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the hottest day, and have worked on such days m my garden 
or ridden all day in an open carriage. The newcomer does 
not go through a mysterious process of acclimatization ; he 
merely discards some of his heavier clothing and adapts him- 
self to an outdoor life. There are absolutely no sultry nights ; 
every night under a blanket. Sunstrokes are never known. 
Thunderstorms very rare and light. As far as degeneration 
is concerned, it might be well to look at our children as sam- 
ples of what the country produces, or the history of the mis- 
sionary families may be studied with profit. Several of the 
old missionaries who have spent most of their lives working 
hard lived to be over eighty, and one now in Honolulu is over 
one hundred years old. 
After a residence of some years in our own house on the 
side of Mauna Loa, at an elevation of about 900 feet, there is 
not a single climatic feature I would wish to change, and I 
think I have been unusually critical and fastidious. It is my 
business to be. 
The forest stretches away in all directions, the sea Peaches 
below and cuts the rugged shore line into bays and inlets, 
while back of us rises Hualalai, 8000 feet high, cloud-capped 
most of the time and snow-capped some times. Here the chil- 
dren grow apace. With few of the contagious diseases to 
threaten their safety, they live out of doors every day, and 
when indoors are really out, as our sitting and dining rooms 
are open to the breezes. 
With the meats and vegetables of the temperate zone added 
to the fruits of our own country, one may live abundantly. 
Torrid is a misnomer for Hawaii, and every day the life we 
live is an evidence of the incorrectness of most of what is 
written about "the tropics." 
THE MANGOSTEEN FOR PANAMA. 
Efforts are being made by the United States Department of 
Agriculture to introduce the cultivation of the mangosteen 
(Garcinia mangostana) into parts of the Panama Canal Zone, 
where the climate and soil conditions are suitable. — (Bureau of 
Plant Industry Report, 1907). — Agricultural News, April 1 8. 
ARCTIC BEES. 
All bees disappear at 65 degrees latitude, except bumble-bees. 
So when bees are reported in arctic regions proper they must be 
bumble-bees. — Dr. v. Buttel, Bicncn-ratcr, 50. 
