CLIMATE. 79 



the month, the wind hitherto steady from the N. E. begins 

 to be variable, and finally settles in the S. W. 



Mean pressure in April,,.. 23-109 Mean of photometer, 82«'-66=14'85 



Mean temperature, 63° Mean fall of rain, ... 4'00 inchea 



Mean do. of the day, 68° Mean dryness of the air, 144i'7 



Mean daily range, W'VS Meanquantityofmoi8t.l08'4 



May is our warmest month, and occasionally before rain 

 there is a feeling of closeness in the air, which is also fre- 

 quently obscured with clouds gradually becoming denser 

 and heavier. Heavy thunder-storms generally usher in the 

 monsoon, which sets in at the end of this month, or begin- 

 ning of the next ; the rain, however, which falls is very par- 

 tial, often descending in torrents, intermingled with hail, at 

 one side of the cantonment, while it is perfectly fair at the 

 other. It is, however, upon the whole, a delightful month, 

 and the robe of verdure which covers the hills, with the 

 fresh green of the foliage in the forests, adds much to the 

 beauty of the scenery. 



Mean pressure in May, . . 23-018 Mean of photometer, 72'26^13-06 



Mean temperature, 62° Mean fall of rain, . . 6'50 inches. 



Mean do. of day, 66°'38 Mean dryness of air, 82 



Mean daily range, 16°'48 Mean quantity ofmoist. 157 



On the setting in of the S. W. monsoon, which generally 

 occurs early in June, (following the course of the Malabar 

 monsoons, only that it is 10 days or a fortnight later,) a 

 heavy bank of cloud settles itself on the Koondahs and Neddi- 

 muUa hills, from which detachments, as it were, are sent 

 off towards the central range, enveloping every thing in a 

 dense fog, with occasional showers of light driving rain. 



The rain is, however, by no means constant, and seldom 

 lasts for more than two or three days at a time, the intervals 

 being very agreeable, from the perfect equability of tempera- 



