342 Mr Macritchie's Meteorological Tables, 



Morbus. In the morning he might have been perfectly well — 

 before sun going down (a speedy interment is in that climate 

 indispensably necessary) the tomb covers all that is mortal of 

 him ! From the great evaporation that takes place before and 

 after the departure of the rainy season, giving an intolerable 

 closeness to the heat, September and the first weeks of October 

 have been always considered the most unhealthy season of the 

 year. The cold weather is not generally thought to be the time 

 most conducive to health, from the coolness of the air giving a 

 check to perspiration, and the heavy dews that then fall at night 

 proving so damp and chilly as to make the least exposure to 

 them be attended with prejudicial consequences. The season 

 <;ommonly considered to be the most healthy is the continuance 

 of the steady north-west hot wind, when a copious perspiration 

 is produced and speedily evaporated off the surface of the body 

 by its warm dry influence, giving a light cheerfulness to the 

 spirits they never can have under the pressure of a sultry, still, 

 and close atmosphere. 



George Macritchie. 

 Clukie, 12^ Mar^h 1832. 



To R. Jameson, Esq. 



Prof. Nat. Hist. &c. 



