Hiflorie of the Indies lib. 3. 



calmes , but alwaiesa frefh gale , To as in two moneths 

 they perfoiTned this great voyage . But in the bur 

 ning Zone and without it , you ihall vfually fee great 

 calmes vpon the coaftes, where the vapors come from 

 the Hands, or maine land. And therefore ftormes and 

 tempeftes, and the fuddaine motions of the aire, are 

 more certaine and ordinarie vpon the coaftes, whereas 

 the vapors come from, the land , then in fujjl fca , I 

 meane vnder the burning Zone , for without it and at 

 fea,there are both calmes andwhirlewindes. Notwith- 

 ftanding, fometimes betwixt the two Tropickes, yea, 

 vnder the line , you (hall have great raine and fuddaine 

 fliowers.,yea, farre into the fea^ for the working where- 

 of, the vapors and.exhalations of the fea 5 are fufficient, 

 which moving fometimes haftily in the aire , caufe 

 thunder and whirlewindes , but this is more ordinarie 

 neere to the land, and vpon the land . When I failed 

 from Peru to new fyaixej. obferved,that all thetime we 

 were vpon the coaft Q?Pertt , our voiage was, (as it was 

 ordiharyj very catme and eafie , by reafbn of the Sou. 

 therne winde that blowes^having alwaies a fore winde, 

 returning from Spainc and new Spaine. As we pafTed 

 thegulph, lanching farther into thcfea, almoft vnder 

 the line,wc found the fcafbn coole,quiet,and pleafan t, 

 with a full winde, but comming neere to ^CAragtMy 

 and to all that coaft , we had contrarie windes 5 with 

 great ftore of raine and fogges. AH this navigation was 

 vnder the burning Zonerfor from twelve degrees to the 

 South 5 which is Lima, weelailed to the feventeenth, 

 which is. Gautulco, a port of new Spaine: and Ibeleeve, 

 that fuch as have obferved their navigations, made vn 

 der the burning Zone, (hall findeVhatlhave fiid, 

 which may fuffice for the windes which raine at fca,yn- 

 der die burning Zone. of 



