The iVuids. 



18 Thjfxcal and Mifcellaneous 



the Year infenfibly fall into each other ; and the great Equa- 

 biUtv in the Temperature of This CUmate, appears from this 

 Circiimftance, that the Barometer flieweth us all the Revolu- 

 tions of the Weather in the Space of i Inch and ^, or from 

 19 Inches and |^ to go ^. 



The Winds are generally from the Sea ; i e. from the W. 

 (by the N.) to the E. Thofe from the Eaft are common at 

 .Algiers from May to September ; at which Time the wefterly 

 Winds take place and become the moll frequent. Sometimes 

 alfo, particularly about the Equinoxes, we very fenfibly ex- 

 perience that Force and Impetuofity which the Antients have 

 afcribed to the Afr'icus \ or S. W. Wind, called La-hetch by 

 the Mariners of thefe Seas. The Southerly Winds, which are 

 ufually hot and violent, are not frequent Tit Algiers. They 

 blow fometimes for five or fix Days together in July and Augitfl, 

 Rendering the Air fo exceffively fuffocating, that, during their 

 Continuance, the Inhabitants are obliged to fprinkle the Floors 

 of their Houfes with Vv^ater. In the latter End of Janu- 

 ary 1730-31, a violent hot foutherly Wind immediately 

 followed the thawing of the Snow, which, for the fpace of 

 two Months, had been lodged upon the neighbouring Plains 

 and Mountains. But this was looked upon as a very furpriz- 

 ing and unufual Thenotnenon by the Inhabitants. 

 Ram, rohh Thc Winds from the W. the ISJ. W. and the N. are attended 

 l£du with Fair Weather in Summer, and Rain in Winter. But the 

 eafterly Winds, no lefs than the foutherly, are for the moft 

 Part dry, though accompanied with a thick and cloudy At- 

 mofphere in moft Seafons. It is particular enough, that the 

 Mountains of Barhary and Thofe upon the S. Coaft o^ Europe, 

 Ihould be differently affected with the fame Wind. For I have 

 obferved the Former to be conftantly clear in eafterly Winds, 

 but clouded with wefterly; particularly a little before and 

 during the Time of Rain ; the contrary to which, if I am 

 rightly informed, falls out in Spain and Italy. 

 Tir,^Barome- Ihc Barometer rifethto 20 Inches *- or \z with a northerly 



ter differently . -* lo lo j 



affeaa by Wind, though attended with the greateft Rains and Tempefts. 



thefe WiTids. 



I kincns furtbnndtis ac ruens ab Occidente hyberno. Sen. Nat. Qusft. y. 

 Una EuruCque Notufque ruunt, creberque procellis 

 Africus. Vtrg. JEn. i. 1. 8p. 



LuBantem Icarijs fluctibus Africutn 

 Mercator metuens. Hvr. Car. 1. i Od. i. 



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