a: average. h: high. l: low. mq: mean quantity in inches. mn: mean number of rainy days. |Table V. | Table VI.| Table VII. |Hygrom. | Rain at | Continuance of Winds at Canton, the |at Macao.| Canton. | mean of four years. +---------+----------+--------------------------------------- |a h l | mq mn | days. +---------+----------+--------------------------------------- | | | N. NE. E. SE. S. SW. W. NW. Jan. |76 95 46 | 0.6¾ 3½|11 2 2¼ 4 4 0½ 0 7 Feb. |82 96 76 | 1.7 7 |11 1½ 2¼ 5¼ 1½ 0¼ 0 6¼ March|78 97 30 | 2.1½ 6 | 5¾ 1¾ 3¾ 10¾ 2½ 0 0½ 3 April|81 95 50 | 5.6¾ 10 | 6¼ 1 4 14¾ 1 0½ 0 3½ May |81 95 57 |11.8½ 15½| 4¾ 2½ 3½ 16¼ 1¼ 0¼ 0¼ 2½ June |80 95 70 |11.1 9 | 1¾ 0¾ 2 21¼ 3 0¾ 0 0½ July |83 96 70 | 7.7½ 10 | 1¼ 1 1¾ 21 3 1¾ 0¼ 1 Aug. |84 97 70 | 9.9 12½| 3 2 3 18 1¼ 0¼ 0½ 3 Sept.|84 95 50 |10.9¼ 10 |10⅜ 4 3⅛ 8¾ 0 0 0 2¾ Oct. |75 95 20 | 5.5 5 |12 3¼ 3⅛ 5⅞ 1¾ 0½ 0⅛ 5¾ Nov. |61 96 20 | 2.4½ 3 |23 0½ 0⅜ 1¼ 1⅞ 0 0 3 Dec. |71 90 30 | 0.9¾ 3½|18½ 2⅞ 1⅛ 2 2¾ 0 0⅛ 3⅝ After remaining nearly two months at Canton, I took passage in a fine cutter, under English colours, for Macao, via Linting, and anchored in about twenty-four hours, within half a mile of the landing, at Pria Grande. Immediately on our nearing the harbour, a race took place among the amphibious damsels that inhabit the numerous sampans, tanka or egg-boats, which always lie within a short distance of the shore. Whole families inhabit them, and they are extremely encumbered with children, and the various articles used by the family. Their length is from twelve to eighteen feet, and the breadth is about one half the length. They have oval, sliding roofs, made of bamboo or mats, in two or three sections, which are extended occasionally the whole length of the boat. The occupants are extremely poor and miserable; they wear slight dresses, consisting of a long frock and trousers, of tan-coloured cotton. Except when heavy gales prevail, they rarely sleep on shore. [Sidenote: MACAO.]