It is considered, by Baluchis, extremely unlucky to give or accept an odd number of coins.
[Illustration: JEBRI] At Jebri, for the first time, we suffered severely from cold at night, the thermometer dropping to 42 deg.Fahr.just before sunrise.

The climate of Baluchistan presents extraordinary varieties, and is extremely trying to Europeans.

Although at Kelat the natives suffer considerably more from cold in winter than summer heats, the hot season in the low-lying valleys and on the coast, which lasts from April till October, may be almost said to be the most severe in the world.

At Kej, in Mekram, the thermometer sometimes registers 125 deg.Fahr.in the shade as early as April, while the heat in the same district during the "Khurma-Paz," or "Date-ripening," is so intense that the natives themselves dare not venture abroad in the daytime.
Notwithstanding this, even the south of Baluchistan has its cold season.

Near Beila, in the month of January, the temperature frequently falls as low as 35 deg.Fahr.in the mornings, rising no higher than 65 deg.