112 WINDS IN PEEU. 



LIB. in. wn { c h b e opposite and contrarie. For it is no generall rule 

 there, that the Northerne winde is neither hote nor rainie 

 there, as the South winde is on this side ; but contrari 

 wise, it raines whenas the South winde blowes there, as we 

 see in all the Sierra or mountaine of Peru, in Chile, and in 

 the Countrie of Congo, which is on the other side of the line, 

 and farre advanced into the Sea. And in Potosi likewise, 

 the winde which they call Tomahani (which is our North), 

 if my inemorie faile me not, is extreamely cold, drie, and 

 vnpleasant, as it is heere with vs. Yet doth not the North- 

 erne winde disperse the cloudes usually there as it doth 

 heere ; but contrariwise, if I be not deceived, it doth often 

 cause raine. There is no doubt but the windes do borrow 

 this great diversitie of contrarie effects from the places by 

 which they passe, and the neere regions where they are 

 bred, as we see by daily experience in a thousand places. 

 But speaking in generall of the qualitie of the windes, we 

 must rather look to the coastes or partes of the world from 

 whence they proceede, then to observe whether they be on 

 this side or beyond the line, as it seeines the Philosopher 

 held opinion. These capitall windes, which be the East 

 and West, have no such vniversall qualities, nor so common 

 in this continent nor in the other as the two former. The 

 Solanus, or Easterne winde, is commonly here troblesome 

 and vnholsome, and the Westerne, or Zephirus, is more 

 milde and healthfull. At the Indies, and in all the burning 

 Zone, the Easterne winde which they call Brisa, is contrari 

 wise very healthfull and pleasant. Of the West, I cannot 

 speak any thing certaine or generall, for that it blowes not 

 at all, or very seldonie, in the burning Zone, for in all the 

 navigation betwixt the two Tropikes, the Easterne winde is 

 ordinary. And for that it is one of the admirable workes 

 of Nature, it shall be good to vnderstand the cause and the 

 beginning thereof. 



