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northern he mi sphere, and a constant south- 

 east wind in the southern hemisphere, to 

 a certain distance on each side the equa- 

 tor, all round the earth. And this case we 

 find to be verified in the general trade 

 -winds) which constantly blow from the 

 north-east and south-east, to about thirty 

 degrees on each side the equator, where 

 those parts are over the open ocean, and 

 not affected with the reflection of the sun- 

 beams from the heated surface of the land, 

 for in this case the wind will always set 

 in upon the land, as on the coast of Guin- 

 ea, and other parts of the torrid zone, we 

 know it does. 



The temperature of a country with res- 

 pect to heat or cold, is increased or dim- 

 inished by winds, according as they come 

 from a hotter or colder part of the world. 

 The north and north-easterly winds, in 

 this country and all the western parts of 

 Europe, are reckoned cold and drying 

 winds. They are cold because they come 

 from the frozen region of the north pole, 

 or over a great tract of cold land. Their 

 drying quality is derived from their co- 

 ming principally over land,"* and from a 



* This is not true with regard to the United States ; for here 

 the north-east wind, coming over the ocean, instead of land, 

 brirtjjs along with it so great a degree of humidity as always 



