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extremely fine. In October it was rather changeable; but for
the last ten days, with the exception of one, on which there
was a fresh gale with a heavy fall of rain, it was fine and dry,
and the winds were moderate.
The month of November was generally fine, but the first
half of December continued tempestuous and wet. The mean
temperature of the months, and other meteorological remarks,
are as follows;
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the gage at
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Quantity
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Dryness by
Thermo. Scales.
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Expansion.
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' ' 1 i 3
Dew Point
less than Air. 1 , 2 2 ?
to ^
Dew Point.
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Pressure
reduced to 32°.
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C L IMA T E . 2 9 7
This table partly shows the state of the weather during three
spring months. The greatest quantity of rain in the gage at the
end of the month of November did not exceeed 2-6 inches. At
St. Martin s Cove, near Cape Horn, after thirty days’ observation,
the rain-gage contained eight inches ; so that although
Chiloe bears the character of being a very wet place, it is not
one-third so bad as Cape Horn. The time of our visit to San
Carlos was certainly the finest part of the year; and I believe
that the weather we experienced was unusually dry even for
the season ; therefore, the above table does not present a fair
criterion of the climate : I do not, however, think it is by any
means so bad as has been represented.