200 Mr. C. B. Horsbrugh —Journey to British 
and include Government Officials, Store-keepers, traders, and 
others of various callings. At this place what is known as 
the “ South-east Season ” generally extends from May to 
November, and during that period a continuous wind prevails, 
clearing the town of mosquitoes and lowering the tempera¬ 
ture, which reads in the mean about 79°. During the 
remainder of the year the {< North-west Season” prevails, 
with a temperature increasing to about 81°, and mosquitoes 
become very troublesome. The mean monthly rainfall is 
about 2 25 inches. 
Text-fig. 7. 
Having definitely decided on our route and completed our 
purchases of stores, we embarked with our two attendants 
and Stalker’s retriever pup on the f Lotus/ a schooner of 
about 25 tons. We landed on Yule Island on the fifth day, 
after a monotonous passage, which should have occupied 
only two days had we not been becalmed and experienced 
contrary winds. The headquarters of the Roman Catholic 
Mission are situated at the southern end of Yule Island, the 
