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early in January the rains recommence and become torrential, continuing to fall 
very heavily until the end of March. April is a delightful month as it is in 
Europe, of alternate showers and sunshine. A little rain falls in May and an 
occasional shower in June. July is the height of the winter—cold, dry, spark- 
ling—but is never without a few drops of rain. In August there will sometimes 
be a week’s rain of a decided character, especially in the highlands. A shower 
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or two will follow in September. October is quite the driest month and in low¬ 
lands passes without a drop of rain, though in the highlands there may be an 
occasional thunder storm. Towards the close of November (the first half being 
terribly hot and dry) the big rains recommence. 
As regards temperature there is considerable variation also dependent on 
altitude. In the valley of the Shire, on the south coast of Lake Nyasa, in the 
great Luangwa Valley and on the Central Zambezi, the heat is frightful just 
