, 1894-12-12

evil under which a di~trst suffers owing to
the scarcity OF trees winch over the greatest
part ot the land ure conspicuous by
their absence. For years the East End
has been almost entirely cut out
fl nj what may be termed local rains.
I'm HE eenelai rains j.. e. ram stolms
from Windward, which cover a Ia.ge area,
this whole Island generally is certain to PAL
ticipate to a moIe 0r less degree. But ia
local rains, Of purely local area, the Island
has but very partial experienced veIy COMMON.
form Of local rain is observable III the form
II pillar clouds; Of these the Western disc
tIicto have the monopoly which Is very
probably due to there being more fayouGable
points Of attraction than exist in the Eastern.
The lauds in the East are for the most part
deuseIy oyergroNu with Mma4 BUSH, which
offers no sort Of screen or shado to
modify the tierceness Of the suns rays, but
on the contrary appears to act the part IF
d gigantic Natural frebricl, having special
affinity for accommodating heat. The Jald
with such powerful ASSISTANCE rapidly ac-
cumulates the Solar hest to a. high intensity
aud this is again radiated off from a con-
siderable area, the radiated heat naturally
socks a cooling strata, being light, and
8sconds to a cooler region, in this way d
huge column Of hot air is generated which
abs0ibs and carries of in its upward flight
any slight mo istur6 shat may have existed.
Now opposed to this hot column "a local
rain cloud may be banking Up which the
proYeIbial school boy knows consists in
moisture held in yapour and reQu!sing .
cooling process to be reduced to fuidity
when it can then no longer be supported IN
he air, presuming therefore the cloud bank
should come into contact with tho hot air !.
column it certainly does not meet with the
necessary treatment requisite to d~eyelopo
o welcome and refreshing shower but on
the contrary the effect Of the hot columns
Of alr ON the clouds will DO to heat and
render them more highly va ourized and there
fore lighter and u consequence cause them
to ascend to q higher strata of air, and should
the cloud bank not be OF sufficient volume
to overcome this obstacle by It's own cooling
influence the clouds will dspeIss to the right
and the left being in effect cut in two by the
heat, and the spectacle will be exhibited
which has been so often and commonly OBJ
served Of o cloudbanK gathering up to the
Eastward in q most threatening manner sud
dpniy dispersing in a most aggravating and
apparently oapricious way. But there is no
thing, however, capricious in the action Of
the clouds, the atmosphere ON the outside Of
the hot air column being 80 much cooler
offers o more attractive path for the clouds to
follow and the RAIN thatwould under f~ayoura-
BILE conditions have fallen III the h. e. now
P%rofusely falls along the out side Of the reef
probably taking in its course the north side
and Western portions Of the Island.
In the case Of a rain storm coming from tho
Eastward the same preliminary conflict with
the hot column is fought over, but the issue,
Of course is with the strongest the clouds con
tinue to roll up and supply the space of these
dispersed and at length from tile cooling in
auence Of the heavy volume Of mois-
ture laden clouds the hot column is
overwhelmed being cooled and therefore non
existent and the storm passes onward in its
triumphal march over the land,
The following rain statistics oIoquensly
support the foregoing hypothesis. It will be
seen comparing Lowry Hill with Basin
that in 6 years Lowry Hill is minus nearly
is months rainfall.