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2 CHAPTER V.
3 CLIMATE AND PRODUCTIONS OF THE PUNJAUB.
4 Having brought down the history of the Pun-
5 jaub to the present moment, we now come to
6 treat of those matters which most concern us as
7 the probable future possessors of the interesting
8 region under notice, namely, the climate, the
9 people, the productions, and the commerce of the
10 country.
11 The climate of the Punjaub varies not only
12 with the seasons but the locality. The heat is at
13 its greatest intensity in the month of June, when
14 the thermometer has been known at Lahore to
15 rise as high as 112^ in a tent artificially cooled.
16 Even in the winter, that is to say, between
17 December and the beginning of March, the ther-
18 mometer at mid-day seldom falls below 70° and
19 is often as high as 80°. The heat is for the
20 greater part of the year accompanied by great
21 dryness in the atmosphere, excepting at mid-
22 summer, when the rains of the Indian monsoon