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The next object to which I shall invite the reader's atten- 

 tion, is an enumeration of winds, and such principally as 

 are most familiar to the navigator of the Atlantic ocean. 

 In order to render this subject more easily understood, I 

 shall present the names of the several winds in Latin, 

 sheltering the attempt under respectable authority. They 

 shall however be accompanied with the familiar synonymes, 

 in use among nautical men. 



The ancients denominated the winds kno^vn to them, 

 not according to their force, which should naturally indicate 

 a proper classification, but with reference to some local 

 circumstance, such as blowing from a distant country, or 

 some of the cardinal points. The present arrangement 

 apphes to the relative forces of the several winds, by Avhich 

 means it becomes easy of universal apphcation. 



I propose therefore to enumerate seven genera ; the first 

 five, with their species, being arranged with respect to their 

 several velocities ; the last two, with a reference to their 

 peculiar effects. As to the accuracy of the Latin names, 

 I may presume that it rests on classic ground. Ovid, in 

 the tragic tale of Procris, has given authority for using the 

 term expressive of the first genus ; and the prince of Latin 

 verse has, with the exception of the last, sanctioned all the 

 rest by his adoption. 



Dr. Franklin has, in his peculiar grandeur of simple 



