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peradventure in the name of the south seajhe hath cor 

 rupted his meaning, or his speech, meaning the west by 

 the south, which blows from the south sea. But the sea 

 which they call the south sea is not properly the south 

 sea ; but as a second western ocean, being stretched out in 

 the like situation as the atlantic sea is. 



10. Sea winds are questionless more moist than land 

 winds, but yet they are more pure, and will easilier, and 

 with more equality be incorporated with the pure air. For 

 terrestrial winds are ill composed, and smoky. Neither 

 let any one object, that they ought to be grosser by reason 

 of the saltness of the sea. For the nature of terrestrial 

 salt doth not rise in vapours. 



11. Sea winds are luke-warm or cold, by reason of the two 

 foresaid qualities, humidity and pureness. For by humi 

 dity they mitigate the colds (for dryness increaseth both 

 heat and cold), and with their pureness they cool. There 

 fore without the tropics they are luke-warm, within the 

 tropics they are cold. 



12. I believe that sea winds are every where attendant 

 upon particular countries, especially such as stand upon 

 the sea coasts : that is to say, winds blow more frequently 

 from that side where the sea is, by reason of the greater 

 plenty of matter which winds have in the sea, than in the 

 land ; unless there be some firm wind blowing from the 

 land, for some peculiar reason. But let no man confound 

 firm or stayed winds with attendant winds : the attendants 

 being always more frequent ; but the stayed ones for the 

 most part blowing more seldom. But that is common to 

 them both, namely, to blow from that place from which 

 they receive their nourishment. 



13. Sea winds are commonly more vehement than land 

 winds : yet when they cease, the sea is calmer from the 

 shores than near unto them ; insomuch that mariners, to 

 avoid calms, will sometimes coast along the shore, rather 

 than launch into the deep. 



14. Winds which are called tropei, that is to say, re 

 torted, namely, such as when they have blown a little way, 

 suddenly turn again, such winds I say blow from the sea 

 towards the shore : but retorted winds, and whirlwinds are 

 most commonly in gulfs of seas. 



15. Some small gales blow for the most part about all 

 great waters, and they are most felt in a morning; but 

 more about rivers than at sea, because of the difference 

 which is between a land gale and a water gale. 



16. In places which are near the sea trees bow and bend r 



