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trades of the other. They are also stronger than the trade-winds 

 of either ; these facts likewise favor the idea of a greater ex- 

 haustion of air in the antarctic than in the arctic calm place; 

 and it is manifest that actual observations also, as far as they go, 

 indicate such to be the case. In other words, the "brave west 

 winds" of the southern hemisphere have the greatest "baromet- 

 ric descent,*' and should therefore be, as they are, the strongest of 

 the four winds. 



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