fXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. xlvii 



«< Befides, it is certain, that, univerfally, Currents change 

 *f their conrfes at certain feafons of the year : in the Eail- 

 <* Indies, they run from Eaft to Weft one part of the year, 

 *' and from Weft to Eaft the other part. In the Eaft- 

 " Indies, and in Guinea, they change only about the time 

 ** of full Moon. But this is to be underftood of the parts 

 " of the Sea which are at no great diftance from the coaft : 

 " not but that there are, Hkewife, very powerful Cur- 

 *'^ rents, in the great Ocean, which are not fubje£led to 

 *' thefe laws ; but that is not common. 



" On the coaft: of Guinea the Current fets in to the 

 *' Eaft, except at full Moon, or about it. But to the South 

 ** of the Lincj from Loango Up to 25 or 30 degrees, it 

 *' runs with the wind from South to North, except toward 

 *« full Moon. 



** To the Eaft of the Cape of Good-Hope, from tlic 

 *' thirtieth degree to the twenty-fourth South Latitude, the 

 *' Current fets in to the Eaft, from the month of May to 

 *' October, and the wind blows during that period from 

 *' Weft-South- Weft, or South-Weft ; but from 06lober to 

 *' May, when the wind is between Eaft-North-Eaft, and 

 «' Eaft-South-Eaft, the Current fets in to the Weft ; and 

 ** this is to be underftood of five or fix leagues diftance from 

 ** land, up to fifty, or thereabout ; for at five leagues from 

 " land, there is no Current, but we have a tide ; and be- 

 ■*' yond fifty leagues from land, the Current entirely ceafes,, 

 ** or becomes iinpercepiible. 



" On the coaft of India, to the North of the Line, the 

 " Current runs with the monfoon. But it does not change 

 ^^ quite lo foon, fometimes by three weeks or more ; after 



" that. 



