Htftorieofthefndies. Itb.z. 105 



dayes in fummcr are not long, nor the nights fhort fo 

 as the heate of the day is much tempered by the freih- 

 ncffe of the night. And although the burning Zone 

 be neerer the S untie then all other Regions , yet doth 

 not the heatc continue there ib long. It is a natural! 

 thing , that a finall fire continued , heats more, then a 

 greater that laftes but little, efpecially if there bee any 

 riling torefrefli it. He therefore that fhal put thefe two 

 properties of the Zone in one ballance, that it is moft 

 ramie in the time of greateft heate, and that the daycs 

 are (horteft there, hefliall perchance finde them toe- x 

 quail the other two contrarieties, which bee , that the 

 Sunne is neerer and morediredly over them then in 

 other Regions. 



That there be other rea/Sm befidts the former men 

 which Jbew, thut the burning Zone is temperate, e$e- 

 daily alongjl the Ocean. CHAP. 1 1 . 



BEing a thing concluded, that the two forenamed 

 properties are common and vniverfal to all the re 

 gion of the burning Zone : and yet in the fame there 

 are found fome places very hote, and other exceeding 

 colde : Alfo, that the temperature is not there equall 

 in all places , but vnder one climate, one part is hote, 

 another colde, and the third temperate, all at onefea- 

 fon; we are forced to feeke out other reafons, whence 

 this great diverfitie fhould proceede in the burning 

 Zone, Difcourfing therefore vpon this queftion, Ida 

 finde three apparant and cehaine caufes, and a fourth 

 more obfcure anddarke* Tne apparant and certaine 

 caufes be: Thefirft istheOcean^ thefecond,thefci* 

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