Experience
has shown that Kim-berley has special attractions as a health resort in
spite of the occasional intense heat of its summer days and the blasts
of its high winds laden with dust. It has the pure atmosphere of the
high karroo plateau, and even in the hottest days the bright starlight
evenings are usually cool and refreshing, inviting the people to live
for the greater part of the year in the open air on verandas and
balconies. During the winter months the nights are often extremely
cold, and well protected dwelling rooms are essential for comfort and
health ; but during the day the atmosphere is commonly clear, and so
still that the severity of the cold is not felt, and all kinds of
active outdoor exercise are agreeable in the bright sunlight of the
unclouded skies. It is noted by the medical officer of health in
Kimberley that the number of days of unbroken
