68 Mifcellanea Curiofa. 



I h In the Indian Ocean, the Winds are part- 

 ly general, as in the /Ethiopia Ocean, partly* 

 Periodical; that is, half the Year they blow one 

 way, and the other half near upon the oppo- 

 fite Points \ and thefe Points and Times of 

 (hifting are different in different parts of this 

 Ocean ; the limits of each Tract of Sea, fubject 

 to the fame Change or Monfoon, are certainly 

 very hard to determine, but the diligence I have 

 ufed to be rightly informed, and the care I have 

 taken therein, has, in a great meafure, fur- 

 mounted that Difficulty ; and I am perfwaded 

 that the following Particulars may be relied 

 upon. 



1. That between the Latitudes of ten De- 

 grees and thirty Degrees South, between Ma- 

 dagafcar and Hollandia Nova, the general Trade 

 Wind aVout the S. E. by E. is found to blow all 

 the Year long, to all Intents and Purpofes after 

 the fame manner as in the fame Latitudes in the 

 /Ethicpck Ocean, as it is defcrib'd in the fourth 

 Remark aforegoing. 



2. That'the aforeiaid S. E. Winds extend to 

 within two Degrees of the JEquator, during the 

 Months of June, July, Auguft, &c. to Novem- 

 ber^ at which time between the South Latitudes 

 of three and ten Degrees, being near the Meri- 

 dian of the North end of Madagascar, and be- 

 tween two and twelve South Latitude, being near 

 Sumatra and Java, the contrary Winds from the 

 N. W. or between the North and. Weft, let in 

 and blow for half the Year, vi%. from the be- 

 ginning of December till May ; and this Monfoon 

 is obferv'd as far as the Molucca Ifles, of which 

 more anon. 



j. That 



