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the slightest doubt that red roads are the most comfortable for the 

 eye and soothing to the nervous system, and that white roads are 

 exceedingly trying to both. 



Avoidance of the Midday Heat. — If possible, travelling and 

 muscular exertion should be done in the early morning or late 

 afternoon, and avoided in the middle of the day, when a siesta is 

 most beneficial. The absurd custom of making social calls at 

 12 noon in certam parts of the tropics should be discouraged, and a 

 more reasonable hour substituted. 



Avoidance of Alcohol. — ^Alcohol should never be taken before 

 the sun goes down, for it unfits the individual for work, and is the 

 most important predisposing cause of sunstroke. 



REFERENCES. 



The most suitable work for the tropical practitioner is Hahn's 'Handbuch 

 der Klimatologie, ' of which there exists an English translation of Part I. 

 * General Climatology,' by Ward; but unfortunately there is no such transla- 

 tion of Band II., ' Klimatographie, ' Teil I., ' Klima der Tropenzone/ of which 

 the third edition appeared in Stuttgart in 1910, which is the only work, with 

 which we are acquainted, which deals with the climatology of the various 

 tropical countries in at all a full manner. 



A much smaller but very excellent work is Ward's * Climate, 'in the Progres- 

 sive Science Series, published in 1908, and also Giles' work mentioned below. 

 Chamberlain (1913), Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical 

 Medicine, May 6, 7, and 8, Washington, is an excellent paper with full refer- 

 ences. 



Meteorology. 



Abb± (1888). Treatise on Meteorological Apparatus and Methods. 

 Washington. 



Archibald (1901). The Story of Atmosphere. (A clear, simple account of 



the atmosphere.) 

 Bartholomew (1899). Atlas of Meteorology. Edinburgh. 

 BiNi (1914). Studi di Medicina Tropicale. Contains Medical Climatology of 



Erythraea (Eritrea). 

 Blandford (1899). Climates and Weather of India and Ceylon. 

 Dainelli (19 10). Climatologia dell' Eritrea. 

 Elliott (1906). Climatological Atlas of India. 

 Eredia (191 2). Climatologia di Tripoli e Bengasi. 

 Ferrel (1889). Winds. New York. 



Giles. Climate and Health in Hot Countries. (An excellent account of the 

 climate, with data of many tropical places.) London. 



Knox, A. (1911). The Climate of the Continent of Africa. (A most useful 

 book.) Cambridge. 



Marriott (1903). Hints to Meteorological Observers. (A very valuable 

 little book.) 



MoHN (1879). Grundziige der Meteorologie. Berlin. 



Plehn (1906). Tropenhygiene. (Climates in late German colonies.) 



Sandwith (1907). Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, x. 361. (Hill- 

 Stations and Health Resorts in the British Tropics.) 



SuPAN (1903). Grundziige der physichen Erdkunde. Leipzig. 



Tyler (1907). Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, x. 130. (Psycho- 

 physical Aspects.) 



Waldo (1893). Modern Meteorology. (A good account of instruments and 

 winds.) 



Ward (1908). CUmate. London. 



