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Rh day. None save those who have experienced it can form any idea of the heat, which is like that of a furnace. Europeans contrive to keep the interior of their houses cool by thick mats called tatties, made of khuskhus, the root of a fragrant grass, which being kept constantly wetted, mitigate the burning heat of the air as it passes through. The wind generally blows from the westward, and the tatties are fitted into the doors or windows toward that point: they are of comparatively little use when the gale veers to the east, as it then becomes damp as well as hot.

During a voyage up the Ganges as high as Allahabad, I was particularly attracted by the extreme beauty of the Pagodas which diversify the scenery on the river's banks. As it is the custom for boats to moor close to the shore at sunset, I had frequent opportunities of visiting these Hindoo temples, usually the dwelling place of a Bramin, who derives a frugal existence from the offerings of grain or money left upon the altar by the pious. The flowers which, plaited into wreaths and rosaries, decorate the shrines and enamel the pavement, spring in rich luxuriance amid the vast variety of forest trees which clothe every eminence; and upon our expressing our admiration of their beauty, were pressed upon our acceptance with