=============+=============+==============+============== Place | BELIZE | GREYTOWN | COLON -------------+-------------+--------------+-------------- Situation | Atlantic | Atlantic | Atlantic | Coast, Brit-| Coast, | Coast, | ish Honduras| Costa Rica | Panama -------------+-------------+--------------+-------------- Latitude, N. | 17° 32′ | 10° 30′ | 9° 22′ -------------+-------------+--------------+-------------- Longitude, W.| 88° 10′ | 83° 22′ | 79° 55′ -------------+-------------+--------------+-------------- Elevation | near sea- | near sea- | near sea- (feet) | level | level | level -------------+-----+-------+------+-------+------+------- Scale |Ins. | ~Mm.~| Ins. | ~Mm.~ | Ins.| ~Mm.~ -------------+-----+-------+------+-------+------+------- January | 5·78| ~147~| 21·39| ~543~| 1·88| ~48~ February | 3·08| ~78~| 5·78| ~147~| 1·49| ~38~ March | 1·54| ~39~| 4·75| ~120~| 1·30| ~33~ April | 1·54| ~39~| 10·39| ~264~| 2·65| ~68~ May | 3·24| ~83~| 12·73| ~328~| 11·40| ~290~ June | 8·18| ~208~| 16·63| ~422~| 13·67| ~347~ July | 9·09| ~231~| 29·87| ~760~| 14·14| ~359~ August | 8·18| ~208~| 20·03| ~509~| 14·64| ~372~ September | 8·63| ~219~| 9·29| ~236~| 12·40| ~315~ October |12·68| ~322~| 14·42| ~366~| 13·54| ~345~ November | 9·14| ~232~| 20·96| ~530~| 23·18| ~589~ December | 7·08| ~180~| 26·57| ~675~| 11·98| ~304~ -------------+-----+-------+------+-------+------+------- Year |78·18|~1,986~|192·67|~4,895~|122·37|~3,108~ =============+=====+=======+======+=======+======+======= _The West Indies._--These islands are all under the influence of the north-east Trades, and enjoy a mild but rather moist climate, with comparatively little variation through the year. Nearly all of them are extremely healthy for places in the Tropics, although they are occasionally visited by devastating outbreaks of yellow fever. The Americans have, however, proved in the case of Havana that it is quite possible to reduce the risk of this disease to a minimum by the adoption of appropriate measures against the mosquitoes that carry the disease, and it ought to be possible for any one, who takes the matter in earnest, to insure himself almost completely against this danger.