The thermometer, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, was generally about 80 deg..
but when the sea breezes set in it usually fell two or three degrees.

One very sultry day was felt soon after the arrival of the fleet.

The thermometer, on board, stood at 88 deg..

and on shore, though in the shade, at 92 deg..

On the 15th of March was a terrible squall of wind, accompanied by thunder, lightning, and rain.