80 CLIMATE. 



ture. The only drawback to exercise is the sHppery nature 

 of the soil, which renders the roads unsafe for a short time 

 after the showers have fallen ; the rapidity with which they 

 dry, however, is extraordinary, and it is rare for an invalid 

 to have his exercise interrupted for more than a day or two 

 at a time. 



Mean pressure in June, . . 23'015 Mean of photometer, 64!*04=11°"52 



Mean temperature, 60°*18 Mean fall of rain, .. 6*50 inches. 



Mean do. of the day, .... GS^'SB Mean dryness of the air, 57"8 



Mean daily range, 15°'59 Mean quantity of moist.l67"23 



The monsoon continues with greater or less constancy 

 throughout July and August ; but fortunately for those who 

 suffer from the damp, or the occasional deprivation of exer- 

 cise, the weather, at this period, is comparatively dry and 

 fine at both Coonoor and Kotergherry : the brightness of the 

 weather at these places, being only occasionally interrupted 

 by a passing shower. In fact the monsoon appears to expend 

 its violence on the Koondahs, and the other hills bordering 

 the table-land on the west, where it rains pretty constantly, 

 attended with violent gusts of wind, the rain becoming less 

 and less heavy as you approach the central range ; on passing 

 which you are suddenly transported into another clime, with 

 bright clear sunshine, and a soft mild temperature. And it 

 must be held one of the great advantages of our position 

 that you can thus, by shifting your quarters only 16 miles, 

 almost entirely beguile the only unpleasant weather an 

 invalid has to dread. 



Mean pressure in July, 22*944 Mean of photometer, . . SS'ST^lO^'Vl 

 Mean temperature, . , 58° '77 Mean fall of rain, .... 4'27 inches. 

 Mean do. of the day,. , 58° '2 Mean dryness of the air, 49*7 

 Mean daily range, .... 10° '29 Mean quantity of moist. 150*3 



