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the earth like the beating of the nobut, and occasioned a 

 trembling of all the people ; it appeared most wonderful, 

 and deprived us all of our senses, so that we could not see, 

 every thing' appearing dark before us ; a dizziness came upon 

 many people, so that they fell down." The inhabitants 

 of Cutch, however, were much relieved from the dread of 

 further convulsions by the circumstance of a volcano having 

 opened on a hill about thirty miles from Bhooj ; and, about 

 ten days after the first shock, a loud noise like the discharge 

 of cannon was heard at Porebunder. The sound came 

 from the east, and was supposed to indicate the bursting of 

 one or more volcanoes in that direction. The earthquake 

 affected in a remarkable degree the eastern and almost de- 

 serted channel of the Indus, which it refilled and deepened. 



MEDICAL OBSERYATIONS. 



CHAPTER XI. 



Constitutions best suited to India — Preservation of Health on 

 Board of Ship and after Arrival — Management after Re- 

 turn to Europe. 



Ages most suitable for Recmits for Indian Service — Ages at which Offi- 

 cers may be sent out — Medical Examination of Recruits — Epilepsy — 

 Small-pox — Cutaneous Eruptions — Djspepsia — Cautions acainst 



Intemperance — Diet— Exercise — Danger of using Mercur>- — Gout 



Gravel — Complexions peculiarly dark and unusually fair — Rheuma- 

 tism—Mental Deranaemeat— Scrofula— Consumption — Preservation 

 of Health on board of Ship, and after Arrival in India— Management 

 after Return to Europe. 



CONSTITUTIONS BEST SUITED TO THE CLIMATE OF INDIA. 



Considering the numhers of all ranks and denomina- 

 tions annually required in the service of our Indian empire, 

 there arises a question of the first importance, — " what de- 

 scription of men are best fitted to endure the influence of 

 a climate essentially different from that of the mother 

 country, and which, though liighly favourable for particular 

 constitutions, will prove injurious if not fatal to others ?" 



