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4 vol- p. 48. At the commencement of winter, when the fun ap- 

 proaches the fouth tropic, and the north air begins to flow in and 

 follow it, itmuft meet with more reliftance from the lower denfer 

 air, as its impetuous courfe in an oppofite diredion is more llowly 

 altered (this refpeds the monfoons) than in the rarer fuperior ftrata ; 

 and the fame efted, but in a different diredion, takes place when 

 the fun approaches to the northern tropic. 



It has been faid by many, that winds in the fuperior regions of 

 the atmofphere are much more violent and impetuous than in the 

 lower. SauflTure Hygrom. p. 300. 2 Ulloa's Voy. p. 81. Muf- 

 chenbr. § 2612. 2 Bergm. Erde kugel. p. 99. De Luc, &c. 

 But the contrary has alfo been obferved by Gentil, above quoted, 

 and Morveau. Aeroft. de Dijon. 



Of the Succejfioti of IViiids. 



Well eftablifhed general laws on this head would be extremely 

 ufeful, as we might then forefee what wind might next be ex- 

 peded. Befides the general fucceffion in an open country, it is 

 probable there is a local, confined to certain fituations. 



Gentil remarks, that in the fouthern latitudes of our hemif- 



pheve, a north-eafl is fucceeded by an eaft, fouth-eaft, and fouth. 



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