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often driven from their anchorage and stranded on the 

 beach. 



July resembles, to a great extent, the month wnich 



Wind S.W. precedes it, except that, in all parti- 



Temperature, 24 hours: culars, the season is more moderate, 



Mean greatest . 84'8 , ,, , 



Mean least . . 74-9 showers are less frequent, there is 



Rain (inches) . . 34 legg ^^ &nd legg absolute 



August. In August the weather is charming, notwith- 

 s.w. standing a slight increase of sensible 



Temperature, 24 hours: heat, owing to diminished evapora- 



Mean greatest . 84 9 . . 



Mean least . . 747 tion; and the sun being now on its 

 Rain (inches) .. 28 return to the equator, its power is felt 

 in greater force on full exposure to its influence. 



September. The same atmospheric condition con- 

 wind s.w. tinues throughout September, but to- 



Temperature, 24 hours: wards its close tllC SCa-brCCZC becomes 

 Mean greatest . 84'9 , , , , , 



Mean least . . 74-8 unsteady and clouds begin to col- 

 Rain (inches) . . 5-2 lectj symptomatic of the approaching 

 change to the north-east monsoon. The nights are 

 always clear and delightfully cool. Eain is sometimes 

 abundant. 



October is more unsettled, the wind veering towards 

 wind s.w. and N.E. tne north, with pretty frequent rain ; 



Temperature, 24 hours: an( J as the SIU1 is UOW far tO 



Mean greatest . 85'1 , , , 



Mean least . . 73-3 the southward, the neat continues to 



Rain (inches) . . 11-2 Decline. 



November sees the close of the south-west monsoon, 

 Wind N E and the arrival of the north-eastern. 



Temperature, 24 hours: I n the early part of the month the 



Mean greatest . 86'3 . , . . A , . - 



Mean least . . 71 -5 wind visits nearly every point 01 the 

 Rain (inches) . . 10-7 com p ass? but shows a marked predi- 

 lection for the north, generally veering from N.E. at 

 night and early morning, to N.W. at noon ; calms are 

 frequent and precede gentle showers, and clouds form 

 round the lower range of hills. By degrees as the sun 

 advances in its southern declination, and warms the 

 lower half of the great African continent, the current 

 of heated air ascending from the equatorial belt leaves 



