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CLIMATOLOGY. 
26°, while at tte extremity of tlie peninsula the variation 
is not greater than 11°. That portion of the State is 
clothed in perpetual verdure, and the summer is only dis- 
tinguished by the frequency of its showers. In many 
respects the climate of Florida resembles that of Cuba, but 
the State generally enjoys the advantage of immunity from 
the malarial diseases which frequently prevail in that island. 
The warmth and humidity of the climate of Florida are 
the causes of the luxuriant vegetation which distinguishes 
it from all the other States. 
Texas. — The climate of Texas is more healthy than 
that of Louisiana or any of the Gulf States. The weather 
is dry from March to October, though sufficient rain usu- 
ally falls to make good crops. The winters are warm and 
mild on the coast, and for some distance inland snow is 
seldom seen, except on the higher table-lands or moun- 
tains. From April to September, the thermometer, near 
the coast, usually ranges from 63° to 100°. The greatest 
heats, however, are tempered by strong and constant 
breezes, which begin to b]ow soon after the rising of the 
sun, and continue until past noon. The nights throughout 
the middle region are cool and refreshing during the year. 
Arhansas. — The climate of Arkansas, from its southern 
extremity to the 35th parallel, is similar to that of Missis- 
sippi in the same degrees of latitude. The climate of the 
northern part of the State is similar to that of Tennessee. 
Tennessee. — The climate of Tennessee is usually de- 
scribed as temperate, salubrious, and invigorating — neither 
so warm as that of the Gulf States, nor so cold as that of 
the northern regions. We have skated on her rivers in 
