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j. 'That to the Northward of three Degrees 

 South Latitude , over the whole Ami inn or 

 Indian-Sea and Gulph of Bengali, from Sumatra 

 to the Coall of Africa, there is another Men- 

 foon, blowing from OBober to April upon the 

 North Eaft Points ; but in the othe r half Year, 

 from April to October* upon the oppofite Points 

 of S. W. and W. S. W. and that with rather 

 more force than the other, accompanied with 

 dark rainy Weather, whereas the N. E. blows 

 clear ; 'tis likewife to be noted, that the Winds 

 are not fo conftant, either in ftrength or point 

 in the Gulph of Bengal!, as they are in the 

 dian-Sea ) where a certain and fteady Gale fcarce 

 ever fails. 'Tis alfo remarkable, that the S. W. 

 Winds in thefe Seas are generally more Souther- 

 ly on the African fide, more Wellerly on the 

 Indian, 



4. That as an Appendix to the lair, delcrib'd 

 Monfoon, there is a Tract of Sea to the South- 

 wards of the /Equator, (ubjecl: to the fame 

 Changes of the Winds, vi%. near the African* 

 Coaft, between it and the Ifland Madagafcar or 

 St. Lawrence, and from thence Northwards as 

 far as the Line ; wherein from April to October 

 there is found N a conftant frefh S. S. W. Wind, 

 which, as you go more Northerly, becomes 

 ftill more and more Wefterly, fo as to fall in 

 with the W. S. W. Winds, mention'd before, 

 in thofe Months of the Year to be certain to the 

 Northward of thejEquator : What Winds blow 

 in thefe Seas, for the other half Year, from 

 Oftober to April, I have not yet been able 

 to obtain to my full fatisfa£Hon, for that our 

 Navigators always return from India without 

 Madagafcar, and fo are little acquainted in this 

 Matter ; the Account that has teen given me is 



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