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trinsically lack by the use of capitals.* One 

 would scarcely go so far as to say that during 

 the Rainy Season it invariably rains, but 

 usually it does. This ' weather ' descends 

 in the form of thunderstorms in July or 

 August, and, in all probability, a rain during 

 the September equinox. Occasionally such 

 showers are sufficiently heavy to do more 

 harm than good in a section of which the 

 inhabitants are rarely prepared for wet 

 weather, their vaunted Rainy Season to the 

 contrary notwithstanding. The water races 

 down from the mountains, cutting channels 

 for itself both deep and broad, sweeping 

 everything before it, Mexican mud -daubers' 

 nests included. The inadequate haystack of 

 the country suffers, and the wail of the un- 

 ready goes up to an indifferent heaven, once 

 more blue and smiling. 



If it were possible for me to describe the 



* RAINFALL (ALTITUDE 3,800 FEET). 



1892 - - 6-47 inches. 



1893 - io-gi 



1894 4-47 



1895 9-46 



1896 - 7-99 



8-2 



