Drought in the Marquesas
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Drought In The
MARQUESAS From Our Own Correspondent PAPEETE, Dec. 5. ”0 EPORTS from the Marquesas Islands tell of a severe drought which has now lasted eight months.
Intense heat added to the want of rain has dried up the watercourses and parched the vegetation until the islands appear burned and desolate. Cattle and horses are dying for want of forage.
These islands, lying between 7.50 degrees and 10.33 degrees South and longitude 140.45 and 143.05 West, are subject to great irregularities of climate.
During some seasons rain will cease for over a period of more than a year, while at other times there will b 6 excessive rainfall. These conditions, coupled with the