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sta<Tnant marshes, as they do in ahnost every part of the 

 seacoast of this quarter of the province, their influence 

 upon the health is baneful. During March, April, and part 

 of May, high winds from the south-west prevail, and are 

 attended with clouds of dust. In May, June, July, August, 

 and September, the wind generally blows from the west 

 over an extensive parched soil, and hence become intolerably 

 hot ; so' that the thermometer, as formerly mentioned, not 

 unfrequently reaches 110^ or even 112°, and stands above 

 100= at midnight. In the hilly and more inland parts, the 

 air, owin-T to the exhalations from the jungles and fores s, 

 is unwholesome, particularly in the valleys and ravines by 

 which the hilly districts are intersected. Owing to the 

 great power of the sun in the dry and sandy plains ot the 

 south of this province, coap de soleil not unfrequently occurs. 

 The diseases are fever, hepatitis, and dysentery. 



Hydrabad.— This province is a table-land ; hence its tem- 

 perature is lower than the latitude indicates. At the city 

 of Hydrabad, during the cool season, the thermometer is 

 often as low as 40° and 45°. In this district the south-west 

 monsoon usually conmaences about the beginning of June, 

 and continues With some intervals till the middle of October. 

 Durin<r November and December the sky is generally 

 cloudy! the winds easterly ; and sometimes, when the north- 

 east monsoon is heavy, a considerable quantity of rain tails. 

 Dews are frequent during January and early m February ; 

 but both these months, and March, April, and May, are 

 dry. The mean monthly temperature, in-doors, is stated 

 as follows-:— January, 73° ; February, 75° ; March, 82 ; 

 April, 89° ; May, 90° ; June, 86^° ; July, 81° ; August, 

 79° ; September, 78° ; October, 78° ; November, 75° ; De- 

 cember, 73° ; giving an annual mean of nearly 80 . 1 his 

 is perhaps a little higher than the thermometer placed in a 

 more exposed situation would indicate. The daily range 

 is often very considerable, particularly during November, 

 December, January, and February, amounting in the shade 

 generally to about 20°, and not unfrequently to 30°. Severs 

 and dysentery are the prevailing diseases. 



Aurangahad.—The aspect of the country, the climate, and 

 seasons are nearly the same in the eastern districts of this 

 province as in the province of Hydrabad. 



Candtish.—'n\e climate and seasons are here not mat©" 



