THE CLIMATOLOGY OF AFRICA. 



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Lambarene, Ogoxce, Lat. 0°-40' S., Long. 10°-18' E. Observer : Rev. C. Bonzon. 

 Result of observations made at 9 a.m. during November 1893. 



Eain, 1310 in. on 23 days. Heaviest fall, 1G4 in. Cloud, amount, 8 0. 



O Plu^k 



Ifeteorological Stations in Hast Africa. 



The Exploration of Southern Arahia. — Beport of the Committee, 

 consisting of Mr. H. Seebohm (Chairman), Mr. J. Theodore Bext 

 (Secretary), Mr. E. G. Ravenstein, Dr. J. G. Garson, and Mr. 

 G. W. Bloxam. (Brawn up Ivj Mr. Bent.) 



This last winter, after leaving Muscat we proceeded along the coast for a 

 distance of 640 miles, and applied ourselves to the exploration of a certain 

 district known as Dhofar, with the Gai-a mountains. The results of this 

 expedition, which lasted over several weeks, may be treated of under three 

 different heads : — 



1 . The geographical results referring to the nature of the country, 



its configuration, and its productions. 



2. The anthropological results, with an account of the inhabitants 



and a comparison of them with those of other parts of Arabia. 



3. The archfeological results of the study of the various ruins 



and identification of sites mentioned by ancient authors. 



(1) The district of Dhofar is for Arabia a most remarkable one. It 

 constitutes a sort of oasis by the sea, and consists of a flat alluvial plain 

 about 60 miles long and 9 miles at its widest point, very fertile, and with 



