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nation. It was an affectinsj sight. Some of chap. 
. . IV. 
them had been nearly half a century in chams ; ■ 
and many were to return to their relations after 
being thought dead for several years. One of 
these men, washing his linen in the open air, 
and being stripped, as somewhat heated by the 
work, felt a most agreeable and cooling breeze 
beginning from the north ; the wind, which had 
been southerly, then changing. In a short time 
he was seized with a stiffness in all his limbs, 
attended with fever, and followed by delirium ; 
his jaw locked; and, notwithstanding the skill 
and constant attendance of Dr. Scott, before 
twenty-four hours had elapsed he was no 
more. Such are the blessings of what is often 
described as a delightful and luxurious climate*. 
There can scarcely be found a spot upon earth Unheaitiiy 
more detestable than PSra, particularly in the i^JL at^ 
most crowded part of it. We might be said to ^^'"" 
live in ccemeteries; the only water used for 
drinking, passing through sepulchres to the 
feverish lips of the inhabitants, filled with all 
sorts of revolting impurities, and even with 
living animalculce. The owner of the hotel 
where we resided, wishino^ to make some 
(2) See the Letters of Lady Mary TVortley Montague, Vol. III. 
p. 16, &c. Land. 1771. 
