'The Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society. From January 1863 to December 1864. (Edited by the Secretary.) Volume XVII.' [‎310] (489/524)

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310 REPORT ON DHUR YAROO
From these tables it may be seen that the heat is never excessive.
In a good bouse with a verandah it would never be oppressive, and the
variation would always be a minimum. As it is, it appears trifling
compared with the other table. In September the dews at night, and
consequent coldness in the early morning, make it more by 6° than at
Larkbana. In June the heat from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m.. was consider
able, hence the 12°20 r .
The minimum Thermometer sometimes marked in April as low as
41° and 43°, but in the following months the nights were very equable
in temperature, at least at the different intervals on which I experienced
them. Some were rather cold, and there were very few during which
blankets could be conveniently dispensed with.
Having thus given the chief natural and climatic features of Dhur
Yaroo and its immediate neighbourhood, I would, before concluding,
venture a few remarks on its utility as a place of resort for Europeans
in N. Sind during the hot season.
The word Sanitarium cannot with justice be used in connection with
the place, as the exertion required to reach it involves a considerable
amount of constitutional vigour, and the change would be too sudden
and the atmosphere too light and stimulating for a sick or weakly per
son. Such a one would find it raw and disagreeably cold in April and
early May, as he had not been in the necessary training. Again in
June, July, and early August the hot winds during the journey and .
first part of the ascent would render the attempt eminently hazardous
tor a sick man.
, ^ n . ^ e P tem ^ ei ^ might be suitable, and probably in October, but as
the inhabitants leave in the early part of this latter month at latest, it
is o be inferred that it must be very cold, and the cold of a biting and
isagreeable nature, as the people are hardy and enduring.
ru aSlde the <1 " est: ° n of a Sanitarium, which can be had in
the highest degree at Kurrachee, Dhur Yaroo ought to be with many
o cers m Upper Sind a place of great importance to which they can
om t e intense heat of the plains, and for a time carry on their
a wor , instead of imperilling their health, sometimes to a hopeless
extent, and generally to a degree that obliges them to relinquish their
C lar “ es mucl * sooner than they desire or are prepared for.