Occasionally, however, a cold north wind comes up even as far as Cabango, and spreads a wintry aspect on all the exposed vegetation.

The tender shoots of the evergreen trees on the south side become as if scorched; the leaves of manioc, pumpkins, and other tender plants are killed; while the same kinds, in spots sheltered by forests, continue green through the whole year.

All the interior of South Africa has a distinct winter of cold, varying in intensity with the latitudes.

In the central parts of the Cape Colony the cold in the winter is often severe, and the ground is covered with snow.

At Kuruman snow seldom falls, but the frost is keen.