179^' philosophical geography. 2Sr). 



A iCi>resents tlje entrv, C the stair-case seen from 

 above, D, hjies like pigeon-holes in the wail. This, 

 and the foregoing fketches, are drawn from memory ; 

 and the i'levation is too high in proportion to its o- 

 ther dimensions. 



ON PHILOSOPHICAL GEOGRAPHY. 

 Continued from p, 163. 



In continuation of our account of the tropical winds, 

 we fhall briefly enumerate the principal inflections of 

 the monsoons, and the other tropical winds of lefs 

 extensive influence, that have been taken notice of, 

 within or near the tropics, with the causes of these 

 inflections. 



Particular inflections of the monsoons. 

 In all that part of the Indian ocean, that lies bea 

 tween'the island of Madagascar and Cape Commorin, 

 the wind blows constantly from W. S. W. between 

 the months of April and October ; and in the oppo- 

 site direction from the month of October till April, 

 although with some variation in different pkces'; 

 these winds being neither so strong nor so constant 

 in the bay of Bengal, as in the Indian ocean. It is 

 likewise remarkable, that the S. W. winds, in those 

 seas, are more southerly on the African side, and 

 more westerly on the Indian, as appears distinctly in 

 the map ; but these variations are not repugnant to 

 the general theory. It is sufficiently known, that 

 in every part of the globe, high lands are much cold- 

 er than low and flat countries ; and as that part of 

 ^Africa wliich lies within t!\e tropics is very high 

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