Africa and its inhabitants . We5,ofGr 0 to 660Feet. Deptlis. 660 to 3,300Feet. 3,300 Feet andupwards. 3 Miles. cascades. According to the Rev. Mr. Taylor the thermometer varies from about68° F. in summer to 58° or 60° F. in winter, and even at night it rarely falls tomore than eight degrees below freezing point. The prevailing winds blow fromthe west and north-west; but during the antarctic winter, and especially inAugust and September, they are often replaced by fierce southern gales, lashing. 1 o 1 p o CO :4l > TRISTAM DA CUXHA. 99 the sea into huge billows. IIea^?y rollers also break on
Africa and its inhabitants . We5,ofGr 0 to 660Feet. Deptlis. 660 to 3,300Feet. 3,300 Feet andupwards. 3 Miles. cascades. According to the Rev. Mr. Taylor the thermometer varies from about68° F. in summer to 58° or 60° F. in winter, and even at night it rarely falls tomore than eight degrees below freezing point. The prevailing winds blow fromthe west and north-west; but during the antarctic winter, and especially inAugust and September, they are often replaced by fierce southern gales, lashing. 1 o 1 p o CO :4l > TRISTAM DA CUXHA. 99 the sea into huge billows. IIea^?y rollers also break on the rocky shores even incalm weather. Flora and Fauxa. The large island is encircled by a broad belt of gigantic seaweed {Macrocystiij}yrifcra), forming a veritable forest of alga) over a third of a mile wide, in whichplants from 180 to 200 feet long are very common. These fucus, which take rootat an average depth of 00 feet, facilitate landing on the island by deadening thefury of the waves. * Tristam da Cunha constitutes an independent oceanic group, which probablyat no time formed part of the mainland. Hence it possesses a special flora, withforms which are again found in the islets of Saint Paul and Amsterdam in theIndian Ocean, ucarlj- 100 degrees of longitude farther east. These curiousplants, thus covering such a vast range and developed under the influence of ananalogous climate, comprise some heaths and a prickly grass {Spartina arundinacea)growing in large tufts on all the l
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