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THE importance of a knowledge of the characteristics of the country one lives in attracted the early attention of the ancients. Countries were generally arranged into three classes, namely,, , and. is a moist and marshy country intersected by numerous rivers, lakes, and mountains ; and containing swans, cranes, geese, hares, pigs, buffaloes, deer and other wild animals, as well as a variety of fruit and vegetables, including paddy, sugarcane and plantain tree. In such a country "phlegmatic" diseases and "affections of the wind" are very common. is a dry country where water is scarce ; where Shami (Acacia farnesiana), Kareera (Capparis apliylla}, Arka (Calatropis gigantea), Peelo (Salvadora