OF ONDURAS.


of most other parts of the same vast por-
tion: of the globe, either in higher or
lower degrees of latitude. It is equally
superior to the climate of the West India
islands generally: for persons whose
health and constitutions have become ir-
paired from the effects of the latter, very
frequently acquire a sudden restoration of
both, after at arrival at Honduras.
- With the exception of a few monthsin
the year, this country is constantly re-
freshed by regular sea-breezes, accom-
panied by an average of heat that may be
taken at the" teiiprature drdidegs
The seasons have also their marked dif-
erence, though Nature may not have de-
termined the shades of variation here with
the same strong lines she has affixed to
most other situations under her dominion.
Within the tropics, a change of wind,
or a shower of rain, often produces a sud-
den and singular revolution in atmosphe-
rical regularity, and occasions a no less