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2. Climate. —A daily record of the temperature, condition 

 the atmosphere, and rainfall, has been kept for the past twenl 

 five years, and from the published data we learn that the tempi 

 ature ranges from about 47° to 74° F., rarely exceeding the 

 limits. The rainfall is about 50 inches, being of course mu 

 less than on the northern slope of the range where it loca 

 reaches 100-200 inches, though much more than at the real 

 xerophytic portion of the island in the vicinity of Kingston, 

 general, the month of May and some part of the period frc 

 September to November include the principal rainy seasons s 

 called. 



3. Sanitary Conditions. — For ordinary domestic purposi 



quate supply. For drinking purposes and for cooking, water 

 brought from the source of the Clyde river which forms here 

 large limpid brook rising about six hundred feet below Cinchor 

 This water is cold, clear, and as nearly absolutely pure as natui 

 water derived from the earth could possibly be. There being 1 

 residence other than Cinchona higher than the sources of t 

 stream and no cultivation even above its watershed, there a 

 absolutely no sources of contamination. 



From a residence at Cinchona at three different periods of t! 

 year, January-February, 1903, April, 1903, and September, 190 

 the writer can personally testify as to the healthfulness and desii 

 bility of the location. When we add to an ideal climate, the ru 



direction, with the harbor of Port Royal and the golden Caribbe; 

 nearly a mile below, the magnificent and ever-changing cloi 

 effects, now above, now below the observer — and about him 

 well-ordered tropical garden (still maintained as a public gardi 

 by the Jamaican government), with tall Eucalyptus, Grevillt 

 Juniperus and Podocarpus trees, with tree-ferns and many oth 

 tropical plants, and with a wide variety of magnificent rose bush 

 blossoming at every season, we have a picture where " eve 

 prospect pleases " and where every feature appeals to the esthet 

 sense and contributes in a marvellous degree to the real pleasu 



