2 CLIMATE. 



inconvenience rather than a mischief, but it increases 

 tlie cosl of cultivation try ou< -third. The Island and 

 the Province owe the exuberant vegetation which 

 covers l htm to the general humidity o? their climates 

 throughout the jcar. Raina likewise fall more copi- 

 ously at intervals^ thus rain fell a 1 most everyday 

 betwixt October 1789 ami June 1700 ; and rain fell 

 on 145 days betwixt May 1833 and April 1834 inclu- 

 sive, oi\ Penang plains, and l(i<i da; son the Flag-staff 

 lliil, and on 228 days in Province tV^Hesley, The 

 atmosphere of Penang is* more leaded with aqueous 

 vapor than that of Province Welleslej owing to the 

 latter being returned from so elose a proximity 1o the 

 mountains as the former. The average temperature 

 4*1' Penang is about one degree higher di ring (he day 

 Mian that of the opposite coast. The dews are heavi* st 

 perhaps in Province Wellesley. The northern half of 

 the Province is swept h\ the strong sea breeze during 

 the day, and generally by a cool land wfnd at night. 

 A hot wind is not known at either, nor v ithhi the straits. 

 The climate of Province Welleslcy generally, is be- 

 lieved to be more hea It liy than that of Penang Plain. 

 This must he chiefly attributed to its being better 

 ventilated. The t >rsl mania-station of the nature ttjf 

 the climates of both, as regards the feeling fa that, in 

 Penang a punkah is indispensable, in Province Wellcs- 

 ley its absence is not felt. The temperat ure in the in- 

 terior on the opposite coast M as oljserved one day in 

 January last at, 5 p. ai., to Ik? 65* of Far : 



Inc. 10//U. 



from May lS-i;i to April 1*:} t both inclu- 

 sive. thcretellouthePlag-staff ftillonPenaug. H<>. 6 



Penang Plain 63. 5 



Province Wellesley 71*. lj 



Mean temp : of Penang Plain is about 80|d. of 

 Farenheit— -that of Province Wellesley 7!»]d. 



