THE HOTTEST PLACE ON EARTH.
Between India and Africa lies the hottest place on earth. The Aval islands cover an extensive area of the Persian gulf, lying off the S.W. coast of Persia, and it is the largest of them which enjoys the doubtful distinction of leading all perspiring competitors in the matter of heat. The mean temperature of Bahrein for the entire year is 99 degress. July, August and September are unendurable’ save for the natives. Night after night, as midnight comes, the thermometer shows 100. By 7 in the morning it is 107 or 108 degrees, and by 3 in the afternoon 140. It is stated by veracious travellers that 75,000 Arabs inhabit the Aval group, fully 25,000 living in Bahrein, in which connection Sir Henry Layard adds : “ It would seem that a man can accustom himself to anything.”
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Kaikoura Star, Volume XXIV, Issue 13, 16 February 1904, Page 2
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141THE HOTTEST PLACE ON EARTH. Kaikoura Star, Volume XXIV, Issue 13, 16 February 1904, Page 2
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