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Lake Titicaca 83 



Question of drainage of Titicaca 84 



CHAPTER 7. Shewing the reason ivhy the Swine without the Tropicks 



causeth greatest quantitie of ivaters when it is farthest off ; and 



contrariwise within them it breedeth most ivhen it 



is nearest. 



Rain caused by heat of the Sun 84 



Effect of the Sun on vapour 8,5 



Effect of heat on moisture 87 



Dry regions in the tropics . 88 



CHAPTER 8. How wee should understand that which hath been 

 formerly spoken of the burning Zone. 



Dry region on the coast of Peru 88 



Exceptions to natural rules 89 



CHAPTER 9. That the Burning Zone is not violent/// hotte, but 



moderate. 



Moderate heat in the tropics 90 



The Author s experience 90 



CHAPTER 10. That the heat of the burning Zone is temperate, by 

 reason of the rayne and the shortness of the da yes. 



Heat tempered by rain 91 



Length of days and nights 92 



Causes for moderate heat in the tropics 93 



CHAPTER 11. That there be other reasons besides the former men 

 tioned^ which shew that the burning Zone is temperate, 

 especially alongst the Ocean. 



Causes for temperate climate in the tropics 94 



The sea tempers the heat 95 



CHAPTER 12. That the highest lands are the coldest, and the reason 



thereof. 



The middle region of the air the coldest 9G 



Nature of the elements 97 



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