CLIMATE OF SINDH. Ill 



The climate of Sindh generally is siij^posed 

 to be trying to the constitution, notwithstanding 

 that native geograjohers declare that "Sindh is 

 blessed with a fine climate, tlie lower part being 

 cool, the upper hot, the mornings generally fresh 

 and invigorating." It certainly is true that the 

 morning air is cool, but a country so subject to 

 transitions of heat and cold as Upper Sindh, with 

 the malaria that arises from swamps for a large 

 j)ortion of the year, can hardly be congenial to 

 any constitution. The Afghans and northern 

 tribes have such a dread of the climate of Sindh, 

 that they have a proverb expressing that "the 

 sun of Sindh will turn a white man black, and 

 is sufficiently powerful to roast an egg^ The 

 latter is nothing more than the truth, but the 

 like has, I believe, occurred in Europe. Upper 

 Sindh, although infinitely hotter than the lower 

 division of the province, is more healthy, which 

 is attributable to the greater dryness of the at- 

 mosphere. The dews in Lower Sindh are ex- 

 cessively heavy, and exposure to them is ex- 

 tremely injurious to health. The inhabitants 

 of some of the crowded bazaars of the lars^er 

 towns evince, by their haggard looks, the im- 

 purity of the atmosphere in which they live. 



