Of Winds and Sounds.

lows, that the Parts of the Air which hson the Wf Side of the Point of greats

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East Points ; but in the other. Half-Year, from f"‘n.to Oftober, from the opposite Points of South-t* e ^and West-South-West, and that with rather ensForce than the other, accompanied with dark tcW)Weather, whereas the North-East blows clear. ^

ii. The Sea between Madagascar and Africa, 3,1 ^Southwards to the Equator, is subject to the fameCha 11 ®of Wind, or Monsoons, whose Course from As 1 '’Oflober is South-South-Weft ; which, as you go 1110 £Northerly, becomes more and more Westerly, 3last they fall in with the West-South-West Ysi"mentioned in the last Articles. What Winds blow ^other Half-Year in those Parts, the Doctor couldobtain any satisfactory Account of; only that they

Easterly, and as often to the North as to the So uward thereof.

12. To the Eastward of Sumatra and Malaccai

the North Side of the Equator along the Coast oi C aboia and China , the Monsoons blow, and change at ^fame Times as before ; only their Directions are 01 ^more Northerly and Southerly than the others, as is e ^ sto observe in the M a P* These Winds reach t0 , g .Philippine Islands Eastward, and to sap an Northwat ’and are not so constant to their points as the otabove mentioned. -.je

13. Between the fame Meridians, on the South 5 .the Equator, from Sumatra to New Guinea East's \fthe fame Northerly and Southerly Monsoons are oh ^ved ; oply the Northerly are here North-westerly, ^ {

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the Southerly bso'y frojrj the South-East. 1 “~{ t heYnot more constant than the others ; and besides, ^keep not the fame Times, but change a Month ° rWeeks later. .

14. The Shifting of these contrary Winds, 9 rfoons, is not all at once ; and in some Places the . t j,of the Change is attended with Calms, in others ^variable Winds , and particularly those of Cht»a^^ceasing to be Wssterly, are very subject to be temp^;