FULL AND CHANGE OF THE MOON, 27 



No. VIII. 



Valparaiso to Lima^ calling at Coquimbo^ Gu-- 

 asco^ Copiapo^ Arica^ and Mollendo. 

 15th of November to 9th of December 1821. 

 (24^ Days.) 



The winds during these passages along-shore 

 are always light, and from the southward, hauling 

 in from sea during the day, and freshening from off 

 the land in the night. 



Between MoUendo and Callao there is a pretty 

 steady breeze from E. S. E. with a drain of current 

 along-shore ; a remark which applies to the whole 

 coast from Valparaiso to Lima. 



A remarkable increase of the great S. W. swell 

 is observable at the full and change of the moon 

 on the coast, especially from Arica to Huacho in- 

 clusive, a circumstance which renders it difficulty 

 and sometimes impossible, to land at those places. 



