, 1874-07-25

|, 4 correspondent Of the Ala California gives
a graphic account Of thohot tsinus Of Australia
It makes ono gaHp for breuth to read it. III
;aayY: y The colonista Of Victoria and Now
South Wales boas. OF the groat beauty OF thes
climate. a description Of tho hot :ElntlA WHICH
arc 40 bostefously prevalent there during uAort
very extraordinary in tAoir character and Objects
will l,elp to show how far the boast iH jt,stifie
A n,isty smoke dnrkons tho atmosphere, which
feeiA 20 opprcaRvely hot ~ to render breathing
at once 'labor'ona aud painful; The shines
with lurid g!aro fur l,ct.or than when in opou
brilllnncyi and presenting to the eye the appear-
Aneo Of q full 1noon l,chiul fleaoy cloud. Doga
crawl 0ong with tl,cr parcflod tonglos dangling
almost to tue ground. and horsos move OIL with
arooping hcadsa aad convulsiyo gadps. All Kinds
of vegetation firut hing tlioir tondrils, tIcu
ahrvcl up. and tlna1ly yield To premature decay,
And 10 tho burning slrrocco iucreasen apace, aud
thick clouds OF dust dose!cate tho mir, animal
and vegetable life %ould Beem to bo threatened
tlou ofton s.tccumb to inealasccnt exhaustion
md die by tho road side; fields Of grain, Which
in tho morning Tero fresh and green, bocolno,
before evening, yellow as with the liponcas Of
maturity, but In reality, atuntod and 'aingod by
the fiery influences prevailing trees yiullin7
their aapto the Blakelcss temperature, rapidly
incinernto aud cast Off tholr but raeonty luscious
fruit, and tiowerh pass Through all tho Eraatona
open into bloom. and drop their leaves in tla
cauldron around, in css than d day. All nature,
in TACT. would appear for the time to DO trying
experiments in tller1uo!oEy, totally ihdinoront
about hoalth and life. Thu igneous e,enlcntA.
80 wildly carooring. suggest nothing but enclrol-
Ing volcanoes pouring forth and scattering
around thoir burning lava, reduced to Hcintillant
ponder.
"Is il T. scourgo Of the most obstructive
character. Ont-tluor busludss life IL virtually
suspended, and the few ucuplo moving shout ARE
oyory moment employed iu Wiping OF tic pro-
fllso dusty IeIspfration chat streams down their
faces. Cafes and hotels bWa,7n like beohiyea
with Ianguid, thirsty men, aud the humorous
iced beverages drank would astoniah tho most
oredulous. 80 hour aftarh hour pulses, tho hent
| increasing in intensity, and thirat becoming
more universal and ,nantable.
"In-door life is alono enaurab1e, and rooms
30 carefully t}npriFod Of mir aud light as to give
them in any other weather a>high fcyer tomper-
attire, arc now comparatively cool. Tho o1tor-
nal aspect OF houses is holbre and fune1cal,
every shutter and door being closed, and the oc-
cupants lounge, gasp, and stEh most pitoounly.
Reading la out OF tho qucBtion, music iH for
| nahcn, and aotivo a1nubomont blank. Gentlemen
Snolle, swallow ices, and yawn. Bathing III the
only thing really enjoyable, aud amphibiousneBs
becomes almoht human nttr1buto. While these
tarriblo hot winds prevail, eutire oropa are some
timos destroyed, homesteadd burnt, aud many
livoa lost. Fortunately they do not lust moro
thhn two or three days ut time otherwise lifa
and property would be 80 insecure as to render
living an inveAtnent in tho Colunias undosr-
Ablo in tho extreme"