338 TEMPERATURE. 



the heat^ although occasionally very oppressive for 

 a time^ caused very diiferent sensations from those 

 experienced during the almost stifling calms of Port 

 Essington. At Cape York, however, calms seldom 

 lasted above a few hours, as from its peninsular posi- 

 tion the land receives the full influence of nearly 

 every breeze. An abstract of the thermometrical 

 observations made on board the Rattlesnake shews 

 the following results : — 



During the above period, the highest and lowest 

 temperatures recorded by the self-registering maxi- 

 mum and minimmn thermometer are, for October 

 1848, 88° and 73°; for October 1849, 83° 8 and 

 77°; and for November 1849, 88° and 76°. 



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