, 1869-08-28


gentle h,rezes only prevail California VIII never
be large dairy State, oec1use the ouJ portion 1t
for the green grR4ses necessary for mich cows Ia
the ra1row "trip Of country Along tho coast nom
Humboldt to Point Conception, and fer raleys
tn the rrs.on north IT the Bay Of Saa Francisco
Oregon i much better adapted for the production
of butter and chcese, On account Of its moisture.
The rains OF \ California winter arc brought
frum directly opposite point OF the compaas
frcm the summer logs. The RAILS commence In
the iAicr part Of October OF the 1rst 1Art Of No
vembeE, vita winds from the southeast The
phenonena Of the rains & AZ interesting Is that
oftse icsA The great periodical winds OF the
AsIA.!c COAST blow Tor 81 norths IN one
direction, and then turn round aud the MONSOON
succeeds for the other half OF the JeAs. In thls
way. the winds which blow down the As!a,.c
coast turn At the Philippine 1.!ands In N eas,cr-
ly direction acrues the grrat Poetic Ocean, drawn
BY the rar1ed air Of the central equator;
they are Also joined By the regular
t.adc winds which blow from
The southwest n ,re Southern racicc
0cesu, AID paas IN ncnhc1!y a1d easte1y direc-
tlon 70 the equator, and notth OF Il to point
within Ge range Of two or three degrees north
latitude, and distance Of ny thousand niles
north md In toward Pa1anx Day, delugea that
region Of eeean with terrific tropical storms Of
rain. while nearly the whole South American west
coast fs denied drop Of nolstu1r, and the Gaila-
rAgos 1Gacda, On the equator, only 1 hundred OF
TWO Etles 1o1th Of the Ta!1 belt, arc p1tched and
verduselcs1 for want Of ra.n- The great hest ct
the Mexican and California mountains and p,aIrs,
burned By the iong summer s1o. draws these cool
lcg clouds In northeyiy direction, aad al poc-
,ions welcome the rxi1 to eool lne parcaed Garth.
People have been astoEMhed 1t the amount OF
sa!n that the sumner.ravaed sou viii dr.nk
In LtKc = thirsty n2u, 1t drink and
drinks he rssn, Intu sa:ed, It E11s OF into tho
kstcac1A Tic aFtraZe ralo-tau II San Ftanc1tco
du1tcg The fifteen Jea-s ending with The season OF
lEGs-s Wa 3+s3 inches; the greatest IN the Eeu.
o1aale year Of disastrous 1oodl when .s0a inches
fell l: San francisco, II the sear 1sa7, Of which
1s-A lnehes fell IN 3a-EaJ, 1s<2 The creates:
rAn-rau OF Eesteru PennsJrsn!a in period OF
thirty yea11 was Is inches Tic ughtest E1tu-t&l
In Callfor1ta vas " the Jca1 cf drought !" 1863 1,
when only 80 inches Iell, aud e&tue died by
Thousands for Want Of tho precious tuld. Tbs
Streams weEr ncaztJ dry; the bfEtog1 and watering
PLACES wera DIT and psrched ~ the hnI-stdes.
Farrtss sold their Gaunt otte for icsa tnaa tho
Falne Of the s1low In good ycal"
One Singular thing nocut t4e natural grasses
Of California Is, taat when apparently
d1y knd useles, for food. the cattle cat them
srecd1y, md get fat On "ftaw And sr1bble."
They arc t3ch in fzt and uuts.nons seeds, which
ta4t untu laie IN the season. saecp VII be turned
into Geld, with 60 hgu Of blste Of srrcn E-4ss,
and rnsh their hoses down lnonx the stubolc and
cat the eeeds, which lsJ :a.ce On nc ground. Tho
Wild oats Of Cs1lIor1A u one II tho hes. Of
"te eds - Know. Thn oats Herc Introduced orgta-
ally By tho Mexican fsdrrs, and, sored around the
missions. It S.adcary oycIzGu nearly Ill the paetre
grasx whtrrrer planted. These Wiz oAa have
singular 1tck Of jumping about IKE agrasshopper.
1hry ano furnished with poiltA which,
~hcn they Arr folded up, A-c usclcss but the rrst
rain ncscslcs tacm hon bondage, and a. the dun
dt1ra the expanded t,tnta II setsj item hprplEg
About IN AL directions, often taxing lively |omp
OF a corp.e Of yazds or 20. Take 4 tsled E1ais