1000000031

fui bl.n, fo" 10 produce the intcm

?r.te

monfoon which

here rakes pl..cc bet\ycen Ihe mollth. of

/lpril

.nd

O.'I.her.

From

!lIJ= Jmbiqur,

to cape

Guardafo,.

the mouth of

the

,~~J S~dt

the monfados are a liUlt rilore irregular than

in the olher parts of the'

lnJian

DCran.

For

is ob·

{~rved,

th.lt

bl!twccn

Ol7oct r

and

Jalluary

lhe winds ara

\lari.lblc, althoutth chicAy from

lhe

norlh .

]tJnaary

lhe

f.l.

E .

·mo~rvon

("eu in, and continucs regular till (he monln

IIf" .

From

M .'l

till

Oa.h"

the wlnd. ag. in become

variable,

bUl

blow

chitny

froln the

fou thu'n

poinu;

bUl

iq.

the month. of

JUf" , JII",

and

/lugllJl,

there are f,eque;'1

caln", efprci,lIy about Ihe b. y of

1I1'/inda.

which fome_

times continue for

fever::\l

weeks togcther, and extend

onl1

about a hundred league. from Olore.

ll..:forc \\.'c can ex.plain the caufe of thrs

irr

~gula.ri

clear6

Iy, i, will be needr..ry 'o " tend 'o ,h. direélion of the wind

e~ch

Gd. of ,hi. t"ck

eaeh particular reafon. In

the months

oC O{/oórr,

NOfumb.:r.

and

Du~mJ~r.

tht

winds are here variable, but chiefly from lhe north . No'.v

during lhefe three mont'hs, lhe wind

lhe

fOUlh

lhis

beyood

C. CorimlrJ

blow. fronl the S. E ... the

RuI

S~(J,

and all

lhe nOflh of this the wind dUfing

Ihis

fe.fon of tbe ye" i. from the N. E

Aod as .lhe fu.

is lhen perpendicula: to the bay of

Mt:lindll,

thefe

OPol

potite wi.nds here meeting and oppofing

001

another,

and

'boíng both cf lhem Ilopr in thei r eourfe wdlward by. ,he

eold r<gioos of

/lfrica

near .he M ountain. of .he Moon,

will o"urally produce the variable wind. here obferved

.neeording as ,he one or the other of thefe three balan_

.cing powe" !hall predominate : although, as ,he eoall he..

:ruru away

toward~

the foulh-w!fl,

is natural tO expeél:

1that lhe n'lrtherly wind, which follows lhe (ame .direétion,

,lhoulJ more frequently prevail th, n thofe whieh· are oppo.

{ed by it; erpeeiall y wh'en we eonfider, ,ha< .he

·iO.nd

M1daglfcar, now beginning

be warmed by the

in~uenca

«)f the fun, will

~oncur

in drawiog the wind

lhe (oulh ·

'" ard ; and wh!!o lhe continent of

Africa

is more: healed

the month! of

J .2nuary

and

Fcbruary,

il does nat oppo(e

¡he

eaflerly moofoon, fo ,hal th,. winds become lhen more

lixed ,han before.

B lI', in the montbs of

]une, Ju",

and

Augl/jI,

,he wind '0 the fouth of

C. C.rienla

is from

,he N. W . ; and oear rhe

Rd Sra.

and throughout th.

northero part of the

Indian

Oculn,

the

S. \V.

monfoon

theo in

grealefi vigour :

thal on each eod of this

dirtriét:

,he

wind is blowiog in aD oppofite dirtaion ; fram

whieh refulu ,hefe ealms about

Mdind4,

whieh we jull

noOl mentioned.

Thi. mueh may I\,ffiee for the fhifting \Vind. on the

/lfrican

and

/ljialic

eoalls. A. 'o

/lmuie".

the ooly

place. \Vhere lhe wiod fhifl' regularly are, .he bay. of

HonduraJ

and

Camp'rach,

,he

"'JI,

and lh. t of

P.na

–

fila

aod fome paru on the

coal~

M~xico

on the

rwdl,

with a fmalllraek upon th. eoan of Brazil. In the fouth

pan of lhe bay of

HtlnduraJ ,

belween

Gnltia

Di~1

and

O~/a,

the common trade-wiad between E and

blow. betweeh

Marrh

and

N.vemher;

from

oa.h.r

ti11

M (Jrch,

there are wetlerly winds; not confl",nt or violent.

buc blowing modcralely fometimes two or lhree days, or a

"'eek; .od ,hen ,he e./l<rly bre<ze may

ag.io prev.il

for

bo equal leog,h of time. The rearan of the p<cuJiari,y

here obferved i••hi. . During .he fumm« rearon, ,he high

hnd on the

IjIhflluJ

Ddrim

i. fo much warmed as no,

1.P

¡"I~rrup'

th. eourfe of the geoeral trade·winds .

Bu~

",hen he retires

the rou,hern homirpl;ere .. the eold

"POlI

tht!

IJlím1l1l

at thar rc.,fon becomes fo great, as

condenrt:

lhe ¡ir to ruch

degree as to repell lhe

tr~dc· wlnd

(or fome

time .: but nOI bcing cooled to fu ..:.h an inteore degree as io

fOOJ e of lh: larger continents, the trade·wiod al timel o·

vcrcomes '3'nd repclb theCe land breezes in

its

turo,

and

produces' the phenomena abovc defcribed .

Ano

that this is

really

care , appcars evidcnt (rom this círcumnance, that

t he

land·breezel

are

moO

prev..lcnt

and

long~n

duratio(1

the

colden monllls of

DccC'mbu

and

] :J.nuor)

before

and

after which

IWO

rnomhs, the tr ade·wlnd bciog generally

eheeked, only a day or two about the full or ehonge of

th~

Oloon. As Ihefe wtflcrn breezes on this

co~fl

take their

,.¡fe from the

Jame:

cauft as rhe

dujro~1

Iand breeze in

wa~m

c1imatcs, they may be confiJered as

'"nd-bruzo

of two

three days contiou:tnce, and forming an iOlermediate ftep

between the

' ..

md.JJr(rztl

and

r/I

"r.fo"

JnJ.

Ahhough che in ..

fluence of thefe

bruzn

is,

feh (arlher off at fea than the

common

diurna'

/;ruz~,

yet thcy do not extcnd a

gr~at

way,

being feldom f<l••bove tw o,y or thirty or fony le'gue,

from fhore; aod abou,

C. La Vrla,

whieh is mueh expQ–

{ed ro thB can wind, thefe breezes feldom exteod abl>ve eight

or ten Icagues from fhore . Land breezes of the farne na.

ture, and

oceeding from fimilar cilufes. are alfo

experieDce~

in the

wioler feafon iD rhe

"al o(Cam¡..C'ochy

which are there

known by the name of

S'¡f1JlIUrpnlo

winds. Beyond

C. la

Vela

thefe wenern breczes are not felt, which is UDdoubt.

cdly oeeaGoned by the 'whole of thal eoall as far as

/lug(iflinr

bcing ro mueh expored tO the geoeral trade.

wind , which here fweeps along. the coafi with fo

muc~

~iolence

as almofi totally to rcprefs the weaker ¡nfluence

of lhe

bru.o.

But between

/luguJlinr

and

C'!/hQríne'J ijlnnd,

or a lude f:uther; we again meet w:th

vi\ri;uion of the wlnd al diffcrent fearons, as

it.

i5 here

obfetved to blow in on E or NE direélioo from

Srpumh;r

1111

,1pril;

aod from

April

,,11

SrPlrmbrr

from ,be SW.

This variable wind . or mODrOOn, Iike the others on thi.

eoall. extend; but for a very !hor, way from !ho«, an¡l

i. evidently oeeaGoned by the (,Ime caure. a. the othh

periodicaJ

"'inds.

For,

lhe [ummer-manths, (which

,hi. e1i",..e is betweeo

Srp,emb<r

aod

/lpril,

the landeof the

continent being beated

,the fuo

draws lhe trade, ....ind

from

its

comOlon courfe of

SE,

Jiule

the weflward;

and as lhe co;¡fl here lcnds towards the

SVV",

the wind

in fome meafure (" it alw.y. doe.) fullow. the fame di,ee–

tion, and produces this

ENE

mon!oon.

But, in the wio.

ter, when this region 'becoOles more cool, the can wind

is repelled by lhe denfe caId air from the mounuio.; by

which means it is bent

lhe northward, and is forced along

the coafl to

C. St AugujJin;

wher~

meeting

wilh no fua:.

Iherhindrance

it again (alh in with rhe geoeral Hadc· wiod,

and is carried along with it in ilS proper diretlion.

We have purpofél

omiucd mentioning the wiods on

,he wen coan, of

/lfrica

and

/ltn<rica.

tJII ,he othe" were

explained, as the callfes of the peculiarities here obferved

will be nolV nlore eaGly eomprehend<d.

On the eoall,

C/,í/¡

and

i'uu,

AtII~ríca,

from,

5°

or 300 of (outh

I"i.ude to ,he I'oe ; a04 00 ,he parallel eoall of

/llfg.ln

&e. io

/lfrie~.

lhe wind blow. all ,he year from .he louth,

vHying in its dirc[lion a linle in diffe:nnt places accordi,ng

tO th( cliretlion o( the coaO, towards whicb

it.

always

10-

c1inesa liule. Rutwhatevcr is thedireftionarany one pJ ...ce.,

conlÍou

tlte fame throughou, Ibe

\Ybol~

yeat wlthout

apy