the South -Sea. z^j 



coming alfo from the Sea ; confequently, beyond the Tor- 

 rid Zone, the Flux of the Air muft be quite contrary : 

 Therefore, about the Tropicks the Winds muft be much 

 upon the Weft and South, as we draw near the Land, 

 which lies almoft North and South from the Streights of 

 Magellan to Arka y in about 18 Degrees of South Lati- 

 tude. 



The Winds blowing always from the Eaft in the great why the 

 Ocean, along the Torrid Zone, is a Confequence of 

 daily Motion of the Earth from Weft to Eaft, becaufe that intheTorrt&k 

 Zone containing the greateft Circles of the Sphere, is \\m-Zone. 

 ry'd away with more Rapidity, than the others which are 

 nearer the Poles ; and the Land having a groffer Bulk, it 

 is alfo fwifter than the Atmofphere of the Air which en- 

 compafTes it: We muft therefore confider the Refiftance, why thofe y 

 as if the Air flow'd on an immoveable Body ; ^^^^^j^^Sef 

 Refiftance the Wind makes on the Sea, and not on the^/^J^ 3 

 Land, becaufe the Inequality of the Surface, mix'd with the Land, 

 Cavities fliut up between Mountains, carries off the lower 

 Part which we breathe. 



Experience proves all the Circumftances of this Argu- 

 ment, becaufe, as the South-Sea is the vafteft, fo there thofe 

 Winds are moft regular. In running from the Coaft of 

 Peru to China, the Winds are always Eaft. In the Indian 

 Sea they arc the fame, having on each Side oppofite Winds,, 1 

 that is Weft Winds inclining more or lefs to the North or 

 South, according as the Difpofition of the Lands drives 

 them back, and according to the Seafon $ a Particularity^ 

 which it is needlefs to relate in this Place. 



In fliort, it is alfo evident, that between the oppofite 

 Winds there muft be Calms and Irregularities, occafion'd 

 by the Eddies of the Air, which joftle one another, which 

 we alfo had Experience of in 3 o Degrees of South Lati- 

 tude. 



After afnort Calm, we made Land at the Point of La- 

 vapie precifely, and exactly according to my Reck'ning, 

 making ufe of the Manufcript Chart I have fpoken of r 



without 



