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a fiiitablenefs to the winds which blow over the 

 Seas whereby they are furrounded. Thofe which 

 are in the Indian Ocean, as the Moluccas, have 

 their mountains toward the centre ; fo as to re- 

 ceive the alternate influence of the two atmo- 

 fpheric Monfoons. Thofe, on the contrary, which 

 are under the regular influence of the Eafl: winds, 

 in the Atlantic Ocean, as the Antilles, have their 

 mountains thrown to the extremity of the ifland 

 which is under the wind, precifely as the Andes 

 with refpeâ; to South America. The part of the 

 ifland that is toward the wind, is, in the Antilles, 

 called cahjierre, as who fliould fay caput terra (the 

 head of the land) ; and that which is from the 

 wind bajjeterre (low land) ; though, for the mofl: 

 part, fays Father du Terre *, this lafl is higher, 

 and more mountainous than the other. 



The ifland of Juan Fernandez, which is in the 

 South Sea, but very far beyond the Tropics, 

 being in 33° 40' of South Latitude, has it's nor- 

 thern part formed of rocks very lofty and very 

 fteep, and it's South fide flat and low, to receive 

 the influences of the South wind, which blows 

 there almofl: all the year round. The defcription 

 of it is to be found in An/on s Voyage round the 

 World. 



<^ Natural Hiftory of the Antilles, page 12. 



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