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up ; and that being diredled eaftward by the pofi- 

 tion of Africa and of Afia, it forces the Indian 

 Ocean into the fame direftion, contrary to it's ufual 

 motion. I confider it, therefore, as the prime 

 mover of the weflerly Monfoon, which takes place 

 in the Seas of India, in the month of April, and 

 ends not till the month of September. 



I am likewife of opinion, that the general Cur- 

 rent which iflues, during our Winter, from the 

 South Pole, at that time heated by the rays of the 

 Sun, reftores the Indian Ocean to it*s natural mo- 

 tion weftward, which is befides determined, on this 

 fide, by the general impulfions of the eafterly 

 winds, which ufually blow in the torrid Zone, 

 when nothing deranges their courfe. I, farther, 

 prefume, that this current, in it's turn, penetrates 

 into our Atlantic Ocean, directs it's motion north- 

 ward by the pofition of America, and produces 

 various other changes in our Tides. 



In fad, Froger fays that, in Brafil, the Currents 

 follow the Sun. They run fouthward when he is 

 in the South, and northward when he is to the 

 North *. Thofe who have had experience of 

 thefe effufions of the South Pole, beyond Cape 

 Horn, have found, that, in the Summer of the 



* Voyage to the South Sea. 



Southern 



