Caparo 
1894 
March 18 
General 
observations 
on climate , 
temperature , 
etc. 
Sunday . The weather practically presents no 
variations from day to day and the temperature is almost 
equally regular. At daybreak the air is fresh and cool, 
but wholly without chilliness. As the sun rises higher 
and higher it quickly warms the open spaces but in the woods 
the coolness continues for two hours or more after sun¬ 
rise. Up to eight o’clock there is rarely or never any 
wind but the trade begins regularly within ten minutes of 
that hour and continues through the remainder of the day, 
usually blowing hardest (in strong puffs or squalls) at 
about 3 P. M., ordinarily dying wholly away a little before 
sunset but sometimes continuing well into the night or 
rising at 8 or 9 P. M. after an interval of several hours 
of calm. The coolest and— all things considered -- 
pleasantest part of the day is from four to six P. M. The 
nights are always cool If one is sitting quietly on the 
veranda, but the air is really close and very humid and 
a slight amount of vigorous exercise brings profuse per¬ 
spiration. 
The birds are most active and noisy from sunrise 
to about 9 A. M, and from 3 P. M. to sunset, but there are 
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frequent and to me wholly inexplicable exceptions to this 
rule. Thus, on some mornings the woods seem almost 
deserted and there is scarcely a call in the cacao grove 
