4d TRAVELSIN 
abundant and more frequent in tlie town 
than any where elfe in the neighbourhood ; 
which may be accounted for in the following 
manner :— At the Cape the north wind pro- 
duces the fame effed: as the fouth-weft doe^ 
in France : it carries along with it the clouds, 
which, paffing over the town, are flopped by 
their impulfe againft the Table, Devil, and 
Lyon Hills. Continual rains prevail thea 
at the Cape ; whilft the neighbouring part^^ 
to the diftance of two miles around, enjoy 
dry weather, and a fky perfedly ferene. 
Sometimes^ they fall over the whole fpace 
contained between Table Bay and the Bay of 
Falfo, to the eaft of that chain of enormous 
mountains which extends to the very extre-^ 
mity of Africa ; whilft the eaftern coaft i^ 
clear and entirely free from clouds. This is 
but a faint pidure of what happens on the 
Coromandel and Malabar coafts ; except that 
this phenomenon is more wonderful here, be- 
caufe it is nearer, and much better perceived « 
Indeed, if two friends fet out for the Bay of 
Falfo, he v/ho purfues his route on the eaft- 
ern fide of the mountain, carries his um« 
brella with him^ to defend himfelf from the 
rain; 
