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This table partly shows the state of the weather during three 

 spring months. The greatest quantity of rain in the gage at the 

 end of the month of November did not exceeed 2*6 inches. At 

 St. Martin's Cove, near Cape Horn, after thirty days^ obser- 

 vation, the rain-gage contained eight inches ; so that although 

 Childe bears the character of being a very wet place, it is not 

 one-third so bad as Cape Horn. The time of our visit to San 

 Carlos was certainly the finest part of the year ; and I beheve 

 that the weather we experienced was unusually dry even for 

 the season ; therefore, the above table does not present a fair 

 criterion of the climate : I do not, however, think it is by any 

 means so bad as has been represented. 



