TwootherEnglishgentlemencrossedandrecrossedtheDesertaboutthesametime，andnearlyinthesamedirectionOnreturning，oneofthem，CaptainShelley，whileridingforwardonhorseback，losthimself，andwasobligedtofindhiswayalonetoKuruman，somehundredsofmilesdistantReachingthatstationshirtless，andasbrownasaGriqua，hewastakenforonebyMrsMoffat，andwasreceivedbyherwithasalutationinDutch，thatbeingthelanguagespokenbythispeopleHissufferingsmusthavebeenfarmoreseverethananyweenduredTheresultoftheexertionsofbothShelleyandMacabeistoprovethatthegeneralviewoftheDesertalwaysgivenbythenativeshasbeensubstantiallycorrect。

　　Occasionally，duringtheverydryseasonswhichsucceedourwinterandprecedeourrains，ahotwindblowsovertheDesertfromnorthtosouth。

　　Itfeelssomewhatasifitcamefromanoven，andseldomblowslongeratatimethanthreedaysItresemblesinitseffectstheharmattanofthenorthofAfrica，andatthetimethemissionariesfirstsettledinthecountry，thirty-fiveyearsago，itcameloadedwithfinereddish-coloredsandThoughnolongeraccompaniedbysand，itissodevoidofmoistureastocausethewoodofthebestseasonedEnglishboxesandfurnituretoshrink，sothateverywoodenarticlenotmadeinthecountryiswarped。

　　TheverlsoframrodsmadeinEnglandareloosened，andonreturningtoEuropefastenagainThiswindisinsuchanelectricstatethatabunchofostrichfeathersheldafewsecondsagainstitbecomesasstronglychargedasifattachedtoapowerfulelectricalmachine，andclaspstheadvancinghandwithasharpcracklingsound。

　　Whenthishotwindisblowing，andevenatothertimes，thepeculiarlystrongelectricalstateoftheatmospherecausesthemovementofanativeinhiskarosstoproducethereinastreamofsmallsparks。

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