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196 A TOUR THROUGH
vent the external air from entering; and
where there are no window-mutters, they
hang up wet blankets on the inside of the
window. The servants are constantly em-
ployed in sprinkling water, through their
apartments, to preserve the air in as tem-
perate a state as possible; and this is no
difficult matter here, as I am told there is
not a house in the city that has not a foun-
tain within it. By these means the people
of fashion sufFer very little from the Sirocc,
except the strict confinement to which it
obliges them.
It is somewhat Angular, that notwith-
standing the scorching heat of this wind, it
has never been known to produce any epi-
demical distempers, nor indeed bad conse-
quences of any kind to the health of the
people. It is true, they feel extremely weak
and relaxed during the time it blows, but
a few hours of the Tramontane, or North
wind, which generally succeeds it, loon
braces
vent the external air from entering; and
where there are no window-mutters, they
hang up wet blankets on the inside of the
window. The servants are constantly em-
ployed in sprinkling water, through their
apartments, to preserve the air in as tem-
perate a state as possible; and this is no
difficult matter here, as I am told there is
not a house in the city that has not a foun-
tain within it. By these means the people
of fashion sufFer very little from the Sirocc,
except the strict confinement to which it
obliges them.
It is somewhat Angular, that notwith-
standing the scorching heat of this wind, it
has never been known to produce any epi-
demical distempers, nor indeed bad conse-
quences of any kind to the health of the
people. It is true, they feel extremely weak
and relaxed during the time it blows, but
a few hours of the Tramontane, or North
wind, which generally succeeds it, loon
braces