of communities or individuals; and that every circumstance which can in any way diminish its influence, or circumscribe its effect, should be pointed out.[1]
It is very true that neither the climate, soil, nor natural constitution of a country, are the modellers of the character of nations; nor will they enable us to account for the distinctions which characterise the several races or families of mankind. We may find that we cannot deduce from these influences, the mental attributes of any portion of the human race; indeed, we well know, that in the same country, in the same spot, nay, under the same roof, are to be found persons entirely differing from each other in intellectual faculties, and in corporeal conformation and strength; nevertheless, it is equally true that the health of individuals does depend, very much, upon peculiarities of locality, determining certain meteorological effects.
The height of the Worcestershire Beacon is stated, by Col. Mudge, to be 1444 feet. From two barometrical measurements, carefully performed, (the details of which are stated at length in Appendix No. 2) I found the summit of the Worcestershire Beacon to be 924 feet above the village; this gives about 520 feet as the height of Great Malvern.
At this elevation the houses are sheltered from the wind by the high rocky masses behind; and although
- ↑ For the several facts and reasoning relative to this subject, I may refer the reader to—Wells's Essay upon Dew; Johnson on Tropical Climates; and other works treating on the diseases of hot countries; to the Dissertation on the Malvern Waters, &c.; and also to papers in the Philosophical Magazine for October and November, 1828; Medical Gazette for 1831; and The Midland Reporter, vol. 3.
