Commencing with the Southern United States, all that need be described in the present work is the belt extending from California in the west to Florida in the east. The climate of California is undoubtedly one of the finest in the world. Like the rest of the western seaboard of America, the rainfall is small, but there is always sufficient water for cultivation by the agency of irrigation; and the clearness of the atmosphere and genial temperature renders this State the ideal of the physician in search for health resorts. Apart, indeed, from the excitements of “euchre” and the germs introduced by the Chinese settler, it seems difficult to understand why anyone should suffer illness in such a climate as that of Los Angeles, whose principal characteristics are epitomised in the above table. Let us hope, however, that “Ah Sin” has not driven the angels too far away for recall by the rapidly advancing sanitation of American civilisation. LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. =========+=========+==========+=========+=====+===========+====== Month | Monthly | Absolute | Absolute|Rela-| Monthly |Number | Means | Maxima | Minima |tive | Rainfall | of | | | | Hu- | | Rainy +--+------+---+------+--+------+midi-+----+------+ Days |F.| ~C.~ | F.| ~C.~ |F.| ~C.~ | ty %|Ins.| ~Mm.~| ---------+--+------+---+------+--+------+-----+----+------+------ January |54|~12·2~| 87|~30·6~|30|~-1·1~| 66 |2·80|~71·1~| 6 February |55|~12·8~| 88|~31·1~|28|~-2·2~| 69 |2·82|~71·3~| 6 March |57|~13·9~| 99|~37·2~|31|~-0·6~| 73 |2·72|~68·7~| 7 April |60|~15·6~| 99|~37·2~|38| ~3·3~| 73 |1·10|~27·9~| 4 May |63|~17·2~|103|~39·4~|41| ~5·0~| 74 |0·51|~12·7~| 3 June |67|~19·4~|100|~37·8~|46| ~7·8~| 73 |0·10| ~2·5~| 1 July |71|~21·7~|109|~42·8~|50|~10·0~| 74 |0·02| ~0·0~| 0 August |72|~22·2~|106|~41·1~|51|~10·6~| 74 |0·04| ~0·1~| 0 September|70|~21·1~|108|~42·2~|44| ~6·7~| 72 |0·04| ~0·1~| 0 October |64|~17·8~| 96|~35·6~|40| ~4·4~| 71 |0·81|~20·4~| 3 November |60|~15·6~| 96|~35·6~|34| ~1·1~| 64 |1·47|~36·9~| 3 December |56|~13·3~| 88|~31·1~|30|~-1·1~| 65 |3·28|~82·7~| 6 =========+==+======+===+======+==+======+=====+====+======+======