PHYSICAL FEATURES / 



mencement and duration, this is the more reliable 

 season of the two. July, August, and September 

 are more or less dry. Rains commence again 

 in October, and continue until mid-December. 

 From this until the middle of March is the driest 

 season of the year. As we have remarked, how- 

 ever, heavy rains may fall in what are termed the 

 dry seasons. For instance, at Kivuvu this year i 

 rainfall of over 6 inches was recorded in February. 

 The figures of rainfall given, together with the 

 fact of Uganda's great elevation above the sea- 

 level, may lead those who have experience of our 

 crops only in other lands, to believe that Eubber 

 and Cocoa cannot grow in this country at all. 

 These crops indeed would probably not do well at 

 the same elevation in Ceylon or Malaya, but it 

 should be remembered that Uganda is very much 

 nearer the Equator than either of those countries. 

 As regards moisture, we have splendid advantages 

 in the presence of huge lakes to supply moisture to 

 the air, and in a soil exceedingly deep and good, 

 and rich in humus. Further there is the very even 

 distribution of our rainfall. Heavy dews too fall 

 every night almost throughout the year. 



That the temperature and rainfall are sufficient 



