66 Mifcellanea Curio fa. 



Eaft Winds, at that time of the Year common- 

 ly extending fbme Degrees beyond the ordinary 

 limit of four Degree's North Latitude, and with- 

 al they come fo much Southerly, as to be {bme- 

 times South, fometimes a Point or two to the 

 Weft • there remains then only to ply to Wind- 

 Ward, and if on the one fide they ftand away 

 W. S. W. they gain the Wind ftill more and 

 more Eafterly ; but there is danger of not wea- 

 thering the Brazilian Shoar, or at leaft the Shoals 

 upon that Coaft. But if upon the other Tack 

 they go away E. S. E. they fall into the Neigh- 

 bourhood of the Coaft of Guinea, from which 

 there is no departing without running Eafterly, 

 as far as the Ifle of St. Thomas, which is the con- 

 ftant practice of all the Guinea Ships, and which 

 may feem very ftrange, without the confidera- 

 tion of the fixth Remark, which (hews the Rea- 

 lon of it : For being in with the Coaft, the 

 Wind blows generally at S. W. and W. S. W. 

 with which Winds they cannot go to the North- 

 ward for the Land ; and on the other Tack they 

 can lie no nearer the Wind than S. S. E. or 

 South j with thefe Courfes they run off the 

 Shoar, but in fo doing they always find the 

 Winds more and more contrary , fo that when 

 near the Shoar they could lie South, at a greater 

 diftance they can make their way no better than 

 S. E. and afterwards E. S. E. with which Courfes 

 they fetch commonly the lfie of St. Thomas and 

 Cape Lofefy where finding the Winds to the Eaft- 

 ward of the South, they keep them favourable, 

 by running away to the Weft ward in the South 

 Latitude, of three or four Degrees, where the 

 S. E, Winds are perpetual. 



For the fake of thefe general Winds, all 

 thofe that ufe the Weft-Indian Trade, even thofe 



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