Another Advantage I Have Reaped From This
Climate Is My Being, In A Great Measure, Delivered From A Slow
Fever Which Used To Hang About Me, And Render Life A Burthen.
Neither am I so apt to catch cold as I used to be in England and
France; and the colds I do catch are not of the same continuance
and consequence, as those to which I was formerly subject.
The
air of Nice is so dry, that in summer, and even in winter,
(except ill wet weather) you may pass the evening, and indeed the
whole night, sub Dio, without feeling the least dew or moisture;
and as for fogs, they are never seen in this district. In summer,
the air is cooled by a regular sea-breeze blowing from the cast,
like that of the West-Indies. It begins in the forenoon, and
increases with the heat of the day. It dies away about six or
seven; and immediately after sun-set is succeeded
by an agreeable land-breeze from the mountains. The sea-breeze
from the eastward, however, is not so constant here, as in the
West-Indies between the tropicks, because the sun, which produces
it, is not so powerful. This country lies nearer the region of
variable winds, and is surrounded by mountains, capes, and
straights, which often influence the constitution and current of
the air. About the winter solstice, the people of Nice expect
wind and rain, which generally lasts, with intervals, 'till the
beginning of February:
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