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PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE. 45
find such accidental delays either useless or .·
unpleasant.
But to return to the principal object of
this paragraph. Though the sun in Italy
has, even in the cooler seasons, a sufficient
decree of warmth to incommode a foreigner,
yet the heat can scarcely be considered as
an obstacle to travelling, except in the
months of July and August; then indeed
it is intense, and it is imprudent in the tra-
veller to expose himself to the beams of the
sun for any time; though Englishmen fre-
quently seem insensible of the danger, and
brave alike the rigours of a Russian winter
and the heats of an Italian or even of an
Egyptian summer. Eevers and untimely
deaths are sometimes the consequences of
this rashness, and more than one traveller
has had reason to regret his imprudence.
To avoid these dangers, persons who are
obliged to travel during the hot months ge-
find such accidental delays either useless or .·
unpleasant.
But to return to the principal object of
this paragraph. Though the sun in Italy
has, even in the cooler seasons, a sufficient
decree of warmth to incommode a foreigner,
yet the heat can scarcely be considered as
an obstacle to travelling, except in the
months of July and August; then indeed
it is intense, and it is imprudent in the tra-
veller to expose himself to the beams of the
sun for any time; though Englishmen fre-
quently seem insensible of the danger, and
brave alike the rigours of a Russian winter
and the heats of an Italian or even of an
Egyptian summer. Eevers and untimely
deaths are sometimes the consequences of
this rashness, and more than one traveller
has had reason to regret his imprudence.
To avoid these dangers, persons who are
obliged to travel during the hot months ge-