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coutinues till midnight. In the early part of the season it is apt to set 
in earlier and continue later. There were 8 windy evenings in May, 
11 in June, 11 in July, 5 in August and none in September. 
The idea of mist and vapor is commonly associated with these winds ; 
but the sky is clear, or partially so, more than half the time. e 
were 6 cloudy mornings in May, 11 in June, 16 in July, 21 in August, 
and 22 in September. About 9 or 10 o’clock, the clouds mostly broke 
away rapidly, a light breeze springing up at the same time. Several 
hours of very pleasant weather occurred towards noon, almost every 
day. The sun shone forth with genial warmth, the mercury rising 
generally from about 50 at sunrise, to 60 or 65 at noon. 
sun had reached the’zenith, the wind rapidly increased, coming down in 
gusts from the hills, which separate the city from the ocean, and often 
bringing with it clouds of mist. But the dampness is never sufficient 
to prevent the elevation of clouds of dust and sand, which sport through 
the streets in the most ively manner. The mercury falls suddenly, 
and long before sunset it fixes itself within a few degrees above 5 
where it sticks pertinaciously till next morning ; often not moving a 
hair’s breadth for twelve hours. Sometimes I have examined the in- 
as they burry through the streets, in the worst possible humor. NS] 
weather, at the summer solstice, with an almost vertical sun, is pro- 
nounced “ perfectly ridiculous !” ‘ 
The mist often increases towards evening, and when the wind _ 
ig the 
ce I saw 
a solar rainbow before night in the east, and soon afterwards another 
w in the west, made by the moon. 
I have already noticed the almost constant prevalence of the west 
and southwest currents. t ea-breeze becomes muvien vm 
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breezes from tha: quarter. But fr the 1 of June until near the 
middle of October, a period of four months, there 1s not a ob- 
