ree vast continent, the climatological conditions of the earth, 
e other things remaining the same, would be very different 
m 
posed distribution of land and water, it is manifest that its chief — 
Hence on the general temperature at the surface of our planet, 
should result from the action of aerial and oceanic currents. 
«6 ee first case above referred to, the belt of equatorial ocean 
W : 
th 
Which has passed over the adjacent Jand, as to the direct 
: of sunshine, we may conclude that upon the whole the 
./ that whee ents would, in this case, be less influential than 
aes ‘which has just been considered. The heated air flowing 
‘the equatorial land should, by the agency of winds, in some 
* Princi ii, 9th ed., p. 101. 
+ See vi res aoe mo gia 2 
SERIES, Vor. XXVI, No, S1.—MAY, 1850. 
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