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to the countries of the interior. On the sea-shore 

 the maximum of heat is from 86° to 88°, very seldom 

 rising higher. In the interior, at Mayolo, the maxi- 

 mum, I remember, was 98° ; no sea-breeze was feh- 

 there.* 



In iJie interior, the maximum of heat in February, 

 March and April was at about three o'clock p.m., the 

 minimum between four and half-past five a.m. ; but 

 after midnight, the thermometer fell very little. 



The coldest days experienced on the sea-shore, 

 as observed by others, have been 64° and 65° ; I 

 myself never saw it lower than 68°. During the 

 dry season in tiuly and August the maximum is gene- 

 rally between 75° and 80°. I must here say that 

 near the shore I took but very little notice of my 

 observations, besides noting them down ; but in the 

 interior it was different. While in the Ashango 

 country, the temperature for a few days never rose 



* The following is a copy of a portion of my register of temperature at 

 Mayolo, which M'as preserved in my Journal. The degrees arc of the 

 centiiirade scale. 



