CHAPTER XI. 



EFFECTS OF THE CLIMATE ON THE EUEOPEAN CONSTITU- 

 TION, SOUND AND IMPAIRED. 



EFFECTS ON THE SOUND CONSTITUTION. 



FfiOM the preceding account of the climate, it follows, 

 almost as a matter of course, that it should be perfectly- 

 congenial to an European in sound health. Such is in fact 

 the case. The principal inconvenience experienced by persons, 

 on first ascending the Passes, is, a slight degree of tightness 

 in the chest, and oppression of breathing, caused by the rare- 

 faction of the air ; but this is neither universal, nor of long 

 continuance. 



Some people are also at first affected with sleeplessness, 

 occasioned by the nervous system being too highly stimu- 

 lated, principally by the repulsion of blood from the surface, 

 and possibly also by its being in a higher state of oxy- 

 genation (?). 



The difference of temperature, is seldom complained of by 

 any but such as, from a long residence in a warm climate, have 

 become so Indianized in their feelings, constitution, and 

 habits, as to be unable to bear the slightest approach to an. 

 European climate. 



Individuals, so unhappily circumstanced, have little com- 

 fort to look for at home, and can scarcely hope to benefit by 

 the hills, the charm of which is their close resemblance to 

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