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The Seasons in Guiana. 
By the Editor, 
AHEN asked concerning the seasons in Guiana, 
43 6how few can give information that is at all 
: satisfa€tory! All know that there are wet and 
“dry and even perhaps mango and guava seasons, but 
beyond this they are at a loss. Some time ago the 
question what time of the year the mango season came, 
was asked in a mixed company, and not a single person 
could tell. All had seen the period come round, had 
observed almost every second negro smeared over mouth 
and chin with the un€tuous juice, and even slipped on 
the skins in walking along the side-walks, but could not 
tell whether there was any particular month in the year 
when it arrived, or if it was at all regular in its advent. 
Some said that mangoes were to be had at all times, but 
that they were plentiful or scarce at certain periods 
entirely regardless of reasons. 
The faét is there are no great changes of the 
weather in the tropics to fix times and seasons on the 
minds of ordinary people. Where there is a distiné 
contrast, as between summer and winter, many things 
are noticed in conne€tion with these seasons, but where, 
