6 2 MiJceUanea Curioja. 



3. Tbe Great South Sea, or the Pacific^ Ocean ; 

 and though thefe Seas do all communicate by the 

 South, yet as to our prefeat purpofe of the Trade 

 Winds, they are fufficiently feparated by the in- 

 terposition of great Traces of Land m 9 the fir ft ly- 

 ing between Africa and America, the fecond be- 

 tween Africa and the Indian I/lands^ and Hollandia 

 Nova , and the laft between the Phillipine IJles, 

 China, Japan and Hollandia Nova on the We[i y 

 and the Coaft of America on the Eaft* Now fol- 

 lowing this natural divifion of the Seas, fo will 

 We divide our Hiftory into three parts in the 

 lame order. 



I. In tbe Atlantic^ and /Ethiopkk^ Seas be- 

 tween the Tropickj, there is a general Eafterly 

 fPind all the Year long, without any confider- 

 able Variation, excepting that it is fubjeel: to be 

 deflected therefrom, fome few Points of the Com- 

 pafs towards the North or South, according to the 

 Pofition of the place. The Oblervations which 

 have been made of thefe Deflections, are the 

 following. 



1 . That near the Coaft of Africa, as fboa as 

 you have pafs'd the Canary IJles, you are fare to 

 meet a frefh Gale of North Eafl Wind, about the 

 Latitude of 28 Degrees North, which feldom comes 

 to the Eaftveards of the Eafl North-Eaft t or par- 

 ies the North North-Eaft. This Wind accompa- 

 nies thofe bound to the Southward, to the Lati- 

 tude of ten North, and about a hundred Leagues 

 from the Guinea Coaft, where, till the fourth 

 Degree of North Latitude, they fall into the 

 Calms and Tornadoes ; of which more here- 

 after. 



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