Valetta, climatic table, 25 Vanua Levu, temperature table of, 79 Vaso-motor nerve system, function of, 12 Vegetation, connection with rainfall, 9-10 Venezuela, 95 Vera Cruz, climatic data, 84, 85 Victoria (Brazil), temperature table, 93 Victoria Nyanza, climate of region of, 34 Villa Formosa, temperature table, 93 Vivi, temperature of, 36 Vizagapatam, temperature table of, 61 Wadi Halfa, climate of, 22, 32, 94 Wakujrui Pass, climatic conditions on, 2 “Wanderings in the Interior of New Guinea” (Lawson), _cited_, 76 Water, scarcity of, in Siam, 68; Australia, 77, 79 Wellington, temperature tables, 61, 63 West Indies, climate of, 64, 88-90; hurricanes in, 7 Wet and dry bulb instruments, 10 Winds-- Direction and force of, at Alexandria, 29 Cairo, 29 Galveston, 83 Luxor, 30 Malay Archipelago, in, 73 Panama, 86 Port Moresley, 76 Red Sea region, 42 Siam, 67 Singapore, 66 Suakim, 44 West Indies, 88 Harmattan, 36, 37, 38 Health, influence on, 19-20 Kamsin, 42 Land and sea breezes, 4-5 Monsoons, _see that title_ Trades, _see_ Trade winds Worms, internal, 30, 68 Wyndham, climatic table for, 78 Yellow fever, 31, 84, 88 Zambesi, climate in, 39 Zanzibar Island, climatic data for, 40 Zi-ka-Wei, climatic chart, 71; observatory at, 69 Zoruba, climatic data for, 35 Zymotic diseases, freedom of Massawa from, 43 Transcriber’s Notes Some tables and illustrations have been moved; some tables have been re-arranged. Due to their width, several of the tables are best viewed in a wide window. Unusual or archaic spelling and inconsistencies in spelling (including between text and indexes), use of diacriticals, lay-out, hyphenation, etc. have been retained, except as mentioned below. Non-English words (including geographical names) have not been corrected, except as mentioned below. Depending on the hard- and software used, not all elements may display as intended.