32 TEMPERATURE OF FOO-CHEW-EOO, ETC. 



and that after crossing these mountains, when they 

 arrived at Kiu-cheu-fu, in Che-kiang, on the 5th 

 March, they observed that the adjacent hills were 

 all covered with snow.* 



A register of the temperature kept at Fogan, N. 

 lat. 27° 4' 48" in the eastern part of the province, 

 furnishes a mean temperature so high as 70°. It 

 is remarked, however, that when the thermometer 

 in the open vestibule of the house fell to 37°, it 

 froze in the fields. The following is the mean for 



Another, in a part of the province more N. W. : 

 Jan. - 52 Feb. - 50 March - 53 April - 54 



At Foo chew-foo, lat. 26° 2', the extremes of tem- 

 perature extracted from Mr. Lay's journal exhibit 

 96 for the month of August, and 44 for the month 

 of January ; thus giving a mean of 70°f . But 

 during the Rev. George Smith's visit to this port, 

 ice was gathered for a few days. J 



At Amoy, lat. 24° 27' 36", which is a tea dis- 

 trict, producing teas suitable to the foreign markets, 

 and some of very delicate flavour, the temperature 

 seems hardly to vary from that of Canton. From 



* Ogilby's China, p. 277. 



| Fortune's Wanderings in China, p. 382. 



| Exploratory Visits in China, p. 328. 



