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rainy; the mornings are frequently exces- 

 sively fine, and a brilliant sunshine tempts 

 you to attire yourself in cool clothing, but 

 often about noon, a paramo, or mountain 

 mist comes on, dense and penetrating, some- 

 times attended by driving sleet, rain, and 

 hail, which wets you to the skin in a short 

 time, and compels you instantly to change 

 your light dress for warmer clothing if you 

 would escape an attack of the bowel com- 

 plaint. During this season the summits of 

 the mountains are generally enveloped in 

 clouds, but in the other months the heavens 

 are beautifully serene, and unclouded as an 

 Italian sky, and the dew so light that the 

 usual lounge of the inhabitants is by moon- 

 light. In the winter season, the morning, 

 from day-break till eight o'clock, is piercingly 

 cold, and the thermometer frequently down 

 to 47% though the usual average is from 58° 

 to 63°, and in summer from 68° to 70°, during 

 the warmest time of the dry season. 



