The mean temperature, from observations taken at nine o'clock, both morning and evening, was only 72 degrees.

It often rained heavily, but the drying southerly winds soon again rendered the walks pleasant.

One morning, in the course of six hours, 1.6 inches of rain fell.

As this storm passed over the forests which surround the Corcovado, the sound produced by the drops pattering on the countless multitude of leaves was very remarkable, it could be heard at the distance of a quarter of a mile, and was like the rushing of a great body of water.

After the hotter days, it was delicious to sit quietly in the garden and watch the evening pass into night.