Animals; Climate. 61 Camels.—Those of the Kababish are to be counted by Camels. thousands, and camels are also plentiful among the Hamid Arabs and the Hainr of the north-west and west. They are very scarce among the village people of Kordofan, and cannot be bred successfully south of latitude 13° or 13° 30'. South of this they are degenerate animals, without speed or endurance ; there are none among the Baggara, where, on the other hand, a few Horses. thousand horses are to be found.

Tn the villages of Kordofan are goats, donkeys, and other sheep.

Climate.

The year in Kordofan is divided into three seasons of varying durations and uncertain limits, viz. :— The kherif, or rainy season. The shitta, or winter. The seffy or summer.

The hJierif begins early in June. Some hot afternoon, dense clouds, appearing in the south, will bring a heavy shower of some hours' duration. After this, days may pass without rain, and the wind will probably not settle, in the south and south-west before July. From this, till late in September, showers may be expected any afternoon, but probably only every third or fourth day. They cease at the end of September or the first week in October.

During these four months the temperature is remarkably uniform, the thermometer indicating:—