Hiftorie of the Indies lib , 3. 



fhould be hote, for in thofe partes the Southerne wind 

 comes from the Pole, & the Northerne from the Line. 

 And though it feemes by this reafon,that the Southern 

 winde fliould be more colde there.than the Northern 

 isheere.-forthat they holdethe region of the South 

 Pole to be more colde then that of die North , by rea- 

 fon that the Sunne ftayeth feaven dayes every yecre in 

 theTropike of Cancer , morethenitcidothintheTro- 

 picke of Capricorm , as it appeareth by the Equinoxes 

 and Solftices he makes in the two Circles , wherein it 

 ieemcth, that Nature would (hew the prehemincncc 

 and excellencieof this moity of the worlde, which is in 

 the North, above the other parte in theSouth : fqasie 

 feemeth there is reafon to belceve that thefe qualities 

 of the windes doe change in pafling the Line; but in 

 trueth it is not fo , as I could comprehend by the ex 

 perience I had fome yccres, being in thofe partes of the 

 Indies , which lie on the South of the other fide of the 

 Line. 



It is true, that the Northerne windeis not vfually 

 colde and cleere there as heere . In fome parts of Peru, 

 as at Lima, and on the Plaincs, they find the Northern 

 windes troublefome and vnwholefome , and all along 

 . the coaft, which runs above five hundred Ieagues,they 

 holde the Southerne windes for healthfull and coole, 

 and (which is more) moft cleere and pleafant; yea it 

 never raines, contrary to that wee fee in Europe, and of 

 this fide the Line. Yet that which chaunceth vpon the 

 coaft of Peru is no generall rule > but rather an excepti 

 on, and a wonder of Nature , neuer to raine vpon that 

 coaft,and ever to have one winde,\vithout giving place 

 to his contrary, whereof we will heereaftcrfpeakeour 

 minde. 



Now 



