14/100 101 At noon 103 1/2 Half an hour past noon 104 1/2 At one p.m. 73 At sunset 69 1/2 [At a quarter past one, it stood at only 89 degrees, having, from a sudden shift of wind, fallen 13 degrees in 15 minutes.] My observations on this extreme heat, succeeded by so rapid a change, were that of all animals, man seemed to bear it best. |