. The boy travellers in Australasia : adventures of two youths in a journey to the Sandwich, Marquesas, Society, Samoan and Feejee islands, and through the colonies of New Zealand, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania, and South Australia. ally reaches 75° or 76°,and remains between that pointand 70° until midnight. In Julythe highest point reached is 86°,and on a few occasions 87°. Theextreme range of the thermome-ter is not more than 26° or 28°,which makes it a very com-fortable climate to live in. Itis said to be an excellent onefor persons suffering from pul-monary complaints, t
. The boy travellers in Australasia : adventures of two youths in a journey to the Sandwich, Marquesas, Society, Samoan and Feejee islands, and through the colonies of New Zealand, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania, and South Australia. ally reaches 75° or 76°,and remains between that pointand 70° until midnight. In Julythe highest point reached is 86°,and on a few occasions 87°. Theextreme range of the thermome-ter is not more than 26° or 28°,which makes it a very com-fortable climate to live in. Itis said to be an excellent onefor persons suffering from pul-monary complaints, though itis somewhat debilitating forhealthy men and women accus-tomed to the rigorous climate ofthe northern States of America. Residents of the islands saythere are regions among themountains where the nights areinvariably cool enough for a fireall the year round, while thedays are never hot. Even in Honolulu the air is not as sultry as that of New York or Philadelphiain July and August, and the greatest heat experienced is almost alwaystempered by a breeze. There is more rain in winter than in summer,but there is no really dry season. It is a circumstance that strikesthe stranger curiously that there is much more rain on the windward. ANCIENT IDOLS OF HAWAII. 20 THE BOY TRAVELLERS IN AUSTRALASIA. side of the islands than on the leeward; sometimes the former Avill havea great deal of rain, while the latter gets little or hardly any. Thetrade-wind controls the rainfall, and by ascertaining where it strikes anew-comer may have much or little rain accordingly as he selects hisplace of residence.
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