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tbrs, never known to do any damage by their vio- 

 lence ; fo that if this country Was free from other 

 inconveniences and evils, its inhabitants could have 

 nothing to defire, in order to render their lives truly 

 agreeable. But with thefe flgnal advantages, nature 

 Has blended inconveniences, which greatly dirninifh 

 their value ; ahd reduce this country even below 

 thofc, on which nature has not beftowed fuch great 

 riches and fertility. 



It has been obfcrV-ed, that the winds generally 

 prevailing in Valles, throughout the whole yeary 

 comes from the fouth ; but this admits of fome ex- 

 ceptions, which, without any eflential alteration, im- 

 plies that fometimes the winds come from the 

 north, but fo very faint, as fcarcely to mdvt the 

 vanes of the ftiips, arid confift only of a very 

 weak agitation of the air, juft fufficient to indi- 

 cate that the wind is changed from the fouth. 

 This change is regularly in winter, and with it 

 the fog immediately begins, which in fome mea^ 

 fure feems to coincide with what has been offered 

 with regard to the reafon why Ihowers are unknown' 

 at Lima. This breath of wind is fo particular,* 

 that from the very rnftant it begins, and before 

 the wind is condenfed, the inhabitants are unhappilj^ 

 fenfible of it by violent head achs, fo as eafily to 

 know what fort of weather is coming on before 

 they ftir out of their chambers.' 



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