Emigration Fields; North America, the Cape, Australia, and New Zealand; Describing These Countries, and Giving a Comparative View of the Advantages They Present to British Settlers (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1839 Excerpt: ...the lower country; and this regular There is also another reason why a place in the south temperate zone is of more equable temperature than a place of the same medium temperature in the north temperate zone. The south hemisphere is colder than the north by about 7 of latitude, lat. 43 south being nearly of the same medium temperature as lat. 50 north. Now, as we approach the equator, summer and winter approximate in temperature; lat. 43" has less difference between the longest and shortest day than lat. 50% and consequently there is less difference between the temperature of summer and winter in lat. 43 south, than in lat. 50 north; the medium temperature being the same. The difference between the time the sun is above the horizon in summer and winter in lat. 43 is only about 6 hours, while in lat. 50 the difference is more than 8 hours. supply of moisture, under the most balmy atmosphere, and the generative influence of a sun brilliant as that of Italy, produces an exuberance of vegetation surpassing that of any other temperate country, --the richness and magnificence of the forest scenery being only equalled by that of the islands of the eastern tropical Archipelago; and the mountains themselves, the sublime southern Alps, more elevated than the highest of the Alps of Switzerland, upheaved, from the depths of the great south sea, in some places to more than three miles of altitude, and, from their volcanic character, of the boldest, most abrupt outline, are perhaps unequalled in all the world. The character of surrounding objects must exert a powerful influence upon the genius of a people. These stupendous mountains, with innumerable rills pouring down their verdant slopes, --their great valleys, occupied by the most beautiful rivers, --their feet wash...