444 WINDS OF THE GLOBE. 



(Nos. 215 and 210.) Southern Trans-Caucasia, etc. — Continued. 



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The year 



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W 25' W. 



60 2 W. 



50 30 W. 



44 7 W. 



56 56 W. 



62 36 W. 



70 46 W. 



56 21 W. 



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44 37 W. 



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S. 65°43'W. 

 S. 74 57 W. 

 S. 52 27 W. 

 S. 54 37 W. 

 S. 61 38 W. 



' Dr. Perkins, in communicating tliese observations, gives tlie following description of his plan of observa- 

 tion, and of the local influences to which tlie winds are subject. 



"My residence is ou the uorlheastern declivity of a high mountain. This location m.ay, perhaps, affect the 

 direction of tlie wind here somewhat, though probably not a great deal. There are, however, some important 

 local causes affecting the winds in this province, which I will here state. About once a month, ordinarily, we 

 have a strong wind, often violent, from the west, which is the simoou or samiel, from the Arabian desert. It 

 usually continues about three days ; and though its noxious properties are much neutralized by its passage 

 over a distance of hundreds of miles, and across the high snowy Koordish Mountains, it is still a warm wind 

 (often hot) here, and very debilitating to men and animals. And it is often so dry and hot here as to wither 

 and crisp vegetables. . . . There is ordinarily, particularly in summer, a morning breeze, lasting two- 

 thirds of the day, from the Lake of Ooroomiah, which is about fifteen miles east of us ; and an evening breeze, 

 continuing through tlie night, from the Koordish Mountains on the west. . . . We have also occasionally 

 (once or more in the course of a month), a warm south wind from the hot plains of Mesopotamia, the nearest 

 point of which is about a hundred miles distant; but this wind is distinct from the simoon that comes to UB 

 from the Arabian desert. At intervals of a few weeks, and sometimes ofLeuer, we have also a cold invigorating 

 wind from the north, which conies down from the mountains of Ararat. 



"The daily lake and mountain breezes continue during the warm part of the year with great regularity, ex- 

 cept when interrupted by the simoons, usually once in four, five, or six weeks. During this part of the year 

 there is also much uniformity in the weather, a cloud seldom appearing in the sky.-' 



' Mr. Stoddard, in communicating these observations, adds the following remarks: — 



"In the summer we have a regular land and sea breeze, the wind coming from the mountains west of us 

 during the night, ami from the lake of Ooroomiah, which lies to the east and southeast of us, during the day." 



