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was Eafterly, it generally blew hard, and was 

 gloomy, dark, and fometimes rainy Weather 5 

 if it came to the Southwards it was generally 

 Serene, and a (mall Gale next to a Calm, but 

 this not very common. But I never few it to 

 the Weftwards of the South, or Northwards of 

 the Eaft. 



5-. That the Seafon of the Year has fome fmall 

 effe£t, on thefe Trade Winds, for that when 

 the Sun is considerable to the Northwards of 

 the ^Equator, the South-Eaft Winds, efpecially 

 in the Straight of this Ocean (if 1 may fo 

 Call it) between Braqile and the Coaft of Gui- 

 nea^ do vary a Point or two to the Southwards, 

 and the North-Eaft become more Eafterly ; and 

 on the contrary, when the Sun is towards the 

 Tropick of Capricorn the South-Eafterly Winds 

 become more Eafterly, and the North- Eafterly 

 Winds on this fide the Line veere more to the 

 Northwards. 



6. That as there is no general Rule that ad- 

 mits not of fome Exception, fo there is in this 

 Ocean a Tra£t, of Sea wherein the Southerly 

 and South- Weft Winds are perpetual^ vi%. all 

 along the Coaft of Guinea, for above five hun- 

 dred Leagues together, from Sierra Leona to 

 the Hie of St. Thomas ; for the South Eaft Trade 

 Wind having pafs'd the Line, and approach- 

 ing the Coaft of Guinea within eighty or 100 

 Leagues, inclines towards the Shore, and be- 

 comes S. S. E. and by Degrees, as you come 

 nearer, it veeres about to South, S. S. W. and 

 in with the Land South-Weft, and (ometimes 

 Weft South- Weft , which Variation is better ex- 

 prefs'd in the Mapp hereto annexed, {Vide Plate ! 

 % ) than it can well be in Words. Thefe are the 

 Winds which are obferv'd on this Coaft when it j 



blows 



