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woollen coats and trousers of th^ same thickness in suminer 

 and winter. The persons who visit San Francisc6 during the 

 summer, from the interior of the state, where the climate from 

 May to October is much warmer, and where summer clothes 

 are worn, are much bothered at having to bring their winter 

 clothes with them. The editor of a Stockton paper, disgusted 

 with the climate of the metropolis in July, expressed himself 

 somewhat after this manner : " You go out in the morning 

 shivering, notwithstanding the fact that you are dressed in 

 heavy woollen clothing and under-clothing, and have a thick 

 overcoat buttoned up to your throat. At 8.30 you unbutton 

 two of the upper buttons; at 9 you unbutton the coat all the 

 way down; at 9.30 you take it off; at 10 you take off your 

 woollen coat, and put on a summer coat; at 11 you take off all 

 your woollen and put on light summer clothing : at 4 it begins 

 to grow cool, and you to put on your woollen again ; and by 

 7 o'clock your overcoat is buttoned to the chin, and you shiver 

 until bedtime." 



The coolness of the summer is caused by the winds and 

 fogs which blow in from the ocean, whose temperature at the 

 Farallones never varies more than a degree or two from 42°. 

 A strong wind blows along the coast from the north and north- 

 west during almost the whole year ; and it blows strongly upon 

 the land for several hours after eleven o'clock in the morning 

 and after five in the evening, and not unfrequently it continues 

 the whole twenty-four hours. The common prevalence of this 

 wind during the afternoon renders the mornings the pleasant- 

 est part of the summer weather in San Francisco ; and tlie more 

 delicate and fashionable ladies habitually make their calls and 

 allow their children to go into the street only before mid-day. In 

 June, July, and August, heavy, wet, cold mists come up from 

 the sea at six in the evening, and continue until eight or nine 

 in the morning. In the winter, fogs are rarer, and do not 

 commence so early in the evenings, and the winds arc not so 

 strong ; so that, in these respects, the whiter is the plcasanter 

 season of the year. 



