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" The hot season commences in March and continues till the beginning of June. The sun is then scorching, the ground brown and parched, dust flies in whirlwinds, the brooks become dry, small rivers scarcely keep up a stream, and the largest are reduced to... "
The History of India - Page 7
by Mountstuart Elphinstone - 1841
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A Gazetteer of the Territories Under the Government of the East ..., Volume 2

1854 - 786 pages
...Elphinstone,3 " the sun is scorching for L '" three months in the year ; even the wind is hot, the land ia brown and parched, dust flies in whirlwinds, all brooks...In winter, slight frost sometimes takes place for about an hour or two about sunrise." " At a low level, if towards the south, the greatest cold in winter...
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Manual of modern geography, mathematical, physical, and political

Alexander Mackay - 1861 - 790 pages
...beginning of June. The sun is then scorching, the ground brown and parched, dust Hies in whirlwinds, the brooks become dry, small rivers scarcely keep up a...comparatively narrow channels in the midst of vast sandy bfids. The groat rainy reason succeeds the not, and lasts, witli occasional intermissions, till October....
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The Moghul Empire: From the Death of Aurungzeb to the Overthrow of the ...

Henry George Keene - 1866 - 304 pages
...description : — " The sun is scorching, even the wind is hot, the land is brown and parched, the dust flies in whirlwinds, all brooks become dry, small...narrow channels in the midst of vast sandy beds." It should, however, be added, that towards the end of this terrible season some relief is afforded...
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Manual of modern geography, mathematical, physical, and political, Volume 2

Alexander Mackay - 1870 - 356 pages
...beginning of June. The sun is then scorching, the ground brown and parched, dust flies in whirlwinds, the brooks become dry, small rivers scarcely keep up a...comparatively narrow channels in the midst of vast sandy beds. The great rainy season succeeds the hot, and lasts, with occasional intermissions, till October. The...
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The Fall of the Moghul Empire: An Historical Essay, Being a New Ed. of The ...

Henry George Keene - 1876 - 370 pages
...description : — " The sun is scorching, even the wind is hot, the land is brown and parched, the dust flies in whirlwinds, all brooks become dry, small...scarcely keep up a stream, and the largest are reduced to comparative narrow channels in the midst of vast sandy beds." It should, however, be added, that towards...
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Manual of modern geography, mathematical, physical, and political

Alexander Mackay - 1878 - 712 pages
...beginning of June. The sun is then scorching, the ground brown and parched, dust m'es in whirlwinds, the brooks become dry, small rivers scarcely keep up a...comparatively narrow channels in the midst of vast sandy lieds. The great rain >/ season succeeds the hot, and lasts, with occasional intermissions, till October....
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Manual of Modern Geography, Mathematical, Physical and Political, on a New ...

Alexander Mackay - 1881 - 718 pages
...beginning of June. The sun is then scorching, the ground brown and parched, dust flies in whirlwinds, the brooks become dry, small rivers scarcely keep up a...comparatively narrow channels in the midst of vast sandy beds. The great rainy season succeeds the hot, and lasts, with occasional intermissions, till October. The...
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Manual of modern geography, mathematical, physical, and political

Alexander Mackay - 1881 - 714 pages
...ground brown and parched, oust flies in whirlwinds, the brooks become dry, small rivers scarcely keep np a stream, and the largest are reduced to comparatively narrow channels in the midst of vast sandy beds. The great rainy teuton succeeds the hot, and lasts, with occasional intermissions, till October. The...
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The Book of Health

Malcolm Alexander Morris, Sir Malcolm Alexander Morris - 1883 - 1148 pages
...above 100° in the shade during part of the hottest days : it has been known to reach 120° Fahr. ; even the wind is hot, the land is brown and parched,...comparatively narrow channels in the midst of vast sandy beds. Is it surprising that a part of the body so delicately construrotl as the eye should feel such a degree...
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Geography reading books, adapted to the new education code of 1882 ..., Part 6

Geography reading books - 1885 - 304 pages
...till June. ' The sun is then scorching, the ground brown and parched, dust flies in whirlwinds, the brooks become dry, small rivers scarcely keep up a...stream, and the largest are reduced to comparatively small channels in the midst of vast, sandy beds.'' 7. In the hot season the thermometer often stands...
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