WINDS IN PERU. Ill 



Northerne wind should be hote, for in those partes the LlB&amp;lt; m - 

 Southerne wind comes from the Pole, and the Northerne 

 from the Line. And though it seemes by this reason that 

 the Southern winde should be more colde there than the 

 Northern is heere, for that they holde the region of the 

 South Pole to be more colde then that of the North, by 

 reason that the Sunne stayeth seaven dayes every yeere in 

 the Tropike of Cancer more than it doth in the Tropicke 

 of Capricorne, as it appeareth by the Equinoxes and Solstices 

 he makes in the two Circles, wherein it seemeth that Nature 

 would shew the preheminence and excellencie of this moity 

 of the worlde, which is in the North, above the other parte 

 in the South ; so as it seemeth there is reason to beleeve 

 that these qualities of the windes doe change in passing the 

 Line ; but in trueth it is not so, as I could comprehend by 

 the experience I had some yeeres, being in those partes of 

 the Indies which lie on the South, or the other side of the 

 Line. 



It is true that the Northerne winde is not vsually colde 

 and cleere there as heere. In some parts of Peru, as at 

 Lima, and on the Plaines, they find the Northern windes 

 troublesome and vnwholesome, and all along the coast, 

 which runs above five hundred leagues, they holde the 

 Southerne windes for healthfull and coole, and (which is 

 more) most cleere and pleasant ; yea it never raines, con 

 trary to that wee see in Europe, and of this side the Line. 

 Yet that which chaunceth vpon the coast of Peru is no 

 generall rule, but rather an exception and a wonder of 

 Nature, neuer to raine vpon that coast, and ever to have 

 one winde, without giving place to his contrary, whereof 

 we will heereafter speake our minde. 



Now let vs stand vpon this point, that the Northerne 

 winde beyond the line hath not the s.ame properties which 

 the Southerne winde hath on this side, although they both 

 blow from the midday to regions and parts of the world 



