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tfeercj as well as on the mountain, where there 
had not been the leaft movement in the air, 
fince the leaves of the trees repoled in pro- 
found tranquillity* 
The bay difplayed a fpeftacle ftill more 
aftonifhing. 1 he northern part of it was ex- 
pofed, at that time, to a very violent guft of 
wind, which did not extend to the fouthern 
part. Thus, three fhips in the latter feemed 
to enjoy a perfect calm,»while all thofe which 
were at anchor in the other, were agitated by 
a furious blaft. From this ftriking contraft, 
and I might almoft fay incredible, in fo fmall 
a fpace, there refulted a very great difference 
in the colour of the water. This double effed: 
appeared to me like a magic pidture ; for it 
exhibited as it were in the fame frame, and 
without any interval, at once a calm and a 
tempeft. r 
The conclufions I drew from it are as fol- 
lows : The wind, which had taken its rife on 
the furface of the Indian ocean, blowing with 
violence, entered by Falfe Bay, paffed to the 
Table Bay only through the defile that fepa- 
rates the two bays, and followed its direftion 
in the northern part of the harbour, while the 
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