﻿294 
  LT.-GEN. 
  C. 
  A. 
  MCMAHON 
  & 
  CAPT. 
  A. 
  H. 
  MCMAHON 
  [Aug. 
  1 
  897, 
  

  

  for 
  four 
  months, 
  from 
  May 
  to 
  September, 
  every 
  year, 
  and 
  we 
  found 
  

   from 
  sad 
  experience 
  that 
  violent 
  storms 
  were 
  not 
  confined 
  to 
  that 
  

   season 
  alone. 
  In 
  considering 
  this 
  country 
  we 
  must 
  neither 
  overlook 
  

   these 
  strong 
  winds, 
  nor 
  the 
  effect 
  which 
  they 
  have 
  on 
  the 
  sand, 
  nor 
  

  

  Fig. 
  2. 
  — 
  The 
  Neza-i-Sultan, 
  a 
  natural 
  pillar 
  of 
  volcanic 
  agglomerate. 
  

  

  [From 
  a 
  photograph.] 
  

  

  the 
  destructive 
  effect 
  which, 
  combined 
  with 
  the 
  sand, 
  they 
  have 
  on 
  

   everything 
  else. 
  

  

  Last 
  but 
  not 
  least, 
  great 
  extremes 
  of 
  heat 
  and 
  cold 
  are 
  the 
  rule 
  here, 
  

   greater 
  extremes 
  perhaps 
  than 
  are 
  found 
  anywhere 
  else 
  in 
  the 
  world. 
  

   The 
  summer 
  heat 
  is 
  terrific, 
  while 
  in 
  the 
  winter 
  there 
  is 
  very 
  severe 
  

   cold 
  ; 
  and 
  not 
  only 
  is 
  there 
  a 
  wide 
  seasonal 
  range 
  of 
  temperature, 
  

  

  