The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1876-06-28
FEDNESDA J. JUNE IS.
A BRIEF DESCRIPTION Of HONOLULU.
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.

BIZ W LAIRD NkcsEnsoR
A vesr ago I left Southampton in search OF {
better climate than ! had been able 10 ind dur
/ iur an experience Of twelve vesrs on The shore:
AZ the Mediterranean. or on The banks Of the
Nile. 1, is true that 10 Nubia, between the mrs
and second ca,araCts. one almost perlrc, Is f0nnd
bat a. iuvaili's sjsy in that region Is limited 10
! . month or SIX weeks by Jhs difficulty Of passing
the frsi cataract after oeriaiu season. 1.-The re
main longer be musi he content 10 live on shors
among - half civilized race. and depend entirely
on his own resources Tor amusement.
BeloS Assouan found winter Of lS72-S) the
Egyptian climate cold. ellen damp sometimes
vel. the winds strong and penetrating. the varIa-
lion h5iEeen lie night and Gay temperature
most trrinr. and invahis generally, that ~ipter,
rather worse Than better for their ssj5uFD n the
land Of the PbarsOhs.
Having improved in health while ia Nabia, /
resolved TO travel around The world in search Of
q climate corresponding as nearly as possible 10
that foaad on the banks OF toe Nile between the
parallels o. 2gs and 20 North latitude, and IN 8
locality where some OF the d" aErsuens Of society
and comforts Of civilized life oaaid be found.
Bomtay living under the nineteenth parallel OF
latitude. tired first arrivinE there N the COM
meuc-ueut Of last siuje5 bat, uoi finding Il SUIT
those most interesting colonies. with no better
success: the variations q daily temperature e.
ing greater there perhaps than IN any other part
OF the world.
Leaving Brisbane in June. Sydney in July, the
6er:h 81 90 Australian winter | arrived ST Homo
luiu in the height Of Summer ,eud OF July.l and
have spent some three months N that city. Oar
ing that time have kept an accurate register Of
tie variations Of temperature 81 \. u, P. n,
and 10 ?. NJ: the result being that the highest
dsy Temperature IN my apartment has been So,
The lowest hight 20 :, the eS;Tege and ouly &C.
oa.io1al variation being 10 =. The average s..
Nv rooms look 10 the west. giving, as the
French say. on 10 hsicouy 10 feet ~i'ie, which
shades them tr0u the sun they are u ieet above
the level Of the ground, about . feet above sea
level
X Is this slight variation, this impercepiible
gliding Of the cay temperature into iA4t Of night
Of night into that Of day. which constitutes the
great value OF this chmsie.
DauuC abe past ise years, whether on the
shores u the Mediterranean OF banks Of the
Me. have aisays been obligeTto carry coat
OF plaid 10 protect myself against change Of ten
per4lure even In going from enc roUm 10 su0th-
e. and have led the life Of . recluse, unable TO
visit or receive company, TO 90 10 church or to
any place Of amusement, for fear OF draughi or
chill Here from the day OF landing. ! have dis
Corded oveTcoais and wraps and such Is the
tgusb.e nature Of the climate, that ! an able 10
drive o0t IN su open carnage al any hour Of The
day or evening without wearing any extra wrap
10 protect me from the night air.
But the benefit Of this eqnsbe temperature is
.slt ID another and perhaps more important way
enc most importsnt to persons suffering from I
diseases Of she chest or circulation.
IT,. : - vrh-lf- fa
open cir with impanity; to do so at the Medit- /
srauean Leal;h resorts, OF 10 Egypt, would pro. 1
iuce Gods sul fatal complications. Here glass 4
ain6ows are seldom or never used. French fold .
ng shutters fitted with venetian blinds, taking .
heir place, aHoriins The needtal privac! and pro
lection. but freely admitting the air.
The consequence Is, that by night or by Csy
he cool refreshing y. Z. irsde wind cirealaies
through every room passage, and corridor Of every
louse IN the place. afordug TO iuvalids constant
upply Of oxygen. 50 necessary Tor the proper
lerstiu1 Of their blood.
About 10 A. i the y. E. trade sets in. aud
continues until P.N From that hour aud ~
il 10 a. \. next day, the evenings and nights are
lutte calm. Tie average number OF days during
he year shen this bealth-giviug wind blows Is
80. o. the remaining days, the south wiDd
skies its place. or The atmosphere Is calm.
The force Of the wind seldom or never exceeds
OF Of the Admiralty standard. that Is what is
generally known as . moderate breeze. A gale
f wind Is unknown.
When raiu clouds come up from the sea ct the
,IndEard side OF the island Eilh the ~ L. trades,
be moisture is wrung out Of them by contact
nth the hills behind the town. The level to
.hich the rainfall descends about 250 feet 10 800
set above The sea, i distinctly marked by the
roEu and green color Of the vegetation on the
fountain side.
Comparatively little rain falls at Honolnlu or
ithiu some miles thereof during nine months Of
be year
Winter. or more correctly speaking The rainy
JASON. lasts from the end Of October 70 the end
December-a period Of two months. Daring
lat tine 3 considerable amount OF rain falls. If
eassred by incues. 10 November Cos; De- {
smber. II 90 inches bot as the rsin Is tropical
ia great quantity falls in short space Of q
ne, rapidly f0ding lis way to the sea through
Ie porous suhsoi so that the surface Of the a
0und soon dries up.
Ii seldom rains more than e hours at time l
weeks consecutive bad weather Is unknown. Q
nriug the rain. when the sun is Oh
ured, the thermometer stands steadily ?
20 and 2 :, and the atmosphere is moist
d warm. Il is never cold with Taio. The av- c
age monthly temperature from October to
arch is as follows;
0ctober------- = 81 Z