Climate, Seasons, and Temperature. 59 
through August and September. The highest range of tem¬ 
perature is in August, when the North wind is not dominant. 
Thermometer, in the shade, from 11 a. m. to 2 p. m., 85° to 
92°. In the plains it is never so high as in the town at the 
same period of the year. On the more eleVated parts, as in 
Lemonade, etc., for example, the thermometrical range is seldom 
over 72° to 85° maximum. 
The Southern Department, principal town Aux-Cayes, is 
usually under the influence of rains during the months of May, 
June, and July. August and September mark the dry season 
in that section of .the island. From November to March the 
air is cool and salubrious at Aux-Cayes, and still more so in 
the plains and rural districts, where the temperature is always 
several degrees less than it is in situations near the seacoast. 
The thermometrical range is referred to that of Port-au-Prince 
and the West. 
The reader of this imperfect exposition of the climatu, sear 
sons, and temperature of Hayti will be convinced at once of the 
causes of the extraordinary fertility of its soil, and will perceive 
the advantages which must result from industry and agricul¬ 
tural enterprise properly conducted in such a country. 
W. G-. Smith, of Port-au-Prince. 
