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different parU of the country. <>n this si. ;. Squier, 



ed - AtTairc*of the United si. 



and author of a work which t<> this day stands the best nut. 

 on natural conditions of Honduras, wrote : "The whole o: 

 tral America comes within th. /one of the n< 



which iweeptaf aCHMi the Atlantic reach th continent almost 

 saturated with vapor. The portion ol of whicl. 



are deprived 1>\ th. :. islands is prolal>h nearly, if not 



quite, made up in their pa-ssa.L'e over the sea of the same name. 

 These winds are intercepted 1>\ the hiiih inouniai! 

 continent, and the vapor precipitated from them flow! down to 

 the Atlantic through a multitude of streams and r ran A 

 he says: "For about four month* <f the \ear. lr " m ^ 

 October, the trade- hein.ir intermittent, the Pacific .: 

 subject to winds from the west and the southwest which ] i 

 tate their waters a trainst the western slopes of the mountain - 

 constitute the rainy season. AJ these Pacific wind* are seldom 

 more than ezai: i breezes, and are rarely of more than a 



few hours' continuance, the rain* which follow then: 

 occurring generally in the afternoon and night. It 

 witness an entile day of rain, although tl nally 



meteoric "iis wliich produce what the S call 



rales, or rain of se\ continua 1 



'rdsof the rainfall \\ that the average 



annual amount is ahout f<.i i\ -ci-lit im -h -. or the same as that 



itral KennicUy and of I-v . little less tluin that 



\vOrleaDs llunt-vi! 



ington. Ark, 1 Tonson, Ind 



v, Cal. and in | place- in the I'liitid States. In 



Hietfavorf ::iL-e annual rainfall 



is about the same as in Honduras \\ hil.- I ; ,I L , ihi-un- 



a ve lets. 

 hi the region when the I'< rry grant is situated the rainfall is 



i over a large part of tin 

 ber showers frequently fall, usually passing <{ui< ) 



