CLIMATE. 81 



Mean pressure in Aug. 23'045 Mean of photometer, . , 65'06=11"''71 



Mean temperature, . . 58o'6 Mean fall of rain, .... 4'00 inclies. 



Mean do. of the day, . 62°-7 Mean dryness of the air, 69-8 



Mean daily range, 15»'22 Mean quantity of moist. 129 



Septomber, and October, are uncertain months — if the S. 

 W. monsoon has begun early, and exhausted itself, they are 

 fine, warm and pleasant; but if there has been any deficiency 

 in the previous falls of rain, there is generally a good deal of 

 fog, and drizzling rain. 



Towards the end of September, the wind again shifts round 

 to the north, and it becomes sensibly colder. 



Mean pressiire in Sept. 22'785 Mean pressure in October, 23'056 



Mean temperature, .. 56°'5 Mean temperature, 58° 



Mean fall of rain 6'36 in. Mean fall of rain, 6'51 inches. 



November, all over the northern hemisphere, is an un- 

 pleasant month ; but, with, the exception of a few heavy bursts 

 of rain from the N. E. monsoon, then prevailing at Koter- 

 gherry, and the N. E. parts of the range, it is generally dry 

 and equable. 



Mean pressure in N oyember, 23'070 



Mean temperature, 56° 



Mean fall of rain, 3'52 in. 



In the early part of December, there are some foggy days, 

 and, occasionally, heavy showers, at the winding up of the 

 monsoons, but the middle, and end of the month, are almost 

 always cold, clear, and fine. 



Mean pressure in Pecember, 23'174 



Mean temperature 52°'50 



Mean fall of rain, 1-73 in. 



Such is, what I believe to be, a fair resume of the climate 

 and seasons of Ootacamund ; and, after considerable experience 

 of the climate of almost every country in Europe, and some 



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