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AUTUMN AND WINTER 



Winter begins. The days are at their shortest. It is a curious 

 astronomical accident that the evenings lengthen but not the morn- 

 ings. The sun, which rises at 8.6 on December 21, rises little later 

 on January 6th. 



Average temperature, . . . 40. 



Average rainfall, .... I'// inches. 

 On December 1st, sun rises 7.45 a.m. and sets 3.53 p.m. 



