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The Gold Coast, Past and Present: A Short Description of the Country and Its People
The Gold Coast Past and Present A Short Description of the Country and Its People Author:George Macdonald General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1898 Original Publisher: Negro Universities Press Subjects: Ghana Travel / Africa / General History / Africa / General History / Africa / West Travel / Africa / General Travel / Europe / General Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has ... more »no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: 62 CHAPTER III. The Seasons -- Climate -- The Harmattan -- Productions -- Vegetation -- Animal Life -- Exports -- Imports -- Habitations -- The Slave Trade -- Its Rise and Fall -- The Labour Question. Situated north of the Equatorial line between the parallels of 4 45' and 6 45' North, according to the early extent of the colony, the seasons are naturally divided into the wet and the dry periods. The former commences early in April and continues until late in August, and the latter lasts from this latter date until the succeeding April. Although this period is called the " dry" season, it must not be supposed that no rain falls. On the contrary, September, October and November are each interrupted by what are called the " smalls " or the second rains, but from the end of November to the following April fair weather prevails. As in other tropical countries, each change of season is marked by violent atmospheric disturbances in the shape of thunderstorms and tornadoes, those introducing the rainy season being by far the most violent of any that occur on the coast. The rains come, as a rule, from the east, but often veer round to the south, finally settling down to the south-west. It must not be imagined that rain falls uninterruptedly during the rainy season. After the first burst, bright days of sunshine intervene from time to time, but, owing to the extreme amount of moisture to be found everywhere, clouds o...« less