[122] See Humb. Pers. Nar. vol. iii. p. 500.—James.
[123] The results of several observations are as follows:
| Temperature of the water. | Temperature of the air. | |
| June 27, 68 | ° | 83° |
| 28, 70 | 79 | |
| 29, 74 | 82 | |
| 30, 75 | 80 | |
| July 1, 71 | 60 | |
At eleven, A. M.
Before sunrise the mercury fell usually as low as 60°.—James.
[124] Mission to Caubul, p. 179. 4to. Lond.—James.
Comment by Ed. Mountstuart Elphinstone (1779-1859), fourth son of the eleventh Baron Elphinstone of the Scottish peerage, was a notable official in the East Indian service, which he entered in 1796. In 1808 he was placed at the head of an embassy sent to Cabul to secure the alliance of the Afghans against a threatened French invasion. The work referred to, An Account of the Kingdom of Cabul and its Dependencies in Persia and India (London, 1815), was one result of the mission. Elphinstone returned to England about 1830, declining the governor-generalship of India.
[125] See Monthly Review for May 1817. p. 3.—James.
[126] Karsten Niebuhr (1733-1815) was a Danish scientist and traveller, who visited Egypt, Arabia, India, Palestine, and Syria during the years 1761-67. The first volume of his travels, Beschreibung von Arabien (Copenhagen, 1772), was published by the Danish government; the second and third volumes appeared in 1774 and 1778, bearing the title Reisebeschreibung von Arabien und anderen umliegenden Ländern; while a fourth was brought out in 1837, by Niebuhr's daughter.—Ed.
[127] See Humb. Pers. Nar. vol. ii. p. 196. vol. iii. pp. 358, 542.—James.