PART 2
CONSTITUTION
II. The year was southerly and rainy, with no
winds throughout. About the rising of Arcturus,
while during the immediately preceding period
droughts had prevailed, there were now heavy rains,
with southerly winds. Autumn dark and cloudy,
with abundance of rain. The winter southerly,
humid, and mild after the solstice. Long after the
solstice, near the equinox, wintry weather returned,
and at the actual equinoctial period there were
northerly winds with snow, but not for long. The
spring southerly again, with no winds ; many rains
throughout until the Dog Star. The summer was
clear and warm, with waves of stifling heat. The
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Etesian winds were faint and intermittent. But, on
the other hand, near the rising of Arcturus there
were heavy rains with northerly winds.
The year having proved southerly, wet and mild,
in the winter the general health was good except for
the consumptives, who will be described in due course.