200 FLORIDA.

sible for the patients to take out-door exercise, so as to in-
spire the pure air.'
 The subject of winds is a matter of importance in esti-
mating the adaptability of any climate as a health resort.
The prevailing winds for the five cold months in Minnesota
are from the north, northwest, and west. A reference to
the Signal Service Reports shows that four hundred and
fifty-three observations were taken during November, De-
cember, January, February, and March, at three stations
in Minnesota, and north, northwest, and west winds were
found blowing from these points one hundred and ninety
times. During the same period, and as a result of a simi-
lar'number of observations at three stations in East Florida,
the wind was found blowing from the east, southeast, and
northeast, two hundred and twenty-three times. All are
aware of the refrigerating effects of northerly and westerly
winds in the North and West, and that during their con-
tinuance a majority of invalids must of necessity be con-
fined to the house. The Appalachians interfere, to a great
extent, with the course of northerly and westerly winds,
and by the time they reach this favored land they are robbed
of their injurious influences. At times these winds affect
the northern and western portions of the State, and several
times during the winter slight frosts may occur. During
some winters the mercury does not reach 320 Fahr.; as evi-
dence of this, I need but refer to the fact that the lowest
temperature in this locality during the past winter was 34.
 "Easterly winds have a bad reputation. In one
section of the world, at least, easterly winds are not objec-
tionable, and this is in Florida. On the peninsula, easterly
winds are the prevailing ones in the cold months. During
November, December, January, February, and March, at
three stations in East Florida, easterly winds, east, north-
east, and southeast, were found blowing at two hundred
and twenty-four observations. Owing to the proximity of
the Gulf Stream, with its vast volume of heated water to
the east of the coast, the easterly winds are robbed of the
harsh and searching properties which characterize them in
most localities. As an evidence of the influence of the
Gulf Stream, thousands of miles from Florida, even after
it has parted with much of its warmth, we need but refer
to its effects in modifying the climate of the south of Eng-