The dreadful high collar and tight clothes which are donned all the year round, irrespective of the weather, must be very uncomfortable.

Men wear nearly the same kind of clothing at all seasons of the year.

That might be tolerated in the frigid or temperate zones, but should not the style be changed in the tropical heat of summer common to the Eastern countries?
I did not notice that men made much difference in their dress in summer; I have seen them, when the thermometer was ranging between 80 and 90, wearing a singlet shirt, waistcoat and coat.

The coat may not have been as thick as that worn in winter, still it was made of serge, wool or some similarly unsuitable stuff.

However hot the weather might be it was seldom that anyone was to be seen on the street without a coat.