APPENDIX B 



CLIMATE 



On the whole I consider the climate of Jubaland distinctly 

 unhealthy. Of the twenty-six men in my safari only three 

 escaped an attack of malarial fever. In addition, I had nine 

 cases of dysentery and one of heat prostration. The average 

 number of cases treated per day throughout the journey was 

 three — a very high percentage. I used over 2000 grains of 

 quinine for my men alone. The water throughout Jubaland 

 is very bad, stagnant, and contains much matter in suspen- 

 sion — as is only to be expected when the water-supply is 

 purely surface water and where no springs or permanent 

 rivers exist. Mosquitoes {AnopJieles) abound round these 

 pools, but I saw no tsetse fly. The heat was very great 

 during the day, and the nights were not much cooler, 

 the mean daily maximum being 96°, and the mean daily 

 minimum 83° (Kurde, Gulola and Arroga). The moisture 

 was at all times very great, rendering the air heavy 

 and oppressive. Whenever I was in camp for more than 

 one day, I took hourly readings of the barometer, which 

 showed a very regular diurnal variation of about 0*09 inch 

 between the maximum and minimum readings. After 

 leaving Joreh, I no longer felt the monsoon, instead of which 

 there was a fairly constant wind from the south-east during 

 the middle of the day during the early part of January, but 

 later in Kurde and westwards it became very faint, scarcely 

 a breath of air being felt in the bush. The maximum 

 temperature recorded was 116° in the shade at Jeldez. I 

 noticed no daily recurring form of clouds or other excep- 

 tional meteorological phenomena. 



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