And so, with the rise and dip of the seasons, the European element waxes as the English wanes, in a kind of Solstitial see-saw.
"A Midsummer Drive Through The Pyrenees"
Edwin Asa Dix
It is true, likewise, they resemble some of the Indian nations, in the observance of Solstitial and equinoxial sacrifices; in making offerings to the manes of their ancestors; in the dread of leaving no offspring behind them, to pay the customary obsequies to their memory; in observing eight cardinal or principal points of the world; in the division of the Zodiac, and in a variety of other coincidences, which the learned Mr. Bryant accounts for by supposing the Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, and Indians, to be derived from one common stock, and that some of these people carried their religion and their learning into China.
"Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton"
John Barrow
Summer is approaching, sir, and apart from certain unpleasant risks which I need not specify, you will surely agree with me that the Solstitial heat is a needlessly severe trial for a boy with long hair.
"Old Calabria"
Norman Douglas