PART VII. 



METEOROLOGY. 



This subject is important and interesting to the Tourist, 

 as much of his enjoyment depends on the changes of the 

 weather to which he is liable. 



Few, if any, visit this part of the kingdom, without a pre- 

 conceived apprehension that because in mountainous dis- 

 tricts the weather is changeable and often wet, they must 

 expect to meet with frequent and serious hindrances to 

 their progress. It is true, that in July the weather is 

 generally more unsettled with us than in any other month : 

 but even then, as at other times, the experience of tourists 

 will prove that there is very rarely a whole day, or, at any 

 rate, there are still seldomer two or three successive days, in 

 which their progress need be suspended. The very intervals 

 between showers are often peculiarly enjoyable, from the 

 purity of the air ; and the lights and shades on the moun- 

 tains are in such intervals often truly captivating, and serve 

 in great measure to lessen the disappointment of being 



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