On serpent-worship and on the venomous snakes of India / by Sir Joseph Fayrer.

  • Joseph Fayrer
Date:
1892?]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: On serpent-worship and on the venomous snakes of India / by Sir Joseph Fayrer. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    should be glad, if I could induce those to whom I believe it is so well adapted to try it either on their way to England or later ; and I believe that if many who have retired from the services would spend a month or three weeks there every year for two or three years they would probably derive lasting benefit, Carlsbad, which is easily approached by those re- turning from India via Venice or Trieste, is situated in the north-west of Bohemia, not far from the Saxon and Bavarian frontiers. It is in 50° 13' N. latitude and 12* 53' E. longitude. The town itself, which is 1,200 feet above the sea, lies in a valley through which the Tepel, a bright trout stream, flows to join the river Eger, their confluence being in close proximity to the town, which is built on the banks of the river and on the hills which rise in terraces on either side in most picturesque forms, one, the Ewigleben, being 800 feet above the town. They are densely wooded with magnificent pine, spruce, beech, birch and other trees. Through these woods innumerable well-kept paths and roads lead to fine points of view of the town and neighbouring hills, the Erzgebirge and other mountains, and of the ranges of forest country which stretch away to the Bohmerwald. The Tepel and the Eger are beautiful streams, with picturesque and in some places rocky banks. In the woods the odour of the pines is often very perceptible ; they afford pleasant shade during the summer and enable visitors to spend much of their time in the open air. The weather is variable, the temperature at night and the morning being subject to marked changes. The mean temperature of the year is 43° F.; of sum- mer 66’5° F.; but in July and August there are days of great heat as there are in many other places. In the spring and autumn it is 47° F. in the winter 27° F. The prevailing winds are from the west and north, the latter being cool and bracing in summer.
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