THE WINDS. 229 



ually contract its gyrations, until it would finally ascend, turning 

 against the hands of a watch as it whirls around. 



In the southern hemisphere a like process is going on ; only 

 there, the northwest passage wind would, as it arrives near the 

 antarctic calms, acquire a motion with the sun, or in the direction 

 of the hands of a watch. 



