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ferent from that of the same months in 1878 and ’79; but the 
rainfall during the same months in 1878 and 79, aggregated only 
10.18 inches, while during the corresponding period in 1877 and 
°78, it amounted to 24,05 inches. Indeed, during our visit in 
1879, there was so little rain that a consequent failure of the 
fruit crop was apprehended. The average rainfall for the ten 
years covered by Gov. Rawson’s summarized meteorological table, 
during corresponding montis, is 16.9 inches. It thus appears 
that the Nassau weather from November, 1877,«to May, 1878, 
was very exceptionally wet, while during the next following cor- 
responding period the weather was exceptionally dry. 
While at Nassau in 1879, we were accustomed to daily observe 
the thermometer and barometer, and a pencil meteorological 
record upon the white wall of the hotel court was made by a very 
intelligent and reliable gentleman from Canada, every morning 
at 7 o’clock. The unvarying steadiness of the temperature and 
atmospheric pressure, seemed so incredible to some of the guests, 
that, half in earnest and half in jest, they declared that the ther- 
mometer and barometer had been “‘fixed up and doctored.” I 
give the state of the thermometer at 7 a. M., for each day, from 
February 1st, to March 12th, inclusive: 
1879—68, 67, 63, 64, 66, 68, 72, 77, 70, 70, 71, 70, 71, 70, 69, 
68, 69, 71, 70, 69, 65, 65, 68, 70, 69, 70, 72, 72, 70, 69, 68, 69, 
70, 69, 70, 70, 70, 70, 70, 71 degrees, For the four last days, at 
two Pp. M., the thermometer stood at 75, 74, 74, 75 degrees, and 
generally the difference between seven A. M. and two P. M. was 
very small in the shade. The barometer varied but a trifle from 
thirty inches. 
But in the noon-day sun, especially in the narrow streets lead- 
up from the water, over the hard, white limestone, and between 
the high white-washed stone walls, the heat is very excessive, 
and, but for the breeze that constantly blows from off the water, 
