Annals Of The New York Academy Of Sciences Volume V 26 1915 16 PDF Download

Excerpt from Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1915, Vol. 26 The Island Of Porto Rico is situated in the Torrid Zone between lati tude 17 54 and 18 30 north and longitude 65 13 and 67 15 west. It is the easternmost and southernmost Of the Greater Antilles. It lies within the trade-wind belt, and the constancy Of these winds gives the island a remarkably mild and uniform climate. There is an abundance of rainfall on the windward Side, which in this case is the east end and the north Side as far west as Camuy. The effect Of the mountains across which these winds blow is to make the south Side Of the island and most Of the western portion comparatively arid. Some districts are said to have no rain fall for a whole year at a stretch. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.