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CHAP. III.] CLIMATE. 67
its grateful and constant play. While the midsummer
air of the alluvial region of the Mississippi
is surcharged with noxious moisture, the clear atmosphere
of Texas is quickened and renovated by
invigorating breezes from the blue expanse of ocean
which, passing over the dry, rolling, and verdant
surface of the interior, enliven the spirits, and induce
a love of existence, even for the passive physical
enjoyment it affords.
But for these refreshing breezes, which, during
six months, blow almost without intermission, the
summer heat of the low lands would certainly be
oppressive and pernicious. By thermometer calculations,
made throughout the season, from April to
September, for a period of three years, and in different
sections of the country, the mercury has been
found to range from 63 to 100 : average heat,
nine o'clock in the morning, 73 ; twelve o'clock,
noon, 83 ; three o'clock, afternoon, 77 . But the
graduation of the thermometer can convey no accurate
idea of the climate of Texas to those who
have never experienced its effects. From the same
degree of heat which in New Orleans was overpowering
and relaxing, I suffered comparatively
little inconvenience, even in Houston, a town situated
in a low-lying and rather insalubrious prairie.
So steady, bracing, and cooling was the breeze, that
it not only mitigated the heat, but enabled me to
take pedestrian exercise with safety in the open
prairie at mid-day in the fervid month of June;
and so potent was this affectionate and welcome
wind, that I was obliged, when writing, to close the
southern window of my apartment, to prevent my
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Kennedy, William. Texas: the rise, progress, and prospects of the Republic of Texas, Vol.1, book, January 1, 1841; London. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2389/m1/121/: accessed March 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .