IirXTKHI.AXn NOTES 457 



Mv ineteoroloii'ical records, carefully maiiituined at the 

 Mission for over two years, give the following results, which 

 may, with advantage, he noted hv anyone inten(linf»' to settle 

 in the district for any length of time to study wild life. 

 r.)14 Total rainfall, 20 inches, 2.5 parts 

 191.) " 60 " 62 " 



In the former year rain fell upon 101 days, and in the 

 latter year, upon 17(5 days. 



Temperature hetween 6 and 7 A. iNI. varied from 68 

 to 7.J degrees Fahr., during 11)1 4, the lowest heing recorded 

 during the period January-^SIarch. 



Temperature hetween 6 and 7 A. M. varied from 69 

 to 7.5 degrees Fahr., during 191.3, the lowest heing reached 

 in Fehruarv only. 



]\Iinimum temperature, taken with instrument supplied 

 hy Government, was 62 degrees Fahr. in January, and 58 

 degrees Fahr. in Decemher, 191.5, only. I found traveling 

 during the latter part of 191.5, required taking a ihick hlank- 

 et. The cold, in the early hours of the morning, frequently 

 awoke me. 



The maximum shade temperature, hetween the hours 

 of 1 and 2 P. M., was 94 degrees Fahr.. in 1914. (October.) 



The maximum during the same hours, was 103 Fahr., in 

 191o. (August.) 



True maximum, shade, day-time, reached 10.5 Fahr., in 

 August, 1915, upon one occasion only. 



I found, by experience, that true maximum for any day 

 was, usually, recorded after 2 P. ]M. 



The coolest months of the year were shown to be De- 

 cember, January, Februai-y, and the early part of March. 

 There were some close days, during the December and Janu- 

 ary rains, which caused little, or no flooding, and no incon- 

 venience to traveling by land. After the heavy rains of 

 Mav-Jidv, the days are close and clammy, until the strong 

 winds set in, from about the middle of October. Strong- 

 winds occur before, intermittently. 



