The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1858-04-29
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SOUTH THURSDAY MORNINGS ApRIl 90 1858

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county,; it requires no prophet to foretell
that The genial inanepce. of earlier and
later, If not, of summer rains, would soon
be realized, =,
Absorption Of the rain, BY the ground,
wonld be greatly facilitated, were il once
protected from the scorching rays Of the sun,
by such a, mantle Of foliage and herbage,
and evaporation being also greatly checked,
fountains would again spring forth in places
where they have long since disappeared.-
Many model orchards, farms and gardens,
have lately been established in Palestine
like 30 many little cases in the desett-and
the result already jdstiies the Conjecture
that this is the Divinely appointed means Of
restoring to The Holy Land The frnctifying
influence Of the long suppressed rains, and
exhausted fountains and depths, at least 80
far as to Justify partial return of the Jews
the ightful prop,ietors Of the land. But
thatw are to expect the direct Divine in
terposition, in behalf of the land, at later
period, is unquestionable. !. Is s'rslga'--
The total average fail Of rain at Jeiusa-
lem, from ls48 to 1854, was sos inches.-
No appreciable portion Of this rain falls in
June. July, August, or September, and very
little either in May or October-more than
nine,tenths Of it falling in December, Janu.
AIRY, February, and March, and more copi.
ously in February than any other month
The greatest amount Of rain tabled in any
year dwing the above period is s5a inches,
which fell in the season of 1s50-5r; the
smallest, that of 1s53-54, 900 inches but
this account is so small, compared with any
other year, that there is good reason 10
question its accuracy. The average annual
fall of rain. throughout the United States is
about AZ inches; and, perhaps, in no one
year has SO great an amount of rain fallen
as in Palestine during the winter of 1850.
But IN California, the rain averages only
about 70 inches per annum. 1t Is thus per.
ceiyed that the rains are about one fourth
more abundant in Palestine than ia the At
lantic portion of the United States, and two
and half times more abundant than in
California, even at the lowest estimate. The
rain sometimes falls continuously for several
days very gently, but generally more hasti,
y, and at the rate Of half a dozen or a doz-
en- or two showers per day, and that, too,
when but little expected. But each spell of
rain, or succession Of showers, is sure to be
succeeded by several days OF fine, bright
weather." clear shining after rain" And,
although the rainy season Is not marked by
an entire cessation Of rain at any time pro
ducing as decided an interval as might be
supposed from the works Of occasional trav.
elers yet an interregnum Of several weeks
dry weather generally occurs between the
middle of December and the middle Of Feb
ruary, somewhat distinguishing the " former
rains Of the season from the latter" D..
The greatest range of thermometer in any
one year of the period through which the
above observations extended, was So degrees
and the widest, during the whole period, "a;
the highest elevation of the mercury, 90,
and the lowest SO, though 143 in the sun
on one OCCASION; apd., under favorable exI
posuIe, Immediately before sunrise on one
OCCASION u was, only about %. PeIlicles of
ice. an, eighth. of an inch in thickness, re.
manned in the shade the whole day
The mean annual average of temperature Is
66.5, while that of Boston is 40, Philadel
phia So, Washington SO, New Orleans G2,
and San. francisco, California, SO. July
and August are the hottest months, but
june anu september are nearly rs Warm.-
January is decidedly the coolest month in
the year. The climate is remarkably uni
form-lhough an opposite opinion might
very naturally be drawn, when the relative
positions of the snow. capped Lebanon, and
the burning desert Of Arabia, are consider
ed. Thermometric variation in the same
latitude on the Atlantic coast Of the United
States is nearly as great. California aud
the peninsula of Florida are the only por
tions Of the United States through which
the isothermal line of Jerusalem passes. In
point Of temperature and periodic. seasons
of rain, there is the closest analogy between
Palestine and California = ,a"..~ra To-,
The sun-stroke would appear not to be so
fatal rs it once was, judging from the Scrip.
ture allusions to It; though lhave known
very injurious consequences TO resnh from
exposure to tho full blaze of mid.sun.I on
the part Of strangers. Sleeping beneath ibe
rays Of full moon is, also supposed TO be
very prejudicial to health. .--Dr. Barclays
I" City Of the Great Rng." ..s - '..
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