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woollen coats and trousers of the same thickness in summer 
and winter. The persons who visit San Francisco during the 
summer, from the interior of the state, where the climate from 
May to October is much warmer, and where summer clothes 
are worn, are much bothered at having to bring their winter 
clothes with them. ‘The editor of a Stockton paper, disgusted 
with the climate of the metropolis in July, expressed himself 
somewhat after this manner: “You go out in the morning 
shivering, notwithstanding the fact that you are dressed in 
heavy woollen clothing and under-clothing, and have a thick 
overcoat buttoned up to your throat. At 8.80 you unbutton 
two of the upper buttons; at 9 you unbutton the coat all the 
way down; at 9.30 you take it off; at 10 you take off your 
woollen coat, and put on a summer coat; at 11 you take off all 
your woollen and put on light summer clothing: at 4 it begins 
to grow cool, and you to put on your woollen again; and by 
7 o’clock your overcoat is buttoned to the chin, and you shiver 
until bedtime.” 
The coolness of the summer is caused by the winds and 
fogs which blow in from the ocean, whose temperature at the 
Farallones never varies more than a degree or two from 42°. 
A strong wind blows along the coast from the north and north- 
west during almost the whole year; and it blows strongly upon 
the land for several hours after eleven o’clock in the morning 
and after five in the evening, and not unfrequently it continues 
the whole twenty-four hours. The common prevalence of this 
wind during the afternoon renders the mornings the pleasant- 
est part of the summer weather in San Francisco; and the more 
delicate and fashionable ladies habitually make their calls and 
allow their children to go into the street only before mid-day. In 
June, July, and August, heavy, wet, cold mists come up from 
the sea at six in the evening, and continue until eight or nine 
in the morning. In the winter, fogs are rarer, and do not 
commence so early in the evenings, and the winds are not so 
strong; so that, in these respects, the winter is the pleasanter 
season of the year. 
