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Man, on the contrary, is a migratory animal, and can and 

 does adapt himself to latitudes and climates of great differ- 

 ences. He l>ecomes acclimated, but in the acclimatization he 

 is " climatized," and his physical habits and actions become 

 very much like those of a native. Those habits and charac- 

 teristics are very different in difi'erent places and climates; 

 but almost without exception, where the weather changes are 

 few and moderate, there you will find the inhabitants natu- 

 rally indolent, and devoid of that high degree of intelligence 

 possessed by the people living under more changeable con- 

 ditions. We may go to the hot and dry interiors of equa- 

 torial climes, to the wet and mpre temperate coast districts 

 and sea-islands, or to the other extreme, the lands of ice 

 and snow, and we find people very different in every respect 

 from those dwelling in that part of the temperate zones 

 where weather changes follow each other with marked fre- 

 quency. The character of man seems in some indefinable 

 way to be benefited and strengthened, and his whole being 

 built up and vitalized, by frequent weather changes. Where 

 do we find the live, able and energetic man, — the man 

 whose every faculty is developed to the full extent, who is 

 broad and clear-minded, open and honest-hearted, but in the 

 pails of the temperate zones where weather changes are 

 most frequent? Where do we find those characteristics of 

 man more marked than in old New England, where the 

 beauties and grandeur of nature are best exemplified, where 

 the changes in weather, more frequent and variable than in 

 any other section of the earth almost, serve to keep one con- 

 stantly on the alert, as it were? It is here that pluck, per- 

 severance, activity and honesty have been the inheritance 

 since the days of our forefathers. 



The lecture was illustrated by the stereopticon. Views of 

 some of the stations of the Weather Bureau were shown, 

 together with the principal instruments used at weather 

 bureau offices. Weather maps, showing characteristic 

 weather conditions, such as circulation of the wind, the 

 influence of wind on the temperature, the area of rainfall, 

 were illustrated, and the different classes of cyclones were 

 described in detail. Photographs of lightning flashes, dif- 



