THE BAHAMA ISLANDS Xlll 



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EXTREMES OF TEMPERATURE AT CAT CAY 115 



COMPARATIVE TEMPERATURE DATA 115 



RELATIVE HUMIDITY 116 



CLOUDS AND SUNSHINE 117 



RAINFALL 117 



WIND DIRECTION 118 



WIND VELOCITY 119 



THUNDERSTORMS 120 



HURRICANES 120 



FREQUENCY OF HURRICANES 121 



LAW OF HURRICANES 123 



Theoretical importance of the law of recurving 123 



The law of general routes or geographical zones pursued by Hur- 

 ricanes 125 



Law of the relative velocity of translation 125 



EXPLORATION OF THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE AT NASSAU, NEW 



PROVIDENCE, BY MEANS OF KITES. BY OLIVER L. FASSIG, PH. D. 129 



INTRODUCTION 129 



DESCRIPTION OF FLIGHTS , 130 



TEMPERATURE RESULTS 136 



DECREASE IN PRESSURE 138 



RELATIVE HUMIDITY 138 



TABULATION OF OBSERVATIONS 139 



SOILS OF THE BAHAMA ISLANDS. BY CHARLES N. MOONEY, S. B 147 



INTRODUCTION 147 



AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT 147 



CLIMATE 151 



GEOLOGY 152 



SOIL TYPES 153 



CORAL SAND 155 



BAHAMA BLACK LOAM : 157 



BAHAMA STONY LOAM 161 



BAHAMA RED LOAM 163 



BAHAMA MARL 167 



BRACKISH SWAMPS 169 



BAHAMA WHITE MARL 171 



METHODS OF CULTIVATION AND CROPPING.. 172 



