Chapter VII

FLORIDA LETTER PUBLISHED IN A CALIFORNIA PAPER--EDITORIAL
REMARKS--THE "FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH"--THE MANATEE RIVER AND ITS
SURROUNDINGS--TROPICAL FRUITS--GAME AND FISH--THE SPORTSMAN'S
PARADISE--LETTER TO THE EDITRESS OF THE "PHILADELPHIA SUNDAY
TIMES"--THE LAND OF PROMISE--SUNSTROKE AND HYDROPHOBIA
UNKNOWN--COOL NIGHTS DURING THE "DOG DAYS"--PREPARING THE LAND AND
PLANTING AN ORANGE GROVE--THE FLORIDA ORANGE--ROUTE TO THE
MANATEE--CLIMATE OF THE GULF COAST OF SOUTH FLORIDA--RECORD OF
THERMOMETER AND RAINFALL FOR THE YEAR 1880--NO FROST--REPORT IN
RELATION TO THE EFFECTS OF THE FREEZE ON THE ATLANTIC COAST IN
DECEMBER LAST.

As the following letters and communications have a direct bearing on the Manatee region, the reader will pardon their republication. Among the chaff perchance may be found a few grains of information that will pay for the perusal. The first letter was written to a personal friend in the city of New York, who forwarded it to the San Francisco _Examiner_. It was first published in that paper with the following editorial remarks;

"Old Californians are not unfamiliar with the name of Mr. Samuel C.
Upham, an editor upon this coast in the early days, and, of late,
the author of a work entitled _Voyage to California via Cape Horn,
and Scenes in El Dorado in 1849 and 1850_. We are permitted to copy
a letter from that gentleman, written in his humorous style, and
addressed to an old Californian friend, which may prove of interest
to others."

PHILADELPHIA, _June 16th, 1879_.

FRIEND C---- : I owe you a letter, and the following is what I have
to say: You are aware that I went South last winter for the benefit
of my health, and that I returned in the spring as frisky as a
lamb. The late hot weather has pulled me down considerably, and I
sigh for the Land of Flowers, where Ponce de Leon searched for the
fountain of youth, and Upham found it. I was so charmed with the
climate of the Gulf Coast of South Florida, that, while there last
winter, I purchased 225 acres of land on the Manatee River, fifty
miles south of Tampa, and Mrs. U. and myself are going down to that
land of promise the coming fall, to plant an orange grove, and sit
under our own vine, orange and eucalyptus trees. It is a delightful
country, away down below "frost line," where the pine-apple,
banana, guava, sapadillo, pomegranate, date, cocoa-nut, orange,
lime and lemon grow almost spontaneously. The rivers are
overflowing with fish, and the forests are overrun with game.
Roasted wild turkeys run about with carving-knives and forks
sticking in their backs, and ask to be eaten. The country now is a
trifle wild, but will soon become tamed and civilized. The people
are hospitable, and welcome all classes of strangers, with the
exception of "carpet-baggers." They have been tried and found
wanting.

I shall locate in the village--if two stores and four houses can be
dignified by that name--of Braidentown, Manatee County, Florida.
The place is scarcely twelve months old, but is bound to be heard
from--after I locate there. The climate is delightful--sort of an
earthly Paradise. The thermometer during the winter months ranges
from 70° to 75°, and in summer rarely exceeds 90°, with a
sea-breeze blowing constantly either from the Atlantic or the Gulf.
The nights in summer are invariably cool, and one can lie
comfortably under blankets during "dog days."

I do not expect to make money in Florida, but I do expect to enjoy
better health than in this city; hence the reason of my exodus. I
shall, first off, plant an orange grove of 500 trees, which, in
eight years, barring accidents, ought to yield me a handsome
revenue. Should I "shuffle off this mortal coil" before these
orange trees commence bearing, I shall feel disappointed--that's
all. I think the change will give me a renewed lease of life; and,
as I intend to plant three-years-old trees, I think the chances are
rather in my favor. The Good Book says: "What does it profit a man
if he gain the whole world and lose his own life?" I am not
prepared to "hand in my checks" just yet; hence my change of base.
I have been watching and praying the past four or five years for
the "good time coming" to put in an appearance, but it has not
arrived, and will not, I fear, during my sojourn in this vale of
tears. I have a mortal dread of the poor-house. In Florida that
institution is unknown. My eldest son will take charge of my store
and laboratory in this city, so the business will go on without
interruption. As I have spun out this letter to a great length, I
will say domino.

Truly yours,

S. C. UPHAM.

The following letter was published originally in Taggart's _Philadelphia Sunday Times_, under the following caption: "Life in Florida. Interesting letter from Samuel C. Upham, formerly of Philadelphia, but now located in Florida, addressed to our lady editress. Hints to those who may wish to visit the Flowery Land."

RIGHT SUNNYSIDE COTTAGE,

BRAIDENTOWN, FLA., _June 8th, 1880_.

MY DEAR MRS. BLADEN: In the _Sunday Times_ of the 30th ult., you
say:

"Mr. Samuel C. Upham, whose popular songs and wonderful California
experiences render him a Philadelphia celebrity, has a large
plantation near Jacksonville."

It is pleasing to know, when one is far away, that he is not
entirely forgotten by his friends; but you are slightly mistaken
when you say I own a large orange plantation near Jacksonville. I
am located on the Manatee River, some eight miles above its
entrance into Tampa Bay, on the Gulf coast of South Florida, in
latitude 27-1/2°, and below "frost line." I visited Jacksonville
and all the towns and landings on the St. Johns, Halifax and
Matanzas Rivers, and also "did" the Suwanee pretty thoroughly
before locating in Braidentown. I prefer this part of Florida to
the Atlantic coast for the following reasons: Healthfulness of
climate, purity of water and immunity from frost and insects. My
health has improved wonderfully since my arrival in the Land of
Flowers, and I am pretty thoroughly convinced that I have obtained
a new lease of life. The sea breezes that fan my brow at morning,
noon and night, act as a tonic on my enfeebled constitution, and I
am daily gaining strength and muscle. I have to-day worked six
hours in my banana grove, with the thermometer at 90° in the shade,
without experiencing any inconvenience from the heat. The heat is
so modified by the constant sea breeze that one can work in the sun
at all hours of the day and at all seasons of the year. Sunstroke
and hydrophobia are unknown here. This statement can be taken
_without_ salt. In midsummer the nights are invariably cool.
Blankets at night are the rule, not the exception. This much about
location and climate; now, a few words about _that_ orange grove.

My _ranch_ is new, and consequently rather crude. When I located
here in November last, a large portion of it was a "howling
wilderness." Since that time, I have felled the trees, piled the
logs, burned the brush, grubbed and fenced fifteen acres, on ten
acres of which I am now setting out 500 two-years-old sweet
seedling orange trees, which I hope to live long enough to see bear
fruit. Some two months since, I set out 200 banana plants, and they
are doing remarkably well; many of the stalks are six feet in
height. They will bear fruit in about eighteen months. I also have
a patch of sixty pine-apple plants which will bear fruit next year.
I have a few coffee and tea plants, Japan plum and persimmon,
pomegranate, almond and olive trees that are growing luxuriantly. I
brought with me from Philadelphia, half a dozen cocoa-nuts, which I
planted on the 1st of November last, and had given up all hope of
ever seeing them sprout, when, to my great surprise, some two weeks
since, two of them threw up sprouts. They are now one foot high,
and are growing vigorously. The guava thrives admirably here. I
have several trees, and expect soon to luxuriate on guava jelly of
my own manufacture. I will send you a few sample boxes.

Have you ever eaten a Florida orange, fresh plucked, that ripened
on the tree? If not, visit Florida, and enjoy the greatest luxury
of your life. It is the fruit _par excellence_--fit food for the
gods. I have, in the course of my somewhat eventful life, eaten
oranges in the groves of the Mediterranean, South America, Mexico
and the West Indies, but none can compare with the orange grown in
this State. Our soil is peculiarly adapted to the growth and
maturity of the _perfect_ orange. No other soil can produce it.
The West India and Louisiana seedling orange tree is wonderfully
improved by being transplanted in Florida soil. South Florida will,
ere long, be one vast orange grove, and will supply the world with
her incomparable fruit. She will supply the Mediterranean ports
with better oranges than can possibly be raised in that country.
Won't that be "carrying coals to Newcastle?" I may not live to see
the above prediction verified, but there are persons living at this
time who will.

If any of your numerous friends think it would be a good thing to
have an orange grove, advise them to visit the Gulf coast of South
Florida before locating elsewhere. Also tell them to drop in at
Braidentown. They may go further and fare worse. The most direct
route to this place is by rail to Cedar Key, the present terminus
of railroad communication, thence by steamer down the coast. The
mail steamers leave Cedar Key twice a week for this place and
Tampa. Leave Cedar Key at 4 o'clock P. M. on Monday and Friday of
each week, and arrive at Braidentown at 7 o'clock the following
morning. _Au revoir._

S. C. UPHAM.

The following communication was published in the _Florida Agriculturist_ in January last, under the caption of the "_Climate of the Gulf Coast of South Florida_."

Having kept a record of the state of the thermometer at 6 o'clock
A. M., 12 o'clock M. and 6 o'clock P. M. at Braidentown, Manatee
County, Florida, from the 1st day of January to the 31st day of
December, 1880, inclusive, I herewith inclose you a synopsis of the
same for publication in the _Agriculturist_, with the hope that it
may interest your numerous readers, especially those in the
Northern and Western States who are seeking homes in

The land of the orange and guava,
The pine-apple, date and cassava.

I also send a statement of the rainfall for the year 1880.

TEMPERATURE.

Average temperature at 6 o'clock A. M., 71-1/3°

Average temperature at 12 o'clock M., 83-2/3°

Average temperature at 6 o'clock P. M., 78-7/8°

Highest temperature at 12 o'clock M., 96°
July 1st and August 26th,

Lowest temperature at 6 o'clock A. M., 38°
Dec. 31st,

RAINFALL.

------------+--------------------------
|Rainy Days.
| |Clear Days.
| | |Cloudy and Partly
| | | Cloudy Days.
------------+---+---+------------------
January, | 5| 19| 12
February, | 3| 24| 5
March, | 3| 24| 7
April, | 1| 29| 1
May, | 12| 4| 27
June, | 18| 8| 22
July, | 12| 6| 25
August, | 18| 8| 23
September, | 13| 15| 15
October, | 10| 19| 12
November, | 3| 15| 15
December, | 6| 17| 14
+---+---+------------------
Total, |104|188|177
------------+---+---+------------------

Rainfall during year, 69-1/2 inches.

* * * * *

At least one-half the days classed as "cloudy and partly cloudy"
were clear one-half of the day, and a majority of the "rainy days"
were clear three-fourths of the day. During the gale on the 29th
and 30th of last August, which was so destructive on the Atlantic
coast of the State, rain fell here almost uninterruptedly for
nearly forty-eight hours, but the wind did little or no damage. The
rainfall during the two days was six and one-half inches, the
heaviest of the season. I have resided here during the past
fourteen months, and, up to this time (January 7th, 1881), there
has been _no frost_, and my tropical fruits and plants have grown
luxuriantly every month of the year. The year just closed, in its
dying throes, kicked the mercury in the thermometer down to 38°,
and a slight frost occurred on the opposite side of the Manatee
River, and also in the hammock four or five miles south-east of
Braidentown. The water protection--being surrounded on three sides
by the aqueous fluid--has rendered Braidentown _exempt from frost_.

Although the rainfall of 1880 has been some nine inches in excess
of the average rainfall in this State, I have passed one of the
most agreeable summers of my life. While the denizens of the St.
Johns and Atlantic coast are shivering in the chilling blasts of
winter, we on the Gulf coast of South Florida are basking in the
sun, with a temperature of 65° at 6 o'clock A. M., 75° at 12
o'clock M. and 70° at 6 o'clock P. M. If any locality north of
latitude 27-1/2° can present a more favorable record, Braidentown
will yield the palm.

_Nous verrons._

S. C. UPHAM.

SUNNYSIDE COTTAGE, BRAIDENTOWN, FLA., Jan. 7th, 1881.

BRAIDENTOWN, SOUTH FLORIDA.

_Editor of the Florida Agriculturist_:

Several of your Northern and Western subscribers who read the communication I published in the AGRICULTURIST in January last, giving a synopsis of the climate of the Manatee region during the year 1880, and which was reproduced in my recently published book, "Notes from Sunland," have requested me to publish in your journal a statement of the thermometer, rainfall etc., in Braidentown for the year 1881. I have furnished the desired information as briefly as possible:

TEMPERATURE.

Average temperature at 6 o'clock A. M., 71-1/8°
Average temperature at 12 o'clock M., 83°
Average temperature at 6 o'clock P. M., 78-3/4°
Highest temperature at 12 o'clock M., July 7th
and August 4th, 96°
Lowest temperature at 6 o'clock, A. M., January 26th
and November 25th, 44°

==========+=========+=======+==========+=====
| |Days on|Cloudy and|
| | which |Partially |
| | Rain | Cloudy |Clear
|Rainfall.| Fell. | Days |Days.
----------+---------+-------+----------+-----
January, |5-1/8 in.| 12 | 17 | 14
February, |2-1/2 in.| 4 | 6 | 22
March, |2-1/2 in.| 5 | 8 | 23
April, |2-1/4 in.| 3 | 5 | 25
May, |2-3/4 in.| 5 | 9 | 22
June, |6-1/4 in.| 8 | 12 | 18
July, |4-1/2 in.| 17 | 22 | 9
August, |5-1/2 in.| 11 | 22 | 9
September,|4-3/4 in.| 12 | 19 | 12
October, |1-1/2 in.| 5 | 7 | 24
November, |2-1/4 in.| 5 | 11 | 19
December, |2-1/4 in.| 8 | 18 | 12
----------+---------+-------+----------+-----
Total, | 42-1/8 | 95 | 156 |209
----------+---------+-------+----------+-----

When the difference of rainfall for the years 1880 and '81 is taken into consideration, the equability of the temperature for the two years is a surprising and strange coincidence, there being less than one degree Fahrenheit in the average temperature of the two years. The rainfall for the year 1881 was 18 inches below the average on the Gulf coast, which is 60 inches, the difference between the years 1880 and '81 being 27-1/2 inches; that of 1880 being 9-1/2 inches in excess of the average rainfall. Although we had, comparatively speaking, no "rainy season" last year, vegetation and crops have not suffered from drouth. The vegetable gardeners hereabout were never more sanguine of large crops. Cucumbers, squashes, and turnips have already been shipped by them to New York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore, and tomatoes in abundance will follow next month. Several truckmen from Fairbanks and other places on the Transit Railroad are this year engaged in raising early vegetables in the hammocks bordering the Manatee.

The mercury in the thermometer reached 96 degrees only twice the past year; and the lowest point indicated was 44 degrees on the morning of the 26th of January and 25th of November--12 degrees above the freezing point. We had no frost during the year. My alligator pears, cherimoyas, custard apples, sapodillas, sour sops, pine-apples, cocoanut trees, and other tropical fruits are growing luxuriantly; and my wife's camelia japonicas, hibiscus, and rose bushes in the open air, are in full bloom. In conclusion, allow me to reiterate what I said last year: "If any locality north of latitude 27-1/2 degrees can present a more favorable record, Braidentown will yield the palm."

S. C. UPHAM.

_January 2d, 1882._

SYNOPSIS OF THE WEATHER RECORD AT BRAIDENTOWN FOR THE YEAR 1882.

During a three years' residence in Braidentown, I have kept a thermometrical record of the weather, also a register of the rainfall. A synopsis of my observations for the years 1880 and '81 was published in the _Florida Agriculturist_, in the months of January, 1881 and '82. In my "Notes from Sunland," published in the fall of 1881, I gave meteorological tables of the temperature and rainfall at Braidentown, commencing with the month of January, 1880, and ending with March, 1881--fifteen months. In those tables I gave the record of the thermometer at 6 o'clock A. M., 12 o'clock M., and 6 o'clock P. M. For the information of my readers, and also of numerous correspondents at the North and West, I publish the following summary of the temperature and rainfall for the year 1882:

TEMPERATURE.

Average temperature at 6 o'clock A. M., 71°
Average temperature at 12 o'clock M., 83°
Average temperature at 6 o'clock P. M., 78°
Highest temperature at 12 o'clock M., July 19th, 96°
Lowest temperature at 6 o'clock A. M., December 17th, 38°

=============================================
| |Days on|Cloudy and|
| | which |Partially |
| | Rain | Cloudy |Clear
|Rainfall.| Fell. | Days. |Days.
----------+---------+-------+----------+-----
January, |2-1/2 in.| 5 | 9 | 22
February, |1-1/2 in.| 3 | 6 | 22
March, | 5/8 in.| 4 | 10 | 21
April, |3-7/8 in.| 7 | 20 | 10
May, |1-5/8 in.| 6 | 19 | 12
June, |7 in.| 10 | 23 | 7
July, |7-1/4 in.| 20 | 22 | 9
August, |7-1/2 in.| 15 | 15 | 16
September,|2-1/8 in.| 9 | 13 | 17
October, |3-5/8 in.| 9 | 11 | 20
November, |1-1/2 in.| 5 | 11 | 19
December, |4-1/4 in.| 8 | 12 | 19
----------+---------+-------+----------+-----
Total, | 43-1/2 | 101 | 171 | 194
----------+---------+-------+----------+-----

Although the difference in the rainfall between the year 1880 and the years 1881 and '82, was 27-1/2 inches in the former and 26-1/2 inches in the latter year, there was not a change of one degree Fahrenheit in the mean temperature of the three years, which indicates a remarkable equability of temperature. From the above it would seem that the temperature is not governed by the rainfall. In 1880, rain fell on 104 days; in 1881, on 95 days, and on 101 days in 1882.

In 1880 there were 177 cloudy and partially cloudy days; 156 in 1881, and 171 in 1882. In 1880 there were 188 clear days; 209 in '81, and 194 in '82. The days on which rain fell were seldom rainy days, in the common acceptation of the term. Showers from one-half to one hour's duration were the rule, and an occasional rainy day the exception.

The highest temperature recorded during the three years was 96° at 12 o'clock M., on the 1st of July and 26th of August, 1880; July 7th and August 4th, 1881, and on July 19th, 1882. The lowest temperature during the three years, was 38° at 6 o'clock A. M., on December 31st, 1880; 44° on January 26th and November 25th, 1881, and 38° on December 17th, 1882. Braidentown being surrounded on three sides by water, has, during the past three years, escaped damage by frost, although we do not claim to be below the mythical "frost line." The hammocks on the opposite side of the Manatee River, and on Orange and Bee Ridges, south of Braidentown, have been visited by frost, and vegetation and tropical fruits have been injured.

From the ravages of hurricanes, tornadoes, and cyclones which occasionally visit the Atlantic coast, and sweep across the northern and extreme southern portions of our State, we are comparatively free. That portion of the Gulf coast of South Florida, lying between Clear Water and Charlotte Harbor, has, for some unexplained reason--probably the piety of its inhabitants--been exempt from hurricanes and tornadoes during the past forty years. I do not believe that the Manatee region is fully entitled to the appellation of Paradise; but I do believe that our citizens are as near that beatific place as they ever will be while in the flesh. If any one knows of a more desirable location on earth, or in the waters under the earth, I shall be pleased to record the fact.

S. C. UPHAM.

_January 3d, 1883._

SUNNYSIDE COTTAGE, BRAIDENTOWN, FLA., _Feb. 5th, 1881_.

D. H. ELLIOTT, ESQ., Sec. "_Florida Fruit Growers' Association_," JACKSONVILLE, FLA.,

DEAR SIR: In the Report of the Proceedings of the Eighth Annual Meeting of the "Florida Fruit Growers' Association," held in Jacksonville on the 27 ult., and published in the _Daily Union_ of that city on the following morning, the annexed resolution was published, with the name of your humble servant appended as one of the committee:

"_Resolved_, That a committee he appointed to investigate the effects of the late freeze on the orange and other fruits and vegetables; said committee to report to the secretary at Jacksonville at the earliest practicable moment."

Having received no official notice of my appointment to serve on the aforesaid committee, I have resolved myself into a committee of one, and have the honor to respectfully report as follows:

The old and trite aphorism--"If the mountain will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet must go to the mountain"--seems peculiarly applicable to the above resolution. Ergo, if the orange and other fruits of the citrus family will not thrive 'mid frost and ice, cultivate them in a more genial climate. With the experience of last fall and the present winter before me, together with a careful investigation of the climatology of Florida during the past fifty years, I have come to the conclusion that the fruits comprising the citrus family cannot be _successfully_ cultivated in this State north of the 28th parallel of latitude, and the sooner and more widely this fact is promulgated, the better it will be for all persons interested or about to become interested in this laudable and growing industry. The fact that the late freeze killed the scale insects on the orange trees in middle and north Florida, is _cold_ comfort for those engaged in orange culture. There are fruits better adapted to the climate of Florida north of latitude 28° than the orange, lemon, lime, guava, banana and pine-apple. Why, then, persist in endeavoring to cultivate those fruits with so dim a prospect of success? It is kicking against the pricks, hoping against hope. In conclusion, plant your orange, lemon, lime and banana groves below the 28th parallel of latitude, tickle the soil constantly with the hoe, and success will crown your efforts. So mote it be.

S. C. UPHAM.

METEOROLOGICAL.

_Record of the Thermometer and Rainfall at Braidentown, Florida,
for the month of January, 1880, with Remarks in relation to Wind
and Weather._

-----+-------+-------+-------+-----+---------+----------------------------
| 6 | 12 | 6 |Wind | |
|o'clock|o'clock|o'clock| at | |
Date.| A. M. | M. | P. M. | M. |Rainfall.| Remarks.
-----+-------+-------+-------+-----+---------+----------------------------
1 | 65 | 80 | 76 | E. | 1/8 in. |Cloudy A. M., clear P. M.
2 | 64 | 78 | 76 | E. | ---- |Clear.
3 | 68 | 82 | 74 | E. | ---- |A. M. clear, P. M. cloudy.
4 | 64 | 80 | 77 | E. | ---- |Clear with strong E. wind.
5 | 66 | 80 | 74 |S. E.| ---- |Clear A. M., cloudy P. M.
6 | 64 | 80 | 74 | E. | ---- |Clear.
7 | 62 | 80 | 72 |N. W.| ---- | "
8 | 62 | 78 | 70 | W. | ---- |Cloudy.
9 | 62 | 82 | 72 | W. | ---- |Clear.
10 | 61 | 84 | 75 | E. | ---- | "
11 | 62 | 82 | 72 | E. | ---- | "
12 | 62 | 82 | 74 | E. | ---- | "
13 | 64 | 74 | 70 |N. E.| ---- | "
14 | 58 | 78 | 73 | E. | ---- | "
15 | 58 | 78 | 72 | S. | ---- | "
16 | 55 | 86 | 68 | E. | ---- | "
17 | 58 | 78 | 72 | W. | ---- | "
18 | 55 | 76 | 66 |N. W.| ---- | "
19 | 52 | 74 | 70 | E. | ---- | "
20 | 53 | 78 | 68 |S. W.| ---- | "
21 | 56 | 78 | 70 | S. | ---- |Cloudy.
22 | 64 | 76 | 72 | S. | 2 in. |Rain A. M., clear P. M.
23 | 65 | 82 | 56 | W. | 1/8 in. | " " " "
24 | 54 | 58 | 58 |N. W.| 3/4 in. |Clear A. M., rain P. M.
25 | 58 | 73 | 70 | E. | ---- |Cloudy.
26 | 71 | 78 | 70 |S. W.| 1/2 in. |Rain A. M., clear P. M.
27 | 64 | 68 | 62 | W. | ---- |Cloudy.
28 | 58 | 66 | 63 |N. W.| ---- | "
29 | 58 | 80 | 72 | E. | ---- |Clear.
30 | 63 | 86 | 70 |S. E.| ---- | "
31 | 62 | 80 | 70 | W. | ---- | "
-----+-------+-------+-------+-----+---------+----------------------------
Sums,| 1,788 | 2,315 | 2,168 | -- |3-1/2 in.|
Av'ge| 57-1/3| 74-3/4| 70 | -- | -- |
-----+-------+-------+-------+-----+---------+----------------------------

Lowest temperature at 6 o'clock A. M., 19th inst 52°
Highest " 12 " M., 16th and 30th insts 86°

METEOROLOGICAL.

_Record of the Thermometer and Rainfall at Braidentown, Florida,
for the month of February, 1880, with Remarks in relation to Wind
and Weather._

-----+-------+-------+-------+-----+---------+----------------------------
| 6 | 12 | 6 |Wind | |
|o'clock|o'clock|o'clock| at | |
Date.| A. M. | M. | P. M. | M. |Rainfall.| Remarks.
-----+-------+-------+-------+-----+---------+----------------------------
1 | 64 | 76 | 63 |N. W.| ---- |Cloudy.
2 | 62 | 80 | 73 | S. | 1/8 in. |Rain at night. Strong wind
| | | | | | all day.
3 | 66 | 70 | 62 |N. W.| ---- |Wind has blown a gale
| | | | | | all day.
4 | 46 | 72 | 58 |S. E.| ---- |Clear A. M., cloudy P. M.
5 | 56 | 80 | 74 | E. | 1/8 in. |Rain during night, clear
| | | | | | all day.
6 | 52 | 68 | 62 | E. | ---- |Cloudy.
7 | 55 | 74 | 64 | E. | ---- |Clear.
8 | 62 | 80 | 70 | W. | ---- | "
9 | 60 | 74 | 68 | E. | ---- | "
10 | 58 | 86 | 72 | W. | ---- | "
11 | 57 | 83 | 76 | E. | ---- | "
12 | 62 | 82 | 74 | W. | ---- | "
13 | 66 | 79 | 74 | S. | ---- |Clear. Wind blowing a gale.
14 | 72 | 80 | 75 | S. | 1 in. |Rain during night, cloudy
| | | | | | all day.
15 | 63 | 74 | 63 |N. E.| ---- |Clear.
16 | 49 | 78 | 68 | E. | ---- | "
17 | 58 | 82 | 76 | E. | ---- | "
18 | 64 | 86 | 74 |S. W.| ---- | "
19 | 63 | 84 | 70 |N. W.| ---- | "
20 | 63 | 85 | 72 | E. | ---- | "
21 | 62 | 77 | 70 | W. | ---- | "
22 | 67 | 76 | 66 | W. | ---- | "
23 | 53 | 79 | 69 | W. | ---- | "
24 | 56 | 81 | 70 | E. | ---- | "
25 | 60 | 80 | 72 |S. E.| ---- | "
26 | 62 | 80 | 74 | S. | ---- | "
27 | 58 | 88 | 74 |N. E.| ---- | "
28 | 60 | 82 | 72 | W. | ---- | "
29 | 68 | 87 | 74 |S. E.| ---- | "
-----+-------+-------+-------+-----+---------+----------------------------
Sums,| 1,744 | 2,303 | 2,034 | -- |1-1/4 in.|
Av'ge| 60-1/8| 79-1/2|70-1/8 | -- | ---- |
-----+-------+-------+-------+-----+---------+----------------------------

Lowest temperature at 6 o'clock A. M., 4th inst 46°
Highest " 12 " M., 27th inst 88°

METEOROLOGICAL.

_Record of the Thermometer and Rainfall at Braidentown, Florida,
for the month of March, 1880, with Remarks in relation to Wind and
Weather._

-----+-------+-------+-------+-----+---------+----------------------------
| 6 | 12 | 6 |Wind | |
|o'clock|o'clock|o'clock| at | |
Date.| A. M. | M. | P. M. | M. |Rainfall.| Remarks.
-----+-------+-------+-------+-----+---------+----------------------------
1 | 60 | 79 | 74 | S. | ---- |Clear.
2 | 64 | 82 | 79 |N. W.| ---- | "
3 | 68 | 80 | 76 |S. W.| ---- | "
4 | 67 | 82 | 78 |S. W.| ---- | "
5 | 64 | 83 | 75 |S. W.| ---- | "
6 | 64 | 83 | 76 | W. | ---- | "
7 | 73 | 83 | 76 |S. W.| ---- | "
8 | 68 | 81 | 76 |S. W.| ---- | "
9 | 76 | 82 | 78 |S. W.| ---- | "
10 | 74 | 84 | 78 |S. W.| ---- | "
11 | 68 | 84 | 78 |S. W.| ---- | "
12 | 71 | 86 | 78 |S. W.| ---- | "
13 | 67 | 86 | 78 | S. | ---- | "
14 | 72 | 86 | 78 |S. W.| ---- | "
15 | 69 | 85 | 78 | S. | ---- | "
16 | 70 | 84 | 78 | S. | ---- |Cloudy.
17 | 70 | 84 | 76 |S. W.| ---- | "
18 | 73 | 84 | 78 |S. W.| ---- |Clear.
19 | 76 | 84 | 78 |S. W.| ---- | "
20 | 76 | 83 | 74 | E. | 1/8 in. |Rain during night, cloudy
| | | | | | all day.
21 | 67 | 80 | 74 | E. | ---- |Cloudy.
22 | 65 | 81 | 72 | E. | 1/16 in.|Rain during night, cloudy
| | | | | | all day.
23 | 64 | 75 | 74 | E. | ---- |Cloudy.
24 | 63 | 80 | 75 |N. W.| ---- |Clear.
25 | 63 | 83 | 78 | E. | ---- | "
26 | 65 | 82 | 78 | E. | ---- | "
27 | 68 | 82 | 77 |S. W.| ---- | "
28 | 75 | 72 | 72 | W. | 1/16 in.|Rain A. M., cloudy P. M.
29 | 69 | 78 | 69 | W. | ---- |Clear.
30 | 62 | 76 | 74 |S. E.| ---- | "
31 | 52 | 76 | 74 | E. | ---- | "
-----+-------+-------+-------+-----+---------+----------------------------
Sums,| 2,093 | 2,530 | 2,359 | -- | 1/4 in. |
Av'ge| 67-1/2|81-3/4 |76-1/8 | -- | -- |
-----+-------+-------+-------+-----+---------+----------------------------

Lowest temperature at 6 o'clock A. M., 31st inst 52°
Highest " 12 " M., 12th, 13th and 14th insts 86°

METEOROLOGICAL.

_Record of the Thermometer and Rainfall at Braidentown, Florida,
for the month of April, 1880, with Remarks in relation to Wind and
Weather._

-----+-------+-------+-------+-----+---------+-----------------
| 6 | 12 | 6 |Wind | |
|o'clock|o'clock|o'clock| at | |
Date.| A. M. | M. | P. M. | M. |Rainfall.| Remarks.
-----+-------+-------+-------+-----+---------+-----------------
1 | 60 | 81 | 72 | W. | ---- |Clear.
2 | 60 | 79 | 75 | W. | ---- | "
3 | 67 | 82 | 76 |S. W.| ---- | "
4 | 70 | 80 | 75 |S. W.| ---- | "
5 | 69 | 81 | 76 |S. W.| ---- | "
6 | 65 | 83 | 76 |S. W.| ---- | "
7 | 68 | 82 | 79 |S. W.| ---- | "
8 | 68 | 82 | 78 |S. W.| ---- | "
9 | 70 | 77 | 69 |S. W.| 1/4 in. |Cloudy, with rain
| | | | | | in the evening.
10 | 59 | 76 | 68 |N. W.| ---- |Clear.
11 | 65 | 79 | 75 |S. W.| ---- | "
12 | 65 | 78 | 76 |S. E.| ---- | "
13 | 58 | 77 | 75 |S. W.| ---- | "
14 | 62 | 88 | 80 | E. | ---- | "
15 | 65 | 83 | 78 |N. W.| ---- | "
16 | 68 | 83 | 78 |N. W.| ---- | "
17 | 70 | 84 | 78 | W. | ---- | "
18 | 75 | 85 | 79 |S. W.| ---- | "
19 | 74 | 85 | 81 | W. | ---- | "
20 | 76 | 86 | 85 | W. | ---- | "
21 | 73 | 86 | 82 | W. | ---- | "
22 | 69 | 86 | 81 |S. W.| ---- | "
23 | 72 | 85 | 79 |S. W.| ---- | "
24 | 73 | 87 | 80 |S. W.| ---- | "
25 | 73 | 86 | 79 |S. W.| ---- | "
26 | 72 | 87 | 84 |S. W.| ---- | "
27 | 73 | 86 | 84 |S. W.| ---- | "
28 | 76 | 88 | 85 |S. W.| ---- | "
29 | 74 | 87 | 82 |S. W.| ---- | "
30 | 76 | 88 | 86 |S. W.| ---- | "
-----+-------+-------+-------+-----+---------+-----------------
Sums,| 2,065 | 2,497 | 2,351 | -- | 1/4 in. |
Av'ge| 68-5/6|83-1/4 | 78-1/3| -- | -- |
-----+-------+-------+-------+-----+---------+-----------------

Lowest temperature at 6 o'clock A. M., 13th inst 58°
Highest " 12 " M., 14th, 28th and 30th insts 88°

METEOROLOGICAL.

_Record of the Thermometer and Rainfall at Braidentown, Florida,
for the month of May, 1880, with Remarks in relation to Wind and
Weather._

-----+-------+-------+-------+-----+---------+----------------------------
| 6 | 12 | 6 |Wind | |
|o'clock|o'clock|o'clock| at | |
Date.| A. M. | M. | P. M. | M. |Rainfall.| Remarks.
-----+-------+-------+-------+-----+---------+----------------------------
1 | 73 | 89 | 86 | E. | ---- |Clear.
2 | 72 | 89 | 79 |S. E.| 1/2 in. |Cloudy, with rain P. M.
3 | 72 | 80 | 79 |S. E.| ---- | " with Scotch mist.
4 | 78 | 84 | 84 |S. W.| ---- |Clear.
5 | 75 | 79 | 81 |S. E.| ---- |Cloudy, with Scotch mist.
6 | 74 | 83 | 83 | E. | ---- |Cloudy.
7 | 74 | 90 | 74 | E. | 1 in. |Rain during P.M. and night.
8 | 75 | 80 | 76 | E. |2-1/4 in.| " " " "
9 | 76 | 85 | 78 | E. | ---- |Cloudy, with Scotch mist.
10 | 74 | 87 | 86 |S. W.| ---- |Partly cloudy.
11 | 73 | 87 | 79 |S. W.| 1 in. |Rain in the afternoon.
12 | 75 | 78 | 78 |S. W.|1-1/2 in.| " " "
13 | 72 | 83 | 83 |S. W.| ---- |Cloudy.
14 | 75 | 84 | 83 |S. W.| ---- | "
15 | 75 | 83 | 81 | E. | ---- |Cloudy; wind blowing a gale.
16 | 72 | 85 | 79 | E. | ---- | " " "
17 | 70 | 86 | 80 | E. | ---- |Cloudy.
18 | 73 | 87 | 83 | E. | ---- | "
19 | 73 | 90 | 84 | E. | ---- | "
20 | 75 | 90 | 82 |S. E.| 1/2 in. |Rain during P.M. and night.
21 | 75 | 90 | 80 |S. E.| 1 in. | " " " "
22 | 75 | 79 | 78 |S. E.| 2 in. | " " the day.
23 | 78 | 86 | 78 |S. E.| 1 in. | " " "
24 | 78 | 86 | 78 |S. E.| 1/4 in. | " " "
25 | 76 | 75 | 78 |S. E.| 1/2 in. | " " "
26 | 76 | 88 | 78 |S. E.| ---- |Cloudy, with Scotch mist.
27 | 75 | 89 | 86 |S. E.| ---- |Partly cloudy.
28 | 76 | 89 | 89 |S. E.| ---- | " "
29 | 76 | 90 | 87 |S. E.| 1/4 in. |Rain during night, day clear.
30 | 78 | 95 | 87 |S. E.| ---- |Clear.
31 | 80 | 91 | 86 |S. E.| ---- | "
-----+-------+-------+-------+-----+---------+----------------------------
Sums,| 2,319 | 2,657 | 2,523 | -- |11-3/4 in.|
Av'ge|74-3/4 |85-3/4 |81-1/3 | -- | ---- |
-----+-------+-------+-------+-----+---------+----------------------------

Lowest temperature at 6 o'clock A. M., 2d, 3d, 13th and 16th insts 72°
Highest " 12 " M., 30th inst 95°

METEOROLOGICAL.

_Record of the Thermometer and Rainfall at Braidentown, Florida,
for the month of June, 1880, with Remarks in relation to Wind and
Weather._

-----+-------+-------+-------+-----+---------+----------------------------
| 6 | 12 | 6 |Wind | |
Date.|o'clock|o'clock|o'clock| at |Rainfall.| Remarks.
| A. M. | M. | P. M. | M. | |
-----+-------+-------+-------+-----+---------+----------------------------
1 | 80 | 88 | 84 |S. E.| 1/2 in.| Cloudy.
2 | 82 | 82 | 81 |S. E.| 1/2 in.| "
3 | 80 | 87 | 85 | W. | 1/2 in.| Rain in the afternoon.
4 | 78 | 91 | 85 |S. E.| | Cloudy, with Scotch mist.
5 | 80 | 89 | 82 |S. E.|1-1/2 in.| Rain in the afternoon.
6 | 81 | 87 | 80 |S. E.| 1/2 in.| " " "
7 | 79 | 90 | 85 |S. W.| | Clear.
8 | 80 | 89 | 87 |S. W.| | "
9 | 82 | 91 | 90 |S. W.| 1 in.| Rain in evening.
10 | 78 | 92 | 78 |S. W.| 1 in.| " " afternoon.
11 | 80 | 90 | 78 |S. W.| 1/4 in.| " " "
12 | 79 | 92 | 88 |S. W.| | Clear.
13 | 82 | 90 | 88 |S. W.| | "
14 | 84 | 91 | 87 | W. | | "
15 | 86 | 92 | 88 | W. | | "
16 | 85 | 91 | 87 | W. | | "
17 | 79 | 89 | 88 |S. W.| 1 in.| Rain A. M., clear P. M.
18 | 80 | 88 | 88 |S. W.| | Clear.
19 | 77 | 79 | 83 |S. W.| 1/4 in.| Rain A. M., clear P. M.
20 | 80 | 86 | 76 | E. | | Cloudy.
21 | 76 | 80 | 78 |S. W.| 1/8 in.| "
22 | 74 | 88 | 80 |S. E.| 1/4 in.| Rain P. M. and at night.
23 | 78 | 87 | 84 | S. | 1 in.| Rain during night.
24 | 78 | 90 | 84 |S. E.| | Cloudy.
25 | 78 | 87 | 86 | S. | 1/16 in.| Rain during afternoon.
26 | 80 | 92 | 86 |S. E.| |} Shower during afternoon.
27 | 86 | 91 | 84 |S. W.| |} Light shower in afternoon.
28 | 82 | 88 | 89 |S. W.| 1/4 in.|} " " " "
29 | 81 | 86 | 86 |S. W.| |} " " " "
30 | 83 | 94 | 86 |S. W.| |} " " " "
-----+-------+-------+-------+-----+---------+----------------------------
Sums,| 2,408 | 2,657 | 2,531 | |8-7/8 in.|
Av'ge| 80-1/4| 88-1/2| 84-1/3| | |
-----+-------+-------+-------+-----+---------+----------------------------

Lowest temperature at 6 o'clock A. M., 22d inst. 74°
Highest " 12 " M., 30th inst. 94°

METEOROLOGICAL.

_Record of the Thermometer and Rainfall at Braidentown, Florida,
for the month of July, 1880, with Remarks in relation to Wind and
Weather._

-----+-------+-------+-------+-----+---------+----------------------------
| 6 | 12 | 6 |Wind | |
Date.|o'clock|o'clock|o'clock| at |Rainfall.| Remarks.
| A. M. | M. | P. M. | M. | |
-----+-------+-------+-------+-----+---------+----------------------------
1 | 82 | 96 | 82 |S. W.|1-3/4 in.|Rain during the afternoon.
2 | 82 | 92 | 87 |S. W.| 1/4 in.| " " "
3 | 84 | 91 | 90 |S. W.| |Clear.
4 | 84 | 91 | 84 |S. W.| |Cloudy.
5 | 82 | 93 | 91 |S. W.| |Clear.
6 | 84 | 92 | 88 |S. W.| |Scotch mist in the afternoon.
7 | 84 | 79 | 84 |S. E.| 1/16 in.|Rain during P. M.
8 | 84 | 93 | 89 |S. E.| 1/2 in.| " " "
9 | 81 | 85 | 81 |S. E.| 3/4 in.| " " "
10 | 82 | 92 | 88 |S. W.| |Clear.
11 | 86 | 89 | 82 |S. W.| |Cloudy, with Scotch mist.
12 | 82 | 84 | 86 |S. W.| | " " "
13 | 83 | 93 | 87 |S. W.| |Cloudy.
14 | 86 | 90 | 83 |S. W.| 1/2 in.|Rain in the afternoon.
15 | 82 | 92 | 88 |S. W.| |Cloudy.
16 | 88 | 90 | 88 |S. W.| | "
17 | 86 | 89 | 88 |S. E.| | "
18 | 84 | 93 | 90 |S. W.| | "
19 | 86 | 90 | 88 |S. W.| | "
20 | 88 | 91 | 89 |S. W.| |Clear.
21 | 88 | 93 | 90 |S. W.| | "
22 | 88 | 90 | 87 |S. W.| 1/4 in.|Cloudy: rain in the evening.
23 | 84 | 92 | 84 |S. W.| |Cloudy.
24 | 84 | 93 | 88 |S. W.|1-1/2 in.|Cloudy: rain in the evening.
25 | 84 | 94 | 82 |S. E.| |Scotch mist in the afternoon.
26 | 80 | 80 | 83 |S. E.| 1/2 in.|Rain in the evening.
27 | 80 | 80 | 83 |S. E.| 1 in.| " " afternoon.
28 | 80 | 87 | 83 |S. E.| 1/8 in.| " " "
29 | 83 | 90 | 87 |S. W.| |Cloudy and misty.
30 | 82 | 90 | 85 |S. W.| |Clear.
31 | 80 | 84 | 83 |S. W.| 1/16 in.|Rain at noon.
-----+-------+-------+-------+-----+---------+----------------------------
Sums,| 2,593 | 2,778 | 2,683 | |7-1/4 in.|
Av'ge| 83-3/4| 89-1/2| 86-3/4| | |
-----+-------+-------+-------+-----+---------+----------------------------

Lowest temperature at 6 o'clock A.M., 26th, 27th, 28th and 31st insts. 80°
Highest " 12 " M., 1st inst. 96°

METEOROLOGICAL.

_Record of the Thermometer and Rainfall at Braidentown, Florida,
for the month of August, 1880, with Remarks in relation to Wind and
Weather._

-----+-------+-------+-------+-----+---------+----------------------------
| 6 | 12 | 6 |Wind | |
Date.|o'clock|o'clock|o'clock| at |Rainfall.| Remarks.
| A. M. | M. | P. M. | M. | |
-----+-------+-------+-------+-----+---------+----------------------------
1 | 82 | 91 | 86 |S. W.| |Clear.
2 | 82 | 91 | 83 |S. E.| | "
3 | 82 | 90 | 80 |S. W.| 1 in.|Rain during night.
4 | 78 | 82 | 79 |S. E.|1-1/4 in.| " " day and night.
5 | 78 | 80 | 82 |S. E.|1-1/2 in.| " " forenoon.
6 | 78 | 83 | 82 |S. W.| 1/16 in.| " " afternoon.
7 | 79 | 93 | 80 |S. W.| 1/4 in.| " " "
8 | 82 | 92 | 84 |S. E.| 1 in.| " " "
9 | 82 | 92 | 83 |S. E.| 1/2 in.| " " "
10 | 81 | 91 | 88 |S. E.| |Cloudy.
11 | 82 | 94 | 80 |S. E.| 1/2 in.|Rain in the afternoon.
12 | 84 | 94 | 84 |S. E.| 1/2 in.| " " "
13 | 82 | 90 | 87 |S. E.| |Cloudy.
14 | 81 | 91 | 92 |S. W.| | "
15 | 82 | 93 | 79 |S. E.| 1/2 in.|Rain in the afternoon.
16 | 80 | 93 | 84 |S. E.| |Cloudy.
17 | 82 | 95 | 80 |S. E.| 2 in.|Rain in the afternoon.
18 | 80 | 91 | 86 |S. E.| |Cloudy.
19 | 78 | 93 | 90 |S. E.| |Clear.
20 | 82 | 89 | 86 |S. E.| 1/16 in.|Cloudy, rain in the P.M.
21 | 80 | 89 | 89 |S. W.| |Clear.
22 | 84 | 92 | 89 |S. W.| | "
23 | 86 | 96 | 90 |S. W.| | "
24 | 84 | 93 | 88 |S. E.| 1/16 in.|Cloudy, with rain in the P.M.
25 | 82 | 95 | 85 |S. W.| 1/4 in.| " " " " "
26 | 81 | 96 | 88 |S. E.| 1 in.| " " " " "
27 | 82 | 94 | 91 |S. E.| |Clear.
28 | 82 | 95 | 88 |S. E.| | "
29 | 84 | 84 | 83 |S. W.|3-1/2 in.|Rain, wind blowing gale day
| | | | | | and night.
30 | 78 | 82 | 82 | S. | 3 in.| " " " " "
31 | 80 | 90 | 84 |S. E.| 1/8 in.|Rain during the forenoon.
-----+-------+-------+-------+-----+---------+----------------------------
Sums,| 2,520 | 2,814 | 2,642 | | 17 in.|
Av'ge| 84 | 93-3/4| 88 | | |

Lowest temperature at 6 o'clock A.M., 4th, 5th, 6th, 19th and 30th insts.
78°
Highest " 12 " M., 23d and 26th insts. 96°

METEOROLOGICAL.

_Record of the Thermometer and Rainfall at Braidentown, Florida,
for the month of September, 1880, with Remarks in relation to Wind
and Weather._

-----+-------+-------+-------+-----+---------+----------------------------
| 6 | 12 | 6 |Wind | |
Date.|o'clock|o'clock|o'clock| at |Rainfall.| Remarks.
| A. M. | M. | P. M. | M. | |
-----+-------+-------+-------+-----+---------+----------------------------
1 | 81 | 86 | 82|S. E.| 1/4 in.|Cloudy, with rain in P. M.
2 | 73 | 88 | 78|S. W.| 1 in.| " " "
3 | 78 | 92 | 81| S. | 1 in.| " " "
4 | 80 | 92 | 88|S. E.| |Clear.
5 | 82 | 92 | 87|S. E.| |Clear A. M., cloudy P. M.
6 | 81 | 90 | 87|S. E.| |Clear.
7 | 81 | 88 | 85|S. W.| | "
8 | 81 | 90 | 84|S. W.| | "
9 | 82 | 92 | 86|S. W.| 1/2 in.|Rain in the afternoon.
10 | 80 | 94 | 87|S. E.| 1/8 in.| " " "
11 | 82 | 92 | 88|S. E.| |Cloudy.
12 | 82 | 94 | 87|S. W.| 1 in.|Rain in the afternoon.
13 | 80 | 92 | 90| S. | 1/2 in.|Clear day, rain during night.
14 | 82 | 90 | 88|S. E.| |Clear.
15 | 80 | 91 | 83|S. E.| 3/4 in.|Clear day, rain during night.
16 | 78 | 77 | 78|S. E.| |Cloudy, with Scotch mist.
17 | 75 | 87 | 88|S. E.| |Clear.
18 | 78 | 85 | 81|S. E.| |Cloudy, with strong wind.
19 | 75 | 90 | 81|S. E.| 1/16 in.|Clear A. M., rain P. M.
20 | 78 | 90 | 84|S. E.| 1/2 in.|Rain in the afternoon.
21 | 78 | 93 | 88|S. E.| 1/4 in.| " " "
22 | 78 | 92 | 87|S. E.| |Clear.
23 | 78 | 94 | 89|S. E.| | "
24 | 77 | 94 | 90|S. E.| | "
25 | 80 | 90 | 85| S. | | "
26 | 78 | 92 | 87|S. W.| 1/4 in.|Rain during early part of
| | | | | | night.
27 | 80 | 87 | 86|S. W.| 1 in.|Rain in the morning.
28 | 85 | 90 | 86|N. W.| |Clear.
29 | 79 | 88 | 84|S. E.| | "
30 | 70 | 90 | 87|S. E.| | "
-----+-------+-------+-------+-----+---------+----------------------------
Sums,| 2,377 | 2,702 | 2,562 | |7-1/8 in.|
Av'ge| 79-1/4| 90 | 85 | | |
-----+-------+-------+-------+-----+---------+----------------------------

Lowest temperature at 6 o'clock A.M., 30th inst. 70°
Highest " 12 " M., 10th, 12th, 23d and 24th insts. 94°

METEOROLOGICAL.

_Record of the Thermometer and Rainfall at Braidentown, Florida,
for the month of October, 1880, with Remarks in relation to Wind
and Weather._

-----+-------+-------+-------+-----+---------+----------------------------
| 6 | 12 | 6 |Wind | |
Date.|o'clock|o'clock|o'clock| at |Rainfall.| Remarks.
| A. M. | M. | P. M. | M. | |
-----+-------+-------+-------+-----+---------+----------------------------
1 | 73 | 92 | 87 |S. E.| |Clear.
2 | 70 | 90 | 85 |S. E.| | "
3 | 76 | 92 | 87 |S. E.| | "
4 | 76 | 92 | 85 |S. E.| | "
5 | 77 | 86 | 81 |S. E.| 1/8 in.|Cloudy, with rain.
6 | 76 | 80 | 80 |S. E.| 1/8 in.| " " "
7 | 78 | 80 | 78 |S. E.| 3 in.|Cloudy, with heavy rain.
8 | 82 | 86 | 85 |S. W.| 2 in.|Clear A. M., rain P. M.
9 | 80 | 82 | 79 |S. E.| |Cloudy.
10 | 76 | 90 | 87 | S. | |Clear.
11 | 78 | 90 | 86 | E. | | "
12 | 78 | 88 | 82 | E. | | "
13 | 70 | 88 | 88 | E. | | "
14 | 76 | 93 | 82 | E. | | "
15 | 70 | 87 | 82 | E. | | "
16 | 68 | 87 | 80 | E. | | "
17 | 72 | 85 | 77 | S. | 1/2 in.|Rain in the afternoon.
18 | 66 | 79 | 75 | E. | |Clear.
19 | 69 | 84 | 81 |N. E.| | "
20 | 75 | 86 | 80 |S. E.| 1/8 in.|Rain in the morning.
21 | 70 | 87 | 82 |S. E.| 1 in.| " during the night.
22 | 78 | 82 | 76 |N. W.| 1/2 in.| " in the morning.
23 | 68 | 78 | 73 | W. | |Clear.
24 | 62 | 80 | 76 |S. E.| | "
25 | 60 | 79 | 80 | E. | | "
26 | 62 | 82 | 80 |S. E.| | "
27 | 68 | 86 | 81 |S. E.| | "
28 | 74 | 72 | 74 |S. E.|1-3/4 in.|Cloudy, with heavy rain.
29 | 70 | 80 | 79 |N. W.| 1/4 in.| " " rain.
30 | 75 | 80 | 76 |N. W.| |Cloudy.
31 | 72 | 82 | 78 |S. W.| |Clear.
-----+-------+-------+-------+-----+---------+----------------------------
Sums,| 2,245 | 2,625 | 2,502 | |9-3/8 in.|
Av'ge| 72-1/2| 84-3/4| 80-3/4| | |
-----+-------+-------+-------+-----+---------+----------------------------

Lowest temperature at 6 o'clock A. M., 25th inst. 60°
Highest " 12 " M., 14th inst. 93°

METEOROLOGICAL.

_Record of the Thermometer and Rainfall at Braidentown, Florida,
for the month of November, 1880, with Remarks, in relation to Wind
and Weather._

-----+-------+-------+-------+-----+---------+----------------------------
| 6 | 12 | 6 |Wind | |
Date.|o'clock|o'clock|o'clock| at |Rainfall.| Remarks.
| A. M. | M. | P. M. | M. | |
-----+-------+-------+-------+-----+---------+----------------------------
1 | 68 | 86 | 79 |S. E.| |Cloudy A. M., Clear P. M.
2 | 68 | 82 | 78 |N. W.| |Clear A. M., Cloudy P. M.
3 | 68 | 83 | 78 |S. W.| |Clear.
4 | 70 | 80 | 80 |N. E.| 1/2 in.|Rain during the night.
5 | 78 | 86 | 82 | S. | |Clear.
6 | 77 | 86 | 81 | S. | | "
7 | 74 | 75 | 76 | N. | |Cloudy.
8 | 70 | 80 | 77 |S. E.| | "
9 | 72 | 90 | 85 | E. | |Clear.
10 | 77 | 85 | 78 | S. | |Cloudy.
11 | 70 | 84 | 78 |S. E.| |Clear.
12 | 70 | 82 | 82 | E. | | "
13 | 70 | 87 | 86 |S. E.| | "
14 | 74 | 83 | 80 | S. | 1/4 in.|Clear day, rain at night.
15 | 70 | 70 | 66 |N. E.| |Cloudy.
16 | 50 | 72 | 71 |S. E.| |Clear.
17 | 60 | 75 | 73 | W. | | "
18 | 64 | 80 | 76 | W. | |Cloudy.
19 | 70 | 78 | 79 | E. | | "
20 | 77 | 75 | 72 |N. E.| 1/2 in.|Rain in the forenoon.
21 | 62 | 76 | 77 | E. | |Clear A. M., Cloudy P. M.
22 | 68 | 84 | 76 | E. | | " " " "
23 | 63 | 76 | 67 |N. E.| |Cloudy.
24 | 65 | 79 | 79 |S. E.| | "
25 | 71 | 80 | 74 |N. W.| | " and foggy.
26 | 71 | 75 | 75 |S. E.| |
27 | 72 | 80 | 76 |S. E.| |Clear.
28 | 71 | 84 | 78 | S. | | "
29 | 71 | 84 | 84 |S. E.| | "
30 | 70 | 86 | 78 |S. E.| | "
-----+-------+-------+-------+-----+---------+----------------------------
Sums,| 2,081 | 2,412 | 2,321 | |1-1/4 in.|
Av'ge| 69-1/3| 80-1/3| 77-1/3| | |
-----+-------+-------+-------+-----+---------+----------------------------

Lowest temperature at 6 o'clock A.M., 16th inst. 50°
Highest " 12 " M., 9th inst. 90°

METEOROLOGICAL.

_Record of the Thermometer and Rainfall at Braidentown, Florida,
for the month of December, 1880, with Remarks in relation to Wind
and Weather._

-----+-------+-------+-------+-----+---------+----------------------------
| 6 | 12 | 6 |Wind | |
Date.|o'clock|o'clock|o'clock| at |Rainfall.| Remarks.
| A. M. | M. | P. M. | M. | |
-----+-------+-------+-------+-----+---------+----------------------------
1 | 71 | 80 | 80 | S. | |Cloudy.
2 | 76 | 84 | 84 | W. | | "
3 | 72 | 82 | 82 |S. W.| |Clear.
4 | 69 | 82 | 80 | S. | | "
5 | 70 | 82 | 78 | S. | | "
6 | 76 | 77 | 73 |S. W.| 1/4 in.|Cloudy, with rain.
7 | 56 | 68 | 65 |N. E.| |Clear.
8 | 45 | 72 | 64 | E. | | "
9 | 52 | 73 | 72 |N. E.| | "
10 | 52 | 69 | 68 |N. E.| | "
11 | 45 | 72 | 69 |N. E.| | "
12 | 50 | 75 | 72 |N. E.| | "
13 | 50 | 79 | 75 |N. W.| | "
14 | 58 | 78 | 70 |S. E.| | "
15 | 60 | 78 | 73 | S. | | "
16 | 65 | 81 | 75 | S. | | "
17 | 66 | 82 | 75 | S. | | "
18 | 70 | 82 | 74 |S. W.| 3/4 in.|Rain morning and afternoon.
19 | 70 | 77 | 70 | S. | 1/2 in.|Rain in the afternoon.
20 | 70 | 81 | 65 |N. W.| |Cloudy.
21 | 58 | 60 | 55 |N. W.| | "
22 | 42 | 56 | 54 |N. E.| | "
23 | 46 | 71 | 68 |S. E.| |Clear.
24 | 58 | 71 | 67 |S. W.| | "
25 | 62 | 69 | 68 | S. | 1/8 in.|Rain in the afternoon.
26 | 52 | 66 | 58 |N. E.| |Cloudy.
27 | 52 | 63 | 60 |N. W.| | "
28 | 43 | 65 | 65 |S. E.| |Clear.
29 | 54 | 71 | 60 |S. E.| 1/8 in.|Rain in the afternoon.
30 | 40 | 51 | 45 |N. W.| |Cloudy.
31 | 38 | 50 | 53 |N. E.| 1 in.|Drizzling rain. Coldest day
| | | | | | of the year.
-----+-------+-------+-------+-----+---------+----------------------------
Sums,| 1,788 | 2,237 | 2,117 | |2-3/4 in.|
Av'ge| 57-3/4| 74-1/3| 68-1/4| | |
-----+-------+-------+-------+-----+---------+----------------------------

Lowest temperature at 6 o'clock A. M., 31st inst. 38°
Highest " 12 " M., 2d inst. 84°

METEOROLOGICAL.

_Record of the Thermometer and Rainfall at Braidentown, Florida,
for the month of January, 1881, with Remarks in relation to Wind
and Weather._

-----+-------+-------+-------+-----+---------+----------------------------
| 6 | 12 | 6 |Wind | |
Date.|o'clock|o'clock|o'clock| at |Rainfall.| Remarks.
| A. M. | M. | P. M. | M. | |
-----+-------+-------+-------+-----+---------+----------------------------
1 | 54 | 78 | 59 | S. |1-1/2 in.|Rain during the afternoon.
2 | 50 | 67 | 63 | E. | |Clear.
3 | 46 | 74 | 70 | E. | | "
4 | 69 | 80 | 77 | S. | | "
5 | 74 | 79 | 71 | S. | 1 in.|Rain nearly all day.
6 | 66 | 68 | 66 | E. | 1/8 in.|Rain in the afternoon.
7 | 63 | 67 | 67 | E. | 1 in.|Rain morning and afternoon.
8 | 65 | 68 | 69 |S. E.| 1/2 in.|Rain in the afternoon.
9 | 66 | 75 | 72 |S. E.| |Cloudy.
10 | 73 | 80 | 75 | S. | 1/4 in.|Rain during the night.
11 | 68 | 76 | 65 |N. W.| 1/8 in.| " afternoon.
12 | 54 | 62 | 62 | E. | |Cloudy.
13 | 48 | 78 | 75 | E. | |Clear.
14 | 64 | 75 | 70 | S. | |Cloudy.
15 | 68 | 77 | 70 | W. | 1/8 in.|Rain in the afternoon.
16 | 66 | 82 | 76 |S. W.| |Clear.
17 | 64 | 83 | 80 |S. E.| | "
18 | 66 | 87 | 79 | E. | | "
19 | 66 | 83 | 78 |S. E.| | "
20 | 66 | 77 | 72 | S. | |Cloudy, with Scotch mist.
21 | 66 | 75 | 70 |S. W.| |Clear A. M., cloudy P. M.
22 | 60 | 76 | 66 |S. E.| |Clear.
23 | 57 | 60 | 58 |N. E.| 1/4 in.|Rain P. M. and night.
24 | 53 | 60 | 56 |N. W.| 1/4 in.| " "
25 | 52 | 55 | 52 |N. E.| |Cloudy.
26 | 44 | 76 | 64 |N. E.| |Clear.
27 | 48 | 72 | 62 |N. E.| | "
28 | 54 | 67 | 64 |N. E.| |Cloudy.
29 | 56 | 80 | 74 | E. | |Clear.
30 | 60 | 78 | 76 |N. W.| | "
31 | 55 | 78 | 74 |N. W.| | "
-----+-------+-------+-------+-----+---------+----------------------------
Sums,| 1,861 | 2,293 | 2,132 | |5-1/8 in.|
Av'ge| 60 | 74 | 68-3/4| | |
-----+-------+-------+-------+-----+---------+----------------------------

Lowest temperature at 6 o'clock A. M., 26th inst. 44°
Highest " 12 " M., 17th and 19th insts. 83°

METEOROLOGICAL.

_Record of the Thermometer and Rainfall at Braidentown, Florida,
for the month of February, 1881, with Remarks in relation to Wind
and Weather._

-----+-------+-------+-------+-----+---------+----------------------------
| 6 | 12 | 6 |Wind | |
Date.|o'clock|o'clock|o'clock| at |Rainfall.| Remarks.
| A. M. | M. | P. M. | M. | |
-----+-------+-------+-------+-----+---------+----------------------------
1 | 56 | 76 | 72 |S. E.| |Clear.
2 | 65 | 71 | 70 |S. W.| 1/4 in.|Rain in the afternoon.
3 | 54 | 70 | 67 |S. W.| |Clear.
4 | 50 | 65 | 62 |S. E.| |Cloudy.
5 | 52 | 75 | 69 |N. E.| |Clear.
6 | 62 | 75 | 69 |N. E.| |Clear, wind blowing a gale.
7 | 66 | 78 | 72 |N. E.| | " " " "
8 | 64 | 79 | 73 | E. | | " " " "
9 | 68 | 72 | 70 |S. E.| 1/8 in.|Rain in the afternoon.
10 | 65 | 84 | 78 |S. E.| |Clear.
11 | 70 | 81 | 75 | S. | | "
12 | 64 | 72 | 64 |S. W.| 1/8 in.|Rain in the afternoon.
13 | 66 | 69 | 59 | W. | |Clear.
14 | 48 | 66 | 62 |N. W.| | "
15 | 52 | 75 | 66 |N. W.| | "
16 | 58 | 80 | 74 |N. E.| | "
17 | 59 | 84 | 76 |S. E.| | "
18 | 62 | 85 | 76 |S. E.| | "
19 | 67 | 82 | 74 |S. E.| | "
20 | 69 | 81 | 74 |S. W.| | "
21 | 65 | 76 | 69 |N. W.| | "
22 | 60 | 80 | 66 |S. W.| | "
23 | 58 | 80 | 73 |S. E.| | "
24 | 58 | 80 | 74 |N. E.| | "
25 | 60 | 79 | 74 | E. | |Cloudy.
26 | 60 | 84 | 77 |S. E.| |Clear.
27 | 65 | 79 | 69 | S. | 2 in.|Rain, with wind blowing a
| | | | | | gale.
28 | 69 | 76 | 66 | W. | |Clear, " " "
-----+-------+-------+-------+-----+---------+----------------------------
Sums,| 1,712 | 2,054 | 1,970 | |2-1/2 in.|
Av'ge| 61-7/8| 73-1/2| 70-1/2| | |
-----+-------+-------+-------+-----+---------+----------------------------

Lowest temperature at 6 o'clock A. M., 14th inst. 48°
Highest " 12 " M., 18th inst. 85°

METEOROLOGICAL.

_Record of the Thermometer and Rainfall at Braidentown, Florida,
for the month of March, 1881, with Remarks in relation to Wind and
Weather._

-----+-------+-------+-------+-----+---------+----------------------------
| 6 | 12 | 6 |Wind | |
Date.|o'clock|o'clock|o'clock| at |Rainfall.| Remarks.
| A. M. | M. | P. M. | M. | |
-----+-------+-------+-------+-----+---------+----------------------------
1 | 59 | 74 | 61 |N. W.| |Clear.
2 | 59 | 75 | 69 |N. W.| | "
3 | 60 | 75 | 71 |S. W.| | "
4 | 59 | 71 | 63 |N. W.| | "
5 | 66 | 74 | 63 |N. W.| | "
6 | 59 | 68 | 68 |N. W.| | "
7 | 53 | 72 | 73 | E. | | "
8 | 60 | 78 | 69 | S. |1-1/4 in.|Rain P. M. and night.
9 | 62 | 78 | 67 |N. W.| |Clear.
10 | 57 | 72 | 70 |S. E.| | "
11 | 52 | 79 | 73 |S. E.| | "
12 | 73 | 81 | 75 |S. W.| |Cloudy, with Scotch mist.
13 | 73 | 75 | 72 |N. W.| | "
14 | 65 | 80 | 77 |N. E.| |Cloudy.
15 | 67 | 88 | 80 |N. E.| |Clear.
16 | 67 | 83 | 75 | S. | | "
17 | 66 | 80 | 76 |S. W.| | "
18 | 72 | 82 | 78 |S. W.| | "
19 | 72 | 79 | 76 |S. W.| 1 in.|Cloudy, rain P.M. and night.
20 | 63 | 70 | 64 |N. W.| |Cloudy.
21 | 63 | 74 | 67 |S. W.| 1/4 in.|Cloudy, with rain at night.
22 | 62 | 65 | 61 |N. E.| |Clear, wind blowing a gale.
23 | 52 | 66 | 58 |N. W.| |Clear.
24 | 59 | 74 | 71 |N. W.| | "
25 | 56 | 74 | 66 |S. W.| | "
26 | 65 | 70 | 69 |S. W.| |Cloudy.
27 | 60 | 72 | 63 |S. W.| |Clear.
28 | 52 | 78 | 71 |S. E.| | "
29 | 57 | 75 | 70 |S. W.| | "
30 | 59 | 65 | 64 |N. W.| |Clear, wind blowing a gale.
31 | 60 | 68 | 63 |N. W.| | " " "
-----+-------+-------+-------+-----+---------+----------------------------
Sums,| 1,914 | 2,315 | 2,143 | |2-1/2 in.|
Av'ge| 62 | 74-3/4| 69-1/2| | |
-----+-------+-------+-------+-----+---------+----------------------------

Lowest temperature at 6 o'clock, A. M., 11th, 23d and 28th insts. 52°
Highest " 12 " M., 15th inst. 88°

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Typographical errors corrected by the etext transcriber:

was know first=> was known first {pg 65}

Heathfulness of climate=> Healthfulness of climate {pg 89}

End of Project Gutenberg's Florida: Past and present, by Samuel Curtis Upham