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shower-bath was its effect upon the author's chap. 
fever; proving the efficacy of cold bathing, ^ ^ ' ■ 
at least in this instance, very satisfactorily: 
instead of augmenting his malady, he felt 
himself so much relieved by the copious drench- 
ing to which he was exposed, that it gave 
him strength to proceed, and to keep up 
with the Tahtars, who were foremost in the 
cavalcade*. 
As we drew nigh to the Danube, what with 
the rain, and, perhaps, the general chilliness 
and humidify of the atmosphere near so vast a 
river, we seemed almost to breathe water. 
The first sight of Rustchuk, upon its southern nuitch&k. 
side, exhibited a novel and striking appearance: 
it was announced to us by the appearance of a 
countless number of white chimneys, together 
with mosques and minarets, seemingly imbedded 
in rich garlands of flowers, because rising in the 
midst of trees that were quite covered with 
(1) It has been thought right to mention this trivial circumstance, 
because a similar mode of treating fevers has been recently practised with 
some degree of success; and it is wtll known that the Physicians of 
Naples use iced water in such cases : but in tliis instance, the benefit ex- 
perienced was only temporary ; the disorder returned, after the inter- 
migiion, and with greater vehemence. 
