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account of the topography, but the cirrus clouds usually 
pass north and south. 
As there are no observations for Spanish Honduras, its 
division between Types II and III must be justified. This 
has already been done for its part of Type I. 
The only thing like observations on rainfall in the Re¬ 
public of Honduras are those of Thomas Young at the 
mouth of Rio Negro (latitude 16° north, longitude 85° west) 
about 1840 and quoted by Squier,* and from this author 
practically all the notes which follow are taken. 
According to Young’s notes, March to June was dry, with 
northeasterly winds and sea breezes; July was wet, with 
strong sea breezes; August to September was dry, with 
calms and light variable airs; October dry or wet, accord¬ 
ing to the wind, and November to February were wet, with 
northers. Thus the dry season here extends from March 
to September, July only being wet in these eight months. 
The wet season is the four months from November to Feb¬ 
ruary, with sometimes October. A residence of a few weeks 
at Puerto Cortez and the reports given me there would in¬ 
dicate about the same course of the seasons, but July and 
August were wet. 
The northers to which reference is here made are thus 
described in Henderson’s “ Honduras: ” 
At the beginning of October, what are called the norths commence and 
generally continue, with little variation, till the return of February or 
March. While these winds last the mornings and evenings are cold, 
frequently unpleasantly so; and what in this country is understood by a 
wet north might perhaps furnish no very imperfect idea of a November 
day in England. A dry north , on the contrary, is beautiful, agreeable, 
and invigorating. 
At Truxillo rains occur in June and July; at Santa Tomas, 
at the extreme west of the north coast of Honduras, they 
have much rain, with a climate as at Punta Gorda, not far 
distant. In general, along the north coast from Santa Tomas 
* Squier (E. G.), The States of Central America. 8°. New York, 1858, 
pp. 25-43; also Squier (E. G.), Honduras. 8°. London, 1870. The latter 
is little more than a reprint of that part of the former which relates to 
Honduras. 
