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Midsummer in the plains of the South scorches the body and depresses the mind--often like the hottest room of a Turkish bath. Breathing becomes difficult and debility comes easily. Even to touch a brass door handle with the hand is to burn the flesh; vigilance must be exercised as soon as one begins to move about.

-- Notebooks Category 15: The Orient > Chapter 2 : India Part 1 > # 9