EAST TEXAS. 



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Palestine, Anderson County (Elevation 510 Feet). 



Following is the record of temperature at Longview (twenty-eight 

 years)., Xacogdoches (ten years), and Palestine (twenty-nine years). 

 It will be noticed that the temperature is practically the same at each 

 of these stations, and that the absence of extremes is a marked feature. 

 At few places in the United States can there be found a greater uni- 

 formity of climate most desired by the various conditions of mankind. 



MEAN TEMPERATURES. 



