i64 RIDING, DRIVING AND KINDRED SPORTS 



you will wonder why people make such a fuss 

 about it ; in the next you will think the days 

 are long; and during the third you will wonder 

 how people ever endure it and live. But 

 although the new comer may not feel any great 

 inconvenience from the heat, it nevertheless 

 behoves him to be careful. Yet are the rules 

 of prudence for the man who is engaged in 

 healthy outdoor occupation very few and 

 simple. But do not mistake : though simple 

 and few, they are important. First, protect 

 the head and spine from the sun. For this 

 purpose a pith helmet, which after April has 

 begun should have a quilted, cotton-wove 

 cover and curtain, is best. Then there should 

 be a quilted lining to the back of your 

 hunting-coat. Both cover and the lining can 

 be made by the dh^zi (tailor). A flannel 

 belt should always be worn round the waist. 

 Every morning before starting your servant 

 will bring you a cup of tea and some toast or 

 biscuits ; never by any chance go out without 

 drinking the one and eating the other. Very 

 little medicine will be needed, but two or three 

 grains of quinine every morning will do no 

 harm, and, in my experience, are useful as 

 prophylactics against fever and cholera. There 

 is one foe against which I can offer no protec- 

 tion, and that is prickly heat. This torment 



