The following table shows for each month the highest temperature, the lowest temperature and the average temperature recorded at Manila from 1885 until 1912:-- Month Highest ° F. Lowest ° F. Average ° F. January 93.0 59.0 76.8 February 96.1 60.3 77.5 March 97.2 61.2 79.9 April 99.9 64.4 82.8 May 100.9 68.7 83.3 June 99.7 70.9 82.2 July 95.4 70.0 80.8 August 95.4 69.1 80.8 September 95.5 69.6 80.4 October 95.2 67.3 80.2 November 93.0 62.2 78.6 December 92.3 60.3 77.4 The highest temperature ever recorded at Manila is 103.5° Fahrenheit, in May, 1878; the next highest, 101.9° in May, 1912. It should be remembered that there are no abrupt changes either between day and night or from season to season, and that one can therefore wear light, cool clothing throughout the year. Far from being oppressive, the tropical nights are, as a rule, delightful. I know of nothing more satisfying in its way than a stroll in the moonlight on a hard beach of snow-white coral sand bordered by graceful cocoanut palms on the one hand and by rolling surf on the other. The vegetation in the provinces is a constant delight. Unfortunately, in the immediate vicinity of Manila it is less attractive than in most other parts of the archipelago, but by crossing the bay to the Lanao forest on the slopes of Mariveles Mountain, or by taking an automobile ride to Atimonan, one may see it in all its magnificence. No word painter, however skilled, can convey any adequate idea of it. Everywhere, both on land and at sea, one sees matchless greens and blues,--greens in the vegetation and in the water, blues in the water and in the sky. The cloud effects are often marvellously fine. I had begun to think that perhaps my prolonged residence in the Philippines had made me forget what was to be seen in other countries, but in 1913 I took the distinguished English vulcanologist, Dr. Tempest Anderson, on a trip with me, and his enthusiasm over the cloud views knew no bounds.