1 baths daily; and sonfietbues took one even during those in-
2 tensely Slot nights, which so often deprive the European of
3 sleep. The wealthy can afford to employ servants day ami
4 night in fanning and otherwise adaiiiusterihg to their com¬
5 fort in these hot climates* but the poorer classes must per¬
6 form the ventilating or cooling proces ses for themselves as
7 they can. But besides the inconvenience'? arising from the
8 heat of an Indian summer, there are other annoy at ices to
9 be experienced or prevented; such as the prickly beat (a«
10 it is called), (he attacks of mosquitoes din'd those troublesome
11 dust storms which occur regularly in the Punjab' about the
12 middle of dune. These dlist-storms are sometimes so thick
13 that, in broad daylight, tlioy will occasionally, fora few minutes,
14 produce as great a darkness us that of night. Another dis¬
15 agreeable Indian visitor is (he simoom (hot winds), which
16 ordinarily continue for six weeks, during which the inhabit"
17 ants of India, native and European, are compelled to pass
18 their time during the day in cellars beneath the ground,
19 or else they must cover every aperture to their dwell¬
20 ings with tattu (mats made from (lie root of the uvdro-
21 P'tjon muriaticiiM), which they keep constantly sprinkled
22 with water. The douche-bath I used were produced by causing
23 a goat-skin to be filled with fresh well-water, an l poured over
24 mv Head. Besides the cleanliness and cooling effect w hich those
25 batiks afford, they exercise a beneficial influence on the skin ami
26 nervous system, as also on the lungs, stomach, kidneys, mid even
27 on the remotest parts of tho body, by stimulating their action.
28 It is necessary, however, to be careful in the use of the cold bath,
29 and to avoid taking one when tho hotly is in a. perspiration,
30 which in India, I need scarcely say, is often the case. The same
31 rule also holds good as regards warm bathing in winter ; and it
32 is highly dangerous to leave the bath too suddenly,.and expose
33 the body to the influence of the cold air. The natives, both
34 Moslems anrl Hindoos—male or fi'inale—whether winter or
35 summer hot or cold -whether in the Ravee or the Ganges™
36 by drenching themselves at the wells, or washing in their own