From the inspection of the table on next page it will be seen that the climate must be an exceptionally pleasant one, the mean temperature of the year corresponding to that of Southern Italy, though the range of temperature is less than a third of that of Palermo and other Mediterranean ports. The climate is also said to be very healthy, though there is generally a certain amount of malaria to be met with about the drying up of the rains. Its uniformity and mildness, coupled as it is with great dryness, suggests that the site might well be utilised for certain forms of chest disease. CLIMATE OF ADDI-UGRI, ERYTHREA (SERAHÈ). LAT. 14° 53′ N.; LONG. 38° 48′ 40″ E. ELEVATION 6,633 FEET. ========+===========+===========+===========+=====+=============+===== Month | Mean | Mean | Mean |Rela-| Rainfall | Num- |Temperature| Maximum | Minimum | tive| | ber | |Temperature|Temperature| Hu- | | of +----+------+----+------+----+------+midi-+-----+-------+Rainy | F. | ~C.~ | F.| ~C.~ | F. | ~C.~ | ty | Ins.| ~Mm. ~| Days | | | | | | | % | | | --------+----+------+----+------+----+------+-----+-----+-------+----- January |64·9|~18·2~|79·0|~26·0~|51·6|~10·9~| 39·6| 0·02| ~0·3~| 2 February|66·3|~19·0~|81·2|~27·4~|51·9|~11·0~| 28·6| 0·11| ~2·7~| 1·6 March |70·6|~21·4~|87·0|~30·6~|55·5|~13·1~| 30·0| 0·62| ~15·4~| 6·6 April |70·4|~21·3~|85·5|~29·7~|56·5|~13·6~| 35·3| 0·91| ~22·8~| 9·3 May |70·6|~21·4~|84·5|~29·1~|58·2|~14·5~| 36·6| 1·85| ~46·2~| 10·3 June |69·5|~20·8~|82·3|~27·9~|60·4|~15·7~| 39·1| 2·41| ~60·6~| 15·3 July |64·3|~17·9~|73·6|~23·2~|54·6|~12·6~| 71·9| 5·30|~134·9~| 25·0 August |63·8|~17·6~|73·4|~22·9~|54·6|~12·5~| 74·1| 7·05|~179·1~| 24·3 Septem- | | | | | | | | | | ber |67·5|~19·7~|78·6|~25·9~|56·2|~13·3~| 53·4| 1·45| ~36·8~| 6·6 October |67·6|~19·7~|80·3|~26·8~|54·4|~12·4~| 53·0| 0·65| ~16·5~| 3 November|65·4|~18·5~|78·6|~25·8~|52·5|~11·3~| 43·6| 0·19| ~4·2~| 1·6 December|63·5|~17·4~|78·0|~25·5~|50·0| ~9·9~| 42·3| 0·32| ~8·3~| 1·6 --------+----+------+----+------+----+------+-----+-----+-------+----- Year |66·9|~19·4~|80·2|~26·8~|54·7|~12·6~| 45·6|20·2 |~513·0~|107·2 ========+====+======+====+======+====+======+=====+=====+=======+===== Travelling, however, in Somaliland is necessarily arduous, as the country is nearly impassable during the short rainy season, and intense heat and great suffering have to be encountered in the low-lying valleys, owing to the waterless character of the country and the intensely desiccating effects of the air, which, elsewhere than on the coast, is intensely dry. The frequent dust storms are also a source of much discomfort and even of danger.