MARCH 



And all the jungle laughed with nesting songs, 

 And all the thickets rustled with small life 

 Of lizard, bee, beetle, and creeping things 

 Pleased at the spring time. In the mango sprays 

 The sun-birds flashed ; alone at his green forge 

 Toiled the loud coppersmith ; . . . 



ARNOLD, The Light of Asia. 



IN March the climate of the plains of the 

 United Provinces varies from place to place. 

 In the western sub-Himalayan tracts, as in 

 the Punjab, the weather still leaves little to 

 be desired. The sun indeed is powerful ; 

 towards the end of the month the maximum 

 shade temperature exceeds 80, but the nights 

 and early mornings are delightfully cool. In 

 all the remaining parts of the United Provinces, 

 except the extreme south, temperate weather 

 prevails until nearly the end of the month. 

 In the last days the noonday heat becomes so 

 great that many persons close their bungalows 

 for several hours daily to keep them cool, the 

 outer temperature rising to ninety in the 



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