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Art. XX.—Register of Temperature of the Air from the 6th of June to the 6th of July 1833, in a Choppered Tent,1 cooled by Tatties,2 at Kurrim Khan, thirty-six miles above Kalpí, on the river Jumna
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In order to know the hourly alternations of heat, during the hottest part of the year, in a tent in the Mufassil, or Upper Country, of the Bengal Presidency, I kept a register in the months of June and July; and the accompanying is the result, shewing the hourly differences; likewise the average heat during the month, which was less than 88°, or not a higher temperature than that of a bungalow, or brick habitation, at Cawnpore at that season. However, the changes are more sudden and oppressive in a tent than they are in a house, on account of the thinness of its walls.
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page 393 note 1 Tufán.—A sudden storm of wind, and dust; and generally, but not always, accompanied by rain, prevalent in the Duáb, and other parts of India, a little before the setting in of the rains.
page 393 note 2 Bungalow.—A house built of bricks, baked or unbaked, generally having a thatched roof, as above noticed.
page 393 note 3 River rising.—The river Jumna (with most other Indian rivers, I believe) rises at first slowly, and afterwards rapidly, for some time previous to the commeacement of the rainy season. This is accounted for by the melting, at this the hottest part, of the year, of the snows in the upper regions, which supply the rivers. I have known the Jumna to rise as much as eighteen feet in one night, apparently from this cause; but I have reason to think, that its increase must have been assisted by some heavy falls of rain, which probably occurred without our knowledge, somewhat higher up the country than where we were situated.