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hand, and comprehended the dust in a measure, and weighed the 

 mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance ?" Why did he 

 span the heavens but that he might mete out the atmosphere in 

 exact proportion to all the rest, and impart to it those properties 

 and powers which it was necessary for it to have, in order that 

 it might perform all those offices and duties for which he designed 

 it ? Harmonious in their action, the air and sea are obedient 

 to law and subject to order in all their movements ; when we 

 consult them in the performance of their manifold and marvellous 

 offices, they teach us lessons concerning the wonders of the deep, 

 the mysteries of the sky, the greatness, and the wisdom, and good- 

 ness of the Creator, which make us wiser and better men. The 

 investigations into the broad-spreading circle of phenomena con- 

 nected with the mnds of heaven and the waves of the sea are 

 second to none for the good which they do and for the lessons which 

 they teach. The astronomer is said to see the hand of God in 

 the sky ; but does not the right-minded mariner, who looks aloft 

 as he ponders over these things, hear his voice in every wave of 

 the sea that "claps its hands," and feel his presence in every 

 breeze that blows ? 



CHAPTEE yi. 



§ 311-332. — RED FOGS AKD SEA BREEZES. 



311. The inhabitants of the sea-shore in tropical countries wait 

 The alternations of evcry momiug with impatience the coming of the 



land and sea breezes, gga brCCZe. It USUally SCts ITL about tcU o'clock. 



Then the sultry heat of the oppressive morning is dissipated, and 

 there is a dehghtful freshness in the ah which seems to give new 

 life to all for their daily labours. About sunset there is again an- 

 other calm. The sea breeze is now done, and in a short time the 

 land breeze sets in. This alternation of the land and sea breeze 

 — a wind from the sea by day and from the land by night — is so 

 regular in intertropical countries, that they are looked for by the 

 people with as much confidence as the rismg and setting of the 

 sun. 



312. In extra-tropical countries, especially those on the polar 

 The sea breeze at sidc of the tradc-^iuds, this phenomenon is presented 

 Valparaiso. Qj^jy ^ summcr and fall, when the heat of the 



sun is sufficiently intense to produce the requisite degree of atmo- 



