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z. That thofe bound to the Caribbee IJles, find, 

 as they approach the American fide, that the afore- 

 faid Nortb'Etft Wind becomes ftill more and 

 more Eafterly, Co as (bmetimes to be Eaft, fbme- 

 times Eaft by South, but yet moft commonly to 

 the Northward of the Eaft a Point or two, fefdom 

 more. 5 Tis likewile obferv'd, that the ftrength 

 of thele Winds does gradually decreafe, as you 

 fail to the We&wards. 



3. That the limits of the Trade and vari- 

 able Winds, in this Ocean, are farther extend- 

 ed on the American fide than the African ; for 

 whereas you meet not with this certain Wind 

 till afar you have paffd the Latitude of twen- 

 ty eight Degrees on this fide ; on the American 

 fide it commonly holds to thirty, thirty one, 

 or thirty two Degrees of Latitude ; and this is 

 verified likewife to the Southwards of the M- 

 quinoctial, for near the Cape of Good* Hope the 

 limits of the Trade Winds, are three or four 

 Degrees nearer the Line, than on the Coaft of 

 Braqile. 



4, That from the Latitude of four Degrees 

 North , to the aforefiud Limits on the South 

 of the Equator, the Winds are generally and 

 perpetually between the South and Eaft, and 

 moft commonly between the South-Eaft and 

 Ea(l y obferving always this Rule, That on the 

 African fide they are more Southerly, on the 

 Brazilian more Eafterly, Co as to become almoft 

 due Eafi, the little deflection they have being 

 ftill to the Southwards. In this part of the 

 Ocean it has been my fortune to pais a full 

 Year, in an Employment that oblig'd me to re* 

 gard more than ordinary the Weather, and I 

 found the Winds conftantly about the South- 



- Eafi 9 the moft ufual Point S E b E ; when it 



was 



