Cairo, 28, 29 Calcutta, 61, 64; climatic tables, 56-57, 58, 61, 63 California, climate of, 28, 81-82 Cameroon district, rainfall of, 38 Cameroon, rainfall of, 9 Campbell, Staff-Surg. J., (R.N.), 67 Canton, climate of, 70 Cape Colony, 41 Cape Verd Islands, climate of, 37 Caracas, Venezuela, climatic tables for, 92, 95 Carlotta (Negros), temperature chart for, 74 Carnarvon (Australia), rainfall at, 79 Cartagena (Colombia), rainfall at, 95 Catgut, hygroscopic properties of, 15 Cayenne, climatic tables, 93, 95 Cedar Keys, 84 Ceylon, climate of, 59-60 Cherapunji, Assam, rainfall of, 9 Cheren, mean monthly temperatures of, 45 Chest disease, localities favouring treatment of-- Algeria, 23 Cyprus, 26 Egypt, 28 Fars, plateau of, 52 Madeira, 98 Somaliland, 46 Chihuahua, rainfall at, 85 China-- Climate of 68-72 Seas, typhoons in 7, 70 Southern, 6 Chindwara, 58 Chittagong, temperature table, 61 Chochin, rainfall at, 59 Clark, Major S. F., _quoted_, 69-70 Climate-- Artificial alterations in, 10 Factors determining, 1-11 Coban, temperature table, 86 Cochin China, climatic data, 56-57, 68 Cold, effect on the skin, 12 Colombo, climatic tables, 59, 63 Columbia, climate of, 92, 96 Colon, climatic table of, 86, 87 Congo basin, climate of, 35-37 Mouth of, temperature data, 36 Consumption, localities favouring treatment of, _see_ chest disease Continental climates, variations in temperature in, cause of, 5 Convection, 4 Coolgardie, rainfall at, 78 Copiapo, temperature table of, 92 Cordoba, temperature table of, 84 Cossach, rainfall, 78-79 Costa Rica, rainfall, 87 Culiacan, temperature table of, 84 Cuyaba, Brazil, climatic tables, 93, 96 Cyclones, 7, 63-64 Cyprus, climate of, 26-27 Dacca, temperature table of, 61 Dalrymple, Dr., _quoted_, 28 Damascus, temperature table, 48 Darien, Isthmus of, 81 Darjeeling, temperature tables, 61, 63 Dashtistan, rainfall of, 50-51, 53 Debunja, rainfall of, 9 Deccan, plateau of, climate of, 59 Deesa, climatic tables of, 56-57, 63 Deforestation, influence of, on rainfall, 9 Dew, formation of, 14-15 Dew point, definition of, 14 Dhubri, climatic tables for, 56-57 Dodabetta Peak, temperature table of, 61 Doldrums, the, 6 Drizzle, unhealthiness of, 17-18 Durban, climatic table of, 40 Dust in the atmosphere, deleterious influence of, 19-20 Dust storms, 7-8, 46 Dutch, observatory of, at Batavia, 72 Dysentery, 25, 68 East Cape, New Guinea, 76 East Indies, 89 Ecuador, climatic data for, 92, 96 Egypt, climate of, 27-30 “Egypt as a Winter Resort,” 28 El Paso, rainfall of, 82 England, climate of, mentioned, 9 Equator, seasons at, 3 Equatorville, temperature data of, 36 Erythrea, colony of, climate of, 42-46 Erzerum, temperature variations in, 26 Euphrates Valley, climate in, 48-49 Evaporation from the body, 12