The Λιτ and 

 Weather the 

 fame as in 

 Barbary. 



gyS Phyficfd Objervations &c. 



CHAP. III. 



PhficalObfervattons &c. or anEJfay towards the Natural 

 H'lflory of ^yndiy Phoenice, and the Ήο\γ \j2ina. 



ΤΗ Ε Air and Weather^ in thefe Countries, differ very 

 little from the Defcriptions that have been given of 

 them in the Natural Hiftory of Barbary '. For, among many 

 other Particulars, of the like Nature and Quality, which need 

 not be repeated, we find the wefterly Winds to be here attend- 

 ed with Rain'; whilft thofe from the Eaft, are ufually dry, 

 notwithftanding they are fometimes exceedingly hazy, and 



fY^^J/'J^^i'tempeftuous. Now, at thefe Conjundures, the eafterly Winds 



J^^'J^Levaa- ^j.g called , by the Sea-faring People, Levanters, being not 

 confined to any one fingle Point, but blowing, in all Diredlions, 

 from the N. E. to the S. E. 



din^raTfro'. Thc Euroclydou^ which w^e read of in the Hiftory of St. 



Sm ""' "^ Taul, ( A6ls ιη. i4.) was nothing more, as I conjecture, than 

 one of thefe ftrong Levanters. For it was (as St. Luke de- 

 fcribeth it) a»e<tw5 ιυφωηΜζ % a Violent, or tempefluous Wind, bear- 

 ing away all before it ; and, from the Circumftances which at- 



I Vid. p. 217, 218. &c. 2 This Branch of the Natural Hiftory is occafionally taken 

 Notice of in the Scriptures. When ye fee a Cloud rife out of the Wefi, jha'ightwaj ye fay, there 

 Cometh a Shcji'cr and fo it is. Luke 12. J4. Elijah went up to the Top ofCarmel, *" and faid to 

 his Servant, go up now, lool^towards the Sea, (i. e. to the Weftvvard.J ** And he faid, behold 

 there arifeth a little Cloud out of the Sea, like a Mans Hand. And he faid. Go up, fay unto Ahal•, 

 prepare thy Ch.niot and get thee down that the Rain flop thee not. And it came to pafs in the mean 

 while, that the Heaven was blacl^iuithClouds, and there was λ great Rain- 3 E^foxAiicfoi', accord- 

 ing to the Annotations of Erafmus, Vatablus and others, is faid to be. Vox hinc duila, quod 

 ingentes excitct fiuilus; as if thoie Commentators underftood it to have been, as ?/;<tvmn«i 

 writes it (in voce Ίι^^^ων) EJ^i/jauJiwi', and, as fuch, compounded of iJ^if, (latus, amplus Sec.) and 

 nvJiiv, flnaus. But rather, if an Efjwo/ijfj is required, as we find χΛύΛιΐ' ufed by the LXXIL 

 Cyo«. I. 4. 12.) inftcad of IJ^D, which always denotes a Tempeft, asl conjcfture, proper- 

 ly fo called, EipotaJj^)' will be the fame with Eupu xAucfef, i.e. an Eaflern Tempeft, and fo far ex- 

 prefs the very Meaning that is affixed to a. Levanter at this Time. 4 Though Τι-?*)/ or Ί<ψίί 

 may fometimes denote a Whirlwind, yet it feeins in general to be taken for any violent Wind 

 or Tempeft. According toanObfervation ofGrotius upon the Place, JudAis Hellcniflis Ίν^ι 

 eft qunvis violentior Procella. T»? jS KUTouyiSuS^s ίήμΜί Ίυφωι >(g,\i(n, fays Suidas. /iriflot. dc 

 Mundo. cap. 4. fcems to diftinguifli it from the nfonlf, (which he calls a violent flrong Wind) 

 by not bein;4 attended with any Fiery Meteors. Ελκ i's [-jytiixaj ήμίτηΐζ/ν i, <rp'aJ}iov 3 k>Xe/i i(^ 

 ά3ρόοΐ', Πρ>ΐΓ«ρ (καλΗτα*•) Ια,ν ^ Λττυζ^ν η τιαντίΚαί,Ίυφων. Tufiar z%Ol)inpiodorus, in his Comment upon 

 the foregoing Paffage inftruds us, is fo called, a/tf li τύητΊαι J)a. W τάχα! η ιν£ιμΛη{; or s^ η 

 τΰτΆΐ» oφιiSfω{, as we read it in C, a Lapide. Ad. 27. 14. Ί^ψίν >άρ ϊϊικ ί η ίήμχ eftSfi mo»• Oe 

 19 ϋϋρι/κλυ'Λιΐ' ι^,^ΓιτΛί. Pbavor. in Lex. One of thefe Levanters is elegantly defcribed by Ftrgil 

 (Geor. 2. 1. 107.) in the following Lines. 



Ubi navigijs vielentior incidit Eurus, 



Nofle, quot Jonii veniantad litora fluitus. 



tended 



