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CLIMATOLOGT. 
Alabama. — In the low and southern parts of this State 
the heat is very great. The cUmate of the inland and up- 
per parts may he considered remarkably mild. Frost com- 
mences generally in October, and continues usually to the 
latter part of April. During the summer there is usually a 
prevalence of westerly winds. Those from the southeast 
are regarded as the sure harbingers of rain. At Mobile, 
from nine in the morning till evening, the pleasant and 
salutary effects of the sea breeze are felt. The rich verdure 
of the earth, with the copious dews that fall during the 
night, and the elevation of the soil, which in the upland 
parts is from six hundred to one thousand feet above the 
sea, produce a beneficial effect upon the climate. The 
northern part of the State is quite similar in its climate to 
that of Mississippi. 
Georgia.— climate of Georgia resembles that of 
Alabama. The winter is the most pleasant season of the 
year, when the thermometer usually ranges from 40° to 
66°, though sometimes a considerable degree of cold pre- 
vails. In the middle and southern regions snow is uncom- 
mon, but in the northern part it sometimes falls to the 
depth of five or six inches. The spring is usually rainy, 
and the summer is variable, with a temperature ranging 
from 75° to 96°. The atmosphere feels enlivening, being 
refreshed by gentle breezes from the sea-shore. About the 
20th of July the summer rains set in, often accompanied 
with storms of thunder and severe- winds, and, though not 
tropical in their violence, are often so heavy as to deluge 
the fields. Similar rains and storms ai-e common through- 
out the Southern States. About the end of July or be- 
ginning of August the wind usually changes its direction 
from southeast to southwest. The autumn is usually fine 
