The following figures show the extreme summer heat in the various countries of the world: Bengal and the African desert, 150° Fahrenheit; Senegal and Guadaloupe, 130°; Persia, 125°; Calcutta and Central America, 120°; Yuma, Arizona, 118°; Afghanistan and the Arabian desert, and at Umatilla, Oregon, and Poplar River, Montana, 110°; in four places in Western and southern United States the temperature has reached 108°; Cape of Good Hope and Utah, 105; Greece, 104°; Arabia, 103°; Montreal, 103°; New York, and at twelve other places in the United States, 102°; Spain,India, China, Jamaica, and at eleven points in the United States, 100°; Sierra Leone, 94°; France, Denmark, St. Petersburg, Shanghai, the Burman Empire, Buenos Ayres, and the Sandwich Islands, 90°; Great Britain, Siam, and Peru, 85°; Portugal, Pekin and Natal, 80°; Siberia, 77°; Australia and Scotland, 75°; Italy, Venezuela and Madeira, 73°; Prussia and New Zealand, 70°; Switzerland and Hungary, 66°; Bavaria, Sweden, Tasmania and Moscow, 65°; Patagonia and the Falkland Isles, 55°; Iceland, 45°; Nova Zembla, 34°. U. I - 16