27 There are but few districts in the world which compare with Japan as
regards the quantity and distribution of the yearly rainfalls. This
would chiefly be the case with the Gulf States of North-Amerika,
where likewise the summer is the rainiest season of the year, and
the quantity of rain equals that in Japan. Thus Mobile has a fall of
1,626 mm, Bâton Rouge of 1,528, New-Orleans of 1,295, St. Augustin
of 1,092. (REIN, l. c., engl. Ausgabe; p. 121.)
28 GRISEBACH, I, Bd. II, p. 482. Vergl. darüber namentlich HANN,
Handb., p. 681 ff., und DARWIN, _Naturw. Reisen_, II. Theil,
p. 26--66.