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CHAPTER II. 



CLIMATE. 



Warmth of the Gulf Stream— The Island celebrated by the 

 Bard of Erin — Effects of residence in Bermuda on persons 

 predisposed to scrofula or pulmonary consumption — Effects of 

 the Gulf Stream on the climate of Bermuda — The operations 

 of the climate on agricultural produce — Seasons — Sailing 

 directions between Bermuda and New York or the Chesapeake — 

 Yellow fever — H. M.'s hulk Thames — The unhealthy character 

 of the Tenedos — The medical board — Some account of the 

 yellow fever of 1856 — Its severity among the natives-^Less 

 fatal to Europeans — Hints to invalids from northern climates as 

 to the preservation of health in Bermuda. 



The climate of the Bermuda islands has a mean 

 temperature between that of the West Indies and 

 British North America, partating neither of the 

 extreme heat of the one, nor the excessive cold of 

 the other. It is greatly improved by the warmth 

 of the Gulf Stream, which sweeps along between 

 Bermuda and the American continent; the winter 

 months resembling the early part of October in 

 England, but without its frosts. The sweet strains 



