Mifcellanea Curiofe. 7 3 



Winds, much about the fame Latitude to the 

 Southwards; befides a farther Analogy between 

 the Winds of this Ocean, and the JEtkiopick* ap- 

 pears in that, upon the Coaft of Peru, they are 

 always much Southerly, like as they are found 

 near the Shoars of Angola* 



Thus far Matter of Fact, wherein if the in- 

 formation I have receiv'd be not in all parts 

 Accurate, it has not been for want of inquiry 

 from thofe 1 conceived beft able to inftruct, me ; 

 and I {hall take it for a very great Kindnefs if 

 any Mafter of a Ship, or other Perfon, well in- 

 form'd of the Nature of the Winds, in any of 

 the aforemention'd parts of the World, {hall 

 pleafe to communicate their Obfervations there- 

 upon 5 fo that what I have here Collected may- 

 be either confirm'd or amended, or by the ad- 

 dition of fome material Circumftances enlarg'd. 

 It is not the work of one, nor of few, but of a 

 multitude of Obfervers, to bring together the 

 Experience requifite to compole a perfect and 

 compleat Hiftory of thefe Winds ; however I 

 am not much doubtful that I have err d in, or 

 omitted any of the principal Obfervables, what- 

 ever leffer Particulars may have efcaped my 

 Knowledge. 



To help the Conception of the Reader in a. 

 manner of fb much difficulty, I believ'd it necef- 

 fary to adjoin a Scheme, (Plate %.) fhewing at 

 one view all the various Traces and Courfes of 

 thefe Winds ; whereby 'tis poiliblethe thing may 

 be better under flood, than by any verbal Defcrip- 

 tion whatfbever. 



The Limits of thefe feveral Traces are . de- 

 fign'd every where by prickt Lines, as well in 

 the Atlantick. and Mthiopick^ where they are 

 the boundaries of the Trade and variable Winds, 



as 



