CLIMATE AND LOCATION. 



11 



Meteorological observations at Bagdad — Continued. 



Month. 



1899 



1900 



Temperature. 



Rainfall. 



Temperature. 



Rainfall. 



Mean 



Mean 



maximum, minimum. 



Mean. Total. 



Mean Mean 



maximum, minimum. 



Mean. Total. 



/". 



January 58. 



February 67. 



March 73. 



April 



May 96. 



June 104. 



Julv 110. 



August 112. 



September 107. 



October 92. 



November 72. 



December 58. 



Mean B6. 



P. 



Inches. 



- - 



48.8 



43.2 



•55.2 



49 



61.3 



61.3 



74.2 



68.9 



82.8 



76.5 



90.5 



79.5 



95 



79.4 



95.7 



73. 2 



90.3 



64.2 



78.4 



47.9 



60.1 



39 



■ 



Inches. 



0.3 ' 



.1 



F. 



60. 



103. 



F. Inches. Inches. 



.1 

 1.1 

 1.2 



39.5 

 45.9 

 53.7 

 61.7 

 66.2 

 73.8 



76.1 



71.3 

 65. 4 



49.2 

 14.^ 



49.9 

 56.1 

 G3.3 

 73.8 

 79.9 

 88.7 

 92.6 

 92.4 

 -._ 

 79.3 

 60.5 

 54.7 



1.7 

 1.4 



73.4 



5.7 



Month. 



10O1 



1902 



Temperature. 



Rainfall. 



Temperature. 



Rainfall. 



Mean 



Mean 



maximum, minimum. 



Mean. Total. 



Mean 



Mean 



maximum, minimum. 



January 



February 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September 



October 



November 



December j 



Mean 



°F. 



Inch'*. Indus. 



C F. 



75. 

 82 

 89. 



95. 

 108. 

 113. 

 113. 



6a 3 



38. 2 

 47.2 

 .54.7 

 61.6 

 67. 2 

 78.2 

 30.5 

 80.9 

 74.6 

 63.2 

 54.2 

 43.1 



47. 6 

 61. 2 



68.4 

 75.4 

 81.2 

 73. 6 



91.3 

 78 



66.9 

 55. 7 



0.5 

 ..... 



_ 2 

 .2 



- 

 73.7 

 73.2 

 84.3 



99.6 

 107.4 



36.9 

 47.6 

 51. 3 

 6ft 2 



71.9 

 76. 9 



Mean. Total. 



Inches. Inches. 



49. 5 0. 2 



60.6 I .4 

 <;2.3 1.8 

 72. 3 1. 9 







- 



m. 



r4.o 



1.5 



LOCATION OF THE DATE GARDENS. 



Although the Arab knows more about dates than he does about any 

 other plant, since it is his principal food, his knowledge is generally 

 very local, and it is difficult to obtain accurate information regarding 

 the extent of the date plantations along the gulf. 



It is probable that small gardens are to be found almost anywhere 

 on the coast where the water necessary for cultivation is obtainable, 

 but there are several principal regions from which the dates are 

 exported or have otherwise become well known. How large they are 

 is, however, the subject of conjecture. 



The Pangh Ghur region, lying thirteen days' caravan ride inland 

 from the port of Guadur, on the Gulf of Oman, is in the Mekran ter- 

 ritory of Baluchistan. According to Lieut. W. O. Grant, of the 

 Fir^t Baluchistan Light Infantry, who recently took an expedition 

 into the country and to whom the writer is indebted for much valu- 

 able information, the plantations in this region are of considerable 

 size, including hundreds of thousands of trees; but the natives export 



