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Of Northerly Winds. 



In the weflern parts of our continent and hemifphere thefe are 

 of all others the leaft frequent in latitudes above 48°. See La 

 Cotte and Leche's tables. The caufe of this unfrequency appears 

 from what has been faid of fouth winds. 



But in latitudes below 48° they occur oftener, and ofteneft in 

 thofe that are ftill lower, as La Cotte remarks. An admirable in- 

 ftance of Divine Providence, that the warmeft winds fhould prevail 

 ofteneft in winter in the coldeft regions, and cold winds in the 

 warmeft ! 



But it may be afked, why a fouth wind fhould not prevail in 

 the eaftern parts of our hemifphere to fupply the conftant N. E. 

 wind that prevails in the low latitudes of the weftern fide ? The 

 reafon is, that on the weftern fide the N. E. winds of low latitudes 

 are eafily fupplied by the contiguous Atlantic, which is open up to 

 the North Pole ; and, as here, the upper current fets and ceafes, 

 there can be po deficiency of air. 



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