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marks of greater moisture in the atmosphere ; but excepting slightly on 
the 20th of March, no rain has fallen beyond a few drops till the peri- 
od of June above-mentioned.. The course of the season altogether has 
been observed to be more backward than is usual. The temperature 
has remained low to a later period ; the progress of vegetation, as exhi- 
bited in the time of flowering of trees, and the maturation of their fruits, 
has been considerably behind what has been observed in previous years ; 
and connected perhaps with the same cause, the rains have been be- 
yond their more regular season of shewing themselves. Thus, after a 
little partial rain on the 8th of June, the hot winds recommenced, and 
there was no further fall of rain until the 17th of the month; since 
which period, till the date of this report, the season has resumed its 
usual course, and the weather has become moist and cool, with occa 
sional falls of rain.” 
6th. Second half year of 1832.—‘‘ The period which includes the 
greater part of the rainy season, and half of the cold weather, has been 
distinguished by the abrupt cessation of the former, and the long con- 
tinuance accordingly of a dry state of the atmosphere, with its neces- 
sary consequence ofa less degree of moisture of the soil, and of vegeta- 
tion ; and, as will be supposed also, of sources of malaria. The regular 
rains may indeed be said to have terminated in the end of July in the 
present season; for in the month of August, in which usually the most 
continued or heavy falls take place, there has only been about a quarter of 
the usual supply, divided however very generally over the whole month; 
while in September, about half the quantity of the last two years has fallen, 
the greater part of which took place in the first four days of the month, 
and again on the 20th and 2lst. Since this period, with the exception 
of a single shower on the 7th of October, and a slight rain on the 10th 
of December, the weather has been perfectly dry, exhibiting a settled 
appearance, with a cloudless sky ; or it has been more or less disturbed 
by the presence of rain or storms in neighbouring latitudes, chiefly, it 
would appear, from other observations, to the eastward. Altogether, 
the quantity of rain of the present season does not exceed half of that 
of 1831, or two-thirds of 1830; and the fall is further peculiar in this, 
that unlike that of last year, which continued heavily on through the 
months of August, September, October, November, and December, and 
of 1830, which was also heavy in August and September, with a consi- 
derable fall likewise in October, the chief portion of the present year 
has taken place in the months of June and July, with only a scanty 
supply afterwards.” 
During the months of January, February, and March, 1833, the chief 
feature has been the continued dry state of the atmosphere; and, accord- 
