We are now passing through the] period of the greatest heat of the year. In Calcutta we have felt it acutely, for the climate here is very humid and this makes the heat more dificult to bear; moreover, this year jold residents say that the weather is more humid than usual which, of course, increases our sufferings in proportion. Nevertheless, there are other places in India where the heat is actually greater though it is less enervating because drier. In Madras, for instance, the heat has been terrifle and recently three fatal cases of sunstroke were reported, one a soldier in the Lancashire Fusiliers.
It is stated, however, that the monsoon has already reached Colombo whilst the Western branch ig said to have broken in the neighbourhood fof Bombay and there are rumours that it ig about to invade southern Bengal though at present there are no signs of that.taking place. have been unusually high, they, visited the|ranging from 112 in Delhi to 115
Engineering, Chatham Artillery
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