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2 DISEASES.
3 warning to a pexMn ■ft|HMnt4»< with it, to allow of hit nmiii^g into
4 shelter tiU the simoom has passed over. When a man is caught in
5 it, it generally occasions instant death. Tlie sufiferer fiills senseless,
6 and blood bursts from his mouth, nose, and oars. His life is 'some-
7 times saved, by administering n strong acid, or by immersing him in
8 water. The people in places where the simoom is frequent, eat gar-
9 lic, and rub their lips and nose*? with it, when they go out in the heat
10 of summer, to prevent their sufTci iiig by the simoom. This wind is
11 said to blast trees in its passage ; and, the hydropiiobia, which affects
12 the wolves, jackails, and dogs, in some parts of the country, is attri>
13 buted to it.
14 To sum up the cliaracter of the climate of the whole country,
15 A%haunistaun must be pronounced dry, and little subject to rain,
16 doudi^ or Iag9. Its annual heat on an. average of different places, is
17 greater thaii that of England, and Imt than that of India. Hie
18 difeenee of temperature between aimiiiier and winter, and ewm
19 between day and night, is greater than in either of those eoun-
20 tiiei. Judging from the sisoi strength* and activity of the in-
21 habitants* we should pnmounce the climate finrourable to the human
22 otmsdtution ; and ioany parts of the oountiy are certiinly remark*
23 able fiv their salubrity. But^ on an inflection of ftetSi it sp-
24 pesrs doubtfiil wheth^ tlw diseases of A^j^iaunistann are not move
25 fiUal than those of India. Yet, those diseases are not numennis, and
26 few of them are of those deicriptionB which make most havock in
27 otfa«r countries. Fevers and agues are common in antmnn, and are
28 also ftk in spring. Colds are very troublesome^ and sometimes
29 daogorous in winter. The small-pox carries off many persons, though
30 innoculation has long been practised by the Moollaha and S^fuds in
31 the most remote parts of the kingdom. Opthalmia is comrooiL
32 These are the principal disorders of A%jbaunisteu&
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