332 PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF THE SEA, AND ITS METEOROLOGY. 



644. The qnestion now suggests itself, Why should the baro- 

 Sid'sland^iMJer ^^^^^ ^^^^^ higher UI the south-east than it does 

 in the south-eart m the uoith-east trade-^vinds ? The theory of a 

 eas?tradV-windL^' crossiug at the calm belts affords the answer. The 



hauled up and trimmed, go nine knots with the wind two points abaft the beam, 

 and S'S wind abeam. 





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