The hot weather ix upon us now with all its rs, and the thermometer has been ally high figure. been some parts of India, and in Caleu ison much harm has been do: and property. On shore houses have been injured and at sea carya boats and steamers upset or damaged.
A Great Bore cine vp the Hoogli, which did considerable the trafic of the river, causing us damage to several cargo boats and more or less pubicd with the terrible hot weather wind, which always makes one think it comes straight from a molten furnace, for if seems (o blister one's very +kin. However, we hope sincerely that. these storms and eyctones mean an early and favourable monsoon.
Lord Curzon, until some three weeks ago, was still touring in Central and Northern India in spite of the intense heat. Neither railway travelling nor heat seem to disconcert H.E., or to slacken his energy; he must have an enormous amount of will power, for he i not naturally a strong man, and owing to some weakness of his spine, has to spend several hours of every day in a reclining position, but even then, I am told, he works with indefatigable energy at' his papers. Hyderabad put on its best bib and tucker' and burst forth isto decorations and festivities of all kinds to welcome the Viceroy and Lady Curzon, The Nizam's function was, as is usual these occasions, a very brilliant, affair. The whole palace and the road leading to it through the picturesque city itself for a mile and a half was lighted up with myriads of coloured lamps, which studded the minarets and the walls of the houses on either side "f the route and glistened aad shone like so many bright gems.
The Viceroy's Speech was an unusually cordial one. He dwelt most particularly on the subject of H.H.'s punctilious sense of duty in carrying out any obligations he undertook towards the British Government.
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