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CHAPTER V.
The climate of Tosari reminded me of that of England towards the latter end of the months of October and November. It was either misty all day, or, if clear in the morning, would generally change about noon, the atmosphere then becoming thick and heavy, followed by a kind of Scotch mist. A fog would sometimes hang all day over the landscape like a curtain, veiling every distant object from view, the dampness that everywhere prevailed making you feel cold and chilly, and everything you touched moist and clammy. The average temperature all the year round at Tosari varies from 60° 65' to 70° Fahr., water being invariably, I was told, at 52°. On rare occasions, in
