in succession, and from notes of these registers, in my 

 possession, the following is obtained : — January, the highest 

 temperature registered in the shade at midday was 84° Fahr., 

 and the lowest taken at 6 in the morning was 62° Fahr.; Feb- 

 ruary the 5th, it stood at 80° Fahr. at 12 o'clock, and at 6 in 

 the morning of the 3d, it was registering 64° Fahr. ; on three 

 days in March, 25th, 12th, and 16th, it stood at 80° Fahr., 

 and on the morning of the 14th and 23d, shews 60° Fahr. 

 In April we have 80° at midday, and 59° in the morning. 

 In May we had 79^° and o^"" Fahr.; in June, 74° and 54°; 

 in July, 72° and 44°; in August, 70° and 51° ; in September, 

 68° and 52° ; in November, it had risen again to 81° and 60° ; 

 and in December, to 84° ; thus, our highest temperature in 

 the shade was during the months of December and January, 

 and our lowest in July and August, and the total variation 

 only 14° in these months. To the east, and especially to the 

 west coast, it is very much hotter, but I am not aware of any 

 register having been taken of the temperature. 



Land. 



The riches and wealth of this country, the soil, and the 

 minerals, have never been understood by Europeans, and 

 hence up to this time it lies in all its primeval richness, 

 offering a grand opportunity for commercial enterprise. 



