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 The wet eaon in this country commonly ets in about the end of Augut, and continues till about the beginning of January, but with frequent intervals of fine weather. The everity of the rainy eaon, is uually in the months of September and October, when very heavy continual rain falls for days together; nay, it has been known to fall there for two or three weeks at a time, with very little intermiion. The iland, however, is eldom without rain, in ome part or other; and often during a promiing day, the diappointed traveller meets with uch udden, and heavy howers, that in an intant wet him to the kin, nor is an umbrella or great coat of much ervice, the rain falling in uch large drops, and often accompanied with uch evere guts of wind, that the umbrella is rather an inconvenience; but let him be careful to change his wet cloaths as oon as poible, for inconideration, in this repect, has proved fatal to many in this climate. When