402 E. 8. Simpson — Laterite in Western Amtralia. 



average of 9-4 inches, recorded nearly 4 inches in two closely followinp; 

 days of the same month. These are typical, not ahnormal, rainfall 

 conditions. 



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Although the climatic conditions in these two provinces are so very 

 different, yet the result from the present point of view is identical, 

 viz., short" or long periods during which the surface rocks are saturated 

 with meteoric water, alternating with long dry and hot periods, during 

 which they are completely desiccated and the freshly-formed latento 



