^52 Thyiical Ohfervatms 6cc. 



upon them. I obferved, in the Port of Latikea, that there 

 was two Foot lefs of Water, whilft thefe Winds raged, than 

 afterwards, when the Weather was moderate, and the Winds 

 blew foftly from the weftern Quarter : and it is very probable, 

 that the remarkable Recefs of Water, in the Sea oiTamphjUa ', 

 may be accounted for from the fame Caufe, operating only in 

 an extraordinary Manner. 

 Ships appear We arc likewifc to obferve further with Regard to thefe 

 Efpr/y '" ftrong Eafterly Winds, that VeiTels or any other Objeds which 

 are feen, at a Diftance, appear to be vaftly magnified, or Zoom, 

 according to the Mariners expreifion. Neither are we to omit a 

 fuperftitious Cuftom, which I have feen praolifed more than 

 The Maho- once by the Mahometans, during the Raging of thefe and other 

 >rri'/.7rfltempeftuousWinds,that, after having tied to theMaft or Enfign- 

 τίήφβ. ' Staff fome appofite Paragraph of their Koran \ they facri- 

 fice a Sheep, and throw it immediately over-board, to afwage 

 the Violence of the Waves, and the Fury of the Tempeft. 

 We learn from ^riflophanes and VtrgiP, that the Greeks, fome 

 thouiimd Years ago, are faid to have made ufe of the fame 

 Ceremony, upon the like Occafion. 

 The m^^Js ji^Q Mountains of Ltbanus are covered all the Winter with 



jroyn Mouiit 



Libamisex- gnow, whicli, when the Winds are eafterly, afteds the whole 



ceedwg Cold, ' ■' r i_ • 1 



Country, from Tripolj to Stdon, with a more iubtil and piercing 

 Cold, than what is known in our northern Climates. Where- 

 as the other maritime and inland Places, either to theN. orS. 

 of thefe Mountains, enjoy a Temperature of the Atmofphere, 

 which is much milder and attended with a more regular Change 

 in the Seafons. 

 The Freq:icncy It is obfcrvabk that in cloudy Weather, efpecially when the 

 %om.''' Winds are tempeftuous and blow at the fame Time in feveral Di- 

 redions. Water Spouts are more frequent near the Capes oiLatu 

 kea, Greego, and Carmel, than in any other Part of the Medi- 

 terranean Sea. Thofe which 1 had the Opportunity of feeing, 



I Vid. Not. Ci). p. (349). 2 I had the CurioGty once to take down one of thefe 

 Scrolls, and found it to be of the fame Import with the latter Part of our 107 Ffalm, viz. 

 Thofe that go down to the Sea in Slnps and. occupy their Btifinefs in great Watcn &c. 



Ίνφαί yj UCeuvHv jR^wcuct^iTaM. Arifi. in Ran. Aft. 3. Sc.2. 



Meritos aris madlavit honores: 



Taurum Neptuno ; taurum tibi, pulchcr Apollo : 



Nigram Hyemi Pecudem, Zephyris felicibus albam. Virg. ^n.3. 118. 



Tres Eryci vitulos, & tempeflatibiis agnam 



Csdere deindc jubet. W. Ibid. y. 772. 



feemed 



