The daily gazette., 1879-02-13
Good Climates Tor Wenk Lungs

Where then, can good climates for
weak lungs be foundp Those that are
warmed aud equaizcd by the GufStream
possess, on the whole, the highest sum of
advantage for those who are able to leave
the States for a continuous residence.
These come next In the order of our
classification, and are the most equable
of all mild climates. They are
! The Atlantic Islasds of the Gulf
Strcam-Madcira, the Canares, the
Azores, the Bermudas. The climate of
Madeira has been studied ever since the
observations of Heberden in 17I0. and
has shown no change until lately. Since
the cultivation of sugat-cine upon the
| island there Is somewhat more Of mois-
ture being noticed than formerly. | will
rapidly sketch its features promising that
the climate of Tenerfie in the Canares
is at least equally good, though that
island Is not as yet so much rcsorted
| to.
The annual mean at Funchal is $50
the means of the seasons, from winter to
autumn, are G3, G5, z and 70 degrees re-
spectively; and those Of the months, in
order, 60, 81, 62, 62, G3, 81, 10, ", II, 67,
GA and Gl degrees. In given month the
greatest range is but II degrees, Gin
August and in January. The daily
variations are commonly from 4 to de-
grees less frequently they are 3, 8 or 10
degrees. There are rare days when the
variation is as little as l.5 degrees, or, on
| the other hand, as much as ID or II de-
grees. In Santa Anna, Madeira, for nearly
forty years ''the mercury did not go be-
low 60 degrees, nor rise above so de-
grees.n There are few hours during the
year, however, when the ieste-a hot wind
from the Sahara-may raise the mercury
to S5 degrees. The atmosphere contains
a moderate amount of moisture, in which
the variations are not violent. There
are from 100 to POO clear days in the
year. The rainfall averages thirty
inches, varying considerably with differ
enL years ; and "weak storms," says DR..
Barrall, who lived long in Madeira, "oc-
cur from six to twelve times year" He
| adds, what many a sojourDer in Madeira
has found to be true, that IL is a particu-
larly pleasant place TO live in, having
good society and every comfort that all
| invalid can require.
The Western European and Mediter-
rancan climates are mild and eq upable,
though less so than the islands which
We have just left. Equabllity, however,
is not the only thing to be considered In
| choosing. For single season at least
these climates offer, each according to
| its special features, variety of recruit
Ing places suitable for every class of in
valids bot the most delicate. For a win
ter residence the coast climates of South
eastern France and Spain are the best,
those regions being protected by Alpine
barriers, crowdiDg down to the very
| shore, fro IA he winter stoI ms that sweep
| southward from the Arcuc Sea. some
| times as far as Algeria. In no part of
Europe can winter be left quite behind,
as in the Atlantic islands OF the temper
ate zone. But under iudicious medical
| advice the patient need not go astray in
his search for n climate. DIR. Henry Beu-
net prefers Mentone, in the Riviera, for
the winter, living there from mid-Octo
ber to third week in May, and spending
| the rest OF his time in London. This,
indeed, he calls the best summer climate
in Europe, differing from the poetic or
lay view, so TO speak, of Byron, who
| complained that the London summer
was ''too severe" Statistically 1t aver
ages 81 degrees.-Dr. T. NJ. CoAN, in
Hdrper'S MoJdZine for March.