The Meteorological Conditions of the Aruwhimi Forest Tract

Abstract

I CANNOT but think that the true explanation of the rank exuberance of the Aruwhimi forests, so graphically described by Mr. Stanley, or rather of the humid climate that fo ters them, is different from that suggested either by the great traveller himself or the writer of the notice in last week's NATURE. The source of the winds that feed the rainfall of this region seems to me a question of secondary importance, but since in equatorial regions, as a rule, easterly winds predominate, I am inclined to think, with the writer of the article, that this source is most probably the Indian Ocean.