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but chiefly from the north. Now during these three 

 months, to the south of this, beyond Cape Corientes, 

 the wind blows from the S. W. ; at the Red- 

 Sea, and all to the north of this track, the wind, du- 

 ring this season of the year, is from the N. E. ; and 

 as the sun is then perpendicular to the bay of Me- 

 linda, these opposite winds, here meeting and op- 

 posing one another, and being both of them stop- 

 ped in their course westward, by the cold regions of 

 Africa, will naturally produce the variable ' winds- 

 here observed, according as the one or the other 

 of these three balancing powers happens to predo- 

 minate : Although, as the coast here runs away 

 towards the S. W. it is natural to expect that 

 the northerly wind which follows the same direc- 

 tion, ihould more frequently prevail than those that 

 are opposed to it, especially when we consider that 

 the island of Madagascar, now beginning to be warm- 

 ed by the influence of the sun, will concur in draw- 

 ing the wind to the southward ; and when the con- 

 tinent of Africa is more heated in the months o£ 

 January and February, it does not oppose the eas- 

 terly monsoon, so that the winds become then more 

 fixed than before. But in the months of June, July,. 

 and August, the wind to the south of Cape Corientes- 

 is from the N. W. ; and near the Red Sea, and through- 

 out the northern part of the Indian ocesn, the S. W. 

 monsoon is then in its greatest vigour ; so that oa 

 each end of this district the wind is blowing in an. 

 opposite direction ; from which result tliese calms 

 about Melinda, which we have just mentionedv 



To be continued^ 



