1 TEMPERATURE. XS5
2 the nuNiBtaiii of Snffidd Goh lifts Its headt cfowned irHh perpetual
3 mwt immflJiiitely from the phun. The a^arartnortliern hills oeoolcU
4 wd the move f«iiiote covered with snow ; and the table land of Gaii-
5 bttl, to the west of Lugjhmann, enjoys the coolness and inardure of a
6 temperate summer. This contrast is a constant theme of wonder to
7 tmvellera £rom more unifiMm climates. The Emperor Bauber, gives
8 the IbUowmg aoooont* (in his commentaries) of the impression made
9 on him by this .sudden change, on his first jonrney to the east of Can*
10 buL " I had never,*' says be, ** before seen the hot dimsCes, or the
11 ** Indian coontry. When I reached the pass, I saw another worid*
12 ** The gnwB, the trees, the birds, the- animals, and the tribes of men:
13 " All was new ! I was astonished."
14 Betoming to the south of the fierdooraunee country, Bunnoo ap-
15 pears to be as hot as Feshawer, and the Fmiukhail perhaps hotter.
16 Khost and Dour, as they are hi^ber than Bunnoo, are probably cooler*
17 The Murwut country is made up of hills and plains, and consequent*
18 ly has not a uniform climate. The plains, at least, are very hot, and
19 parched up, by the heat of summer. Laigee was fiur firamcool, .even
20 in January.
21 The winter of Damaun is very agreeable, being colder than any part
22 of Ilindostaun. Frost is common in the morning ; and, the tliermo-
23 meter, in 1809, was generally some dt^irrees below the freezinp point at
24 cLiv-brrak. The summer is intolerably liot. I have lieard mhabitants
25 ot Damaun say, that they have never e\'|)iTienced in India any weather
26 so oppressive as that ot" Damaun. Ttie lieat of tlie niglits is scarcely
27 iiilrriiir lo that of the day.s. The inliabitants are obliged to wcl iheir
28 clot 1 It - before they €»n go to sleep ; and, every man places a large ves-
29 sel ol water by his bed to relieve the thirst, with which he is sure to be
30 tormented during the niglit. The climate of the countries in the
31 range of Solimaun, varies of course with their level. In general they
32 are cold, and moat so towards the north. The valleys between the
33 parallel ranges are little cooUer than Damaun. The heat of 8sad is
34 at least equal to that of Damaun ; and, probably, increases as we go
35 towards the south, till itismodentedbybreeies fimnthesea. See-
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