It is the complete antipodes to our cold, damp, English climate.

The winter is perfectly dry; and as not a drop of rain falls during that period, namely, from the beginning of May to the end of August, damp and cold are never combined.

However hot the day may have been at Kolobeng--and the thermometer sometimes rose, previous to a fall of rain, up to 96 Deg.

in the coolest part of our house--yet the atmosphere never has that steamy feeling nor those debilitating effects so well known in India and on the coast of Africa itself.

In the evenings the air becomes deliciously cool, and a pleasant refreshing night follows the hottest day.