South African studies . Drakansbtry leaooft. Coist T»mc»t. .5»a Leue/, Diagram 2.—Section through South Africa at the thirtieth parallel of latitude,showing the configuration of the land. The heights are, of course, showngreatly increased—the section being diagrammatic and not drawn to drawing to scale would render the mountains almost Diagram 3.—Section of typical South African coast, showing sea level, successivecoast terraces. A, B, and C, and interior plateau. This diagram more trulyrepresents the relative proportion of flat surface to steep faces in thoseterraces than
South African studies . Drakansbtry leaooft. Coist T»mc»t. .5»a Leue/, Diagram 2.—Section through South Africa at the thirtieth parallel of latitude,showing the configuration of the land. The heights are, of course, showngreatly increased—the section being diagrammatic and not drawn to drawing to scale would render the mountains almost Diagram 3.—Section of typical South African coast, showing sea level, successivecoast terraces. A, B, and C, and interior plateau. This diagram more trulyrepresents the relative proportion of flat surface to steep faces in thoseterraces than Diagram 2. 264 SOUTH AFRICAN STUDIES X Cape Colony, but hotter in the summer, moreenervating, and with a greater rainfall. Inthe Portuguese territory north of Natal,whether round Delagoa Bay or Beira, the lowcoast regions and river valleys are hotbedsof malaria, and, although not so dangerous inthe winter months, are deadly in the the coast in Natal itself, although thesummer heats are great, and the moisturerenders the climate enervating, the amount ofmalaria which occurs is small and by no meanssevere, the fevers which arise there wouldmany of them come under what Dr. Mansoncalls unclassified fever of the inland from any of the coastports in South Africa the mountainous parts of the coast terraces are successively
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