326 GANGETIC HINDOOSTAN. 



j-oGs. The fogs of this country are horrible, frequent and thick, 



and moft inwholefome. Officers fent into the fait marflies for 

 the purpofe of taking a furvey, have found the vap lurs fo grofs 

 and putrid, that every now and then they were oblir^ed to af- 

 cend the higheft trees for the fake of getting a little refpira- 

 tion ; few efcape without a fit of illnefs, and numbers a^e out 

 of thofe fent on this horrible fervice *. 



<« It is true indeed that the fair fex in general efcape thi 

 <' cruel fevers of this climate, which is owing to the tem- 

 « perance of their lives, and their not being obliged to expofe 

 " themfelves to the violent heats, as our fex is often under the . 

 *< neceffity of doing. But the Englijh women are not without 

 <* their diforders; they are feized with an oppreffion of their 

 ** nerves, flow fevers, and bile. Thefe, with a conftant per- 

 <' fpiration, foon makes the rofes on their cheeks to vanifh. 

 " A pale yellow complexion fucceeds, and every fymptom of 

 <' youth and beauty difappears." 



" Every thing but cold is in extremes here; the heat is 

 *< intenfe, the rains floods, the winds hurricanes, and the hail- 

 *' ftones, I dare not tell you how large, leit you Ihould think 

 « that I take the licenfe of a traveller. But what I always 

 *' behold with reverence and awe, and at the fame time with 

 " pleafure, is the lightning, not an evening paffes without it ; 

 « it is not that offenfive glare of light I have been ufed to fee, 

 *' but a beautiful fire which plays amongft the clouds, and 

 «« paffes from one part of the heavens to another in every di- 

 " redion, and in every variety of vibration." 



* Phil. Tranf. vol, Ivii. p. 2l8. 



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