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violence away over the mountains, apparently as the land-breeze 

 does upon the north coast ;* yet this wind, which only rises when 

 it blows hard from the southeast upon the south coast, is easily 

 distinguished from the gentle land-breeze. 



265. " The regularity of the land and sea breezes in the Java 

 Sea and upon the coasts of the northern range of islands, Banca, 

 Borneo, Celebes, etc., during the east monsoon, must, in part, be 

 ascribed to the hinderances which the southeast trade-wind meets 

 in the islands which lie directly in its way — in part to the inclina- 

 tion toward the east monsoon which the trade-wind undergoes aft- 

 er it has come within the archipelago — and, finally, to its abate- 

 ment as it approaches the equator. The causes which produce 

 the land-breezes thus appear collectively not sufficiently powerful 

 to be able to turn back a strong trade-wind in the ocean." 



* Such is the case, among others, in the Strait Madura, upon the heights of Be- 

 zoekie. 



