jo Mijcellanea Curiofa. 



only this, that the Winds are much Eafterly here- 

 abouts, and as often to the North of the true Eaft 

 as to the Southwards thereof. 



5% That to the Eaftward of Sumatra and 

 Malacca, to the Northwards of the Line, and 

 along the Coaft of Camboia and China, the 

 Monfoons blow North and South, that is to fay, 

 the N. E. Winds are much Northerly, and the 

 S. W. much Southerly : This Conftitution 

 reaches to the Eaftwards of the Philippine Iflcs, 

 and as far Northerly as Japan, The Northern 

 Monfoon letting in, in theft Seas, in October or 

 fJcvember, and the Southern in May, blowing 

 all the Summer Months ; Here it is to be no- 

 ted, That the Points of the Compafs, from 

 whence the Wind comes in thefe Parts of the 

 World, are not fb fixt as in thofe lately de- 

 fcrib'd y for the Southerly will frequently pals a 

 Point or two to the Eaftwards of the South, and 

 the Northerly as much to the Weftwards of the 

 North, which feems occafion'd by the great 

 quantity of Land, which is interfpers'd in thefe 

 Seas. 



6. That in the fame Meridians, but to the 

 Southwards of the ^Equator, being that Tract 

 lying between Sumatra and Java to the Weft, 

 and New Guinea to the Eaft, the fame Norther- 

 ly Monfoons are obferv'd, but with this diffe- 

 rence, that the inclination of the Northerly is 

 towards the N. Weft, and of the Southerly to- 

 wards the S. E. but the plague venti are not more 

 conftant here than in tl^ former, vi%* variable 

 five or *fix Points ; befid.es the times of the 

 Change of thefe Winds, are not the fame as in 

 the Chinefe Seas, but about a Month or fix Weeks 

 later. 



J. That 



