Tho 1 could wlfh we conid obtain from the Spmiar^^ 
r^hat Variations they find in their Vcy gts from the ^/«- 
■ nilhas iosv-^xAs Jcapulco ^ thro the fSoi t'l part of the South 
Sea i as URevvife, v/hat \i is at Japan > from the Dutch 
yet^Cconfidering the number ofthefeobfervations I have 
colleflted 5 and that they are made in parts of the World fo 
remote froiiiLE^^ro/?^;» ^ndfiomone another C 1 fuppofethat 
the Theory that anfvvers thele will fcarce fail in thofe Re- 
^ gions from whence v/e have as yet no account. Butfirft 
we muft make feme remarks upon the foregoing Table, and 
/Firft. 
That in Hil Europe t\it variation at this time is Wefi.^ 
and more in the Eaftern parts thereof than the Weftern : 
as likewife that it feenis throughout to be upon thein- 
jCreafe that way- 
1^-^ Secondly that on the Codid of jimerica^ dboutPzrgma^ 
XsFeth' England and Nem-Fomd land > the Variation is like- 
wifd Wefterly and thajt it increafes all the way as yougo 
Northerly along the Cbaft fo as to be above 20 degrees ac 
New-found Iknd , nearly 30gr, in Hudfons flraits , and not 
lefs than 57. degrees in Eaffins Bay ; alfo that as you fail 
Eaftward from this cbaft the Variation diminifties. From 
thefetwoic is a Legitimate Corollary: i\\z.t Somwhere be^ 
tween Europe > and the North-part o/America, there ought to 
J)e dn Eajierly Variation , or at leaji no Wejierly, and fo I 
conjedlure it is about the Eaftermoft of the Tmera Jf* 
Jands> 
\ 5I That on thecoaft of there is Eaft Variation 
which increafes very notably as yoa go to the South-ward 
jfoasto be 12. degrees %tCapeFno^ aud over againft the 
tWet of Plate 20 i degrees : and from thence failing fouth- 
wefterly to the ftraits oVMagellann decreafes 17 . degrees, 
and at the weft ent ranee bu 1 1 4 degrees. - r ^ — 
4. That iat -the Eaftward oSBtajile properly Ibcariedi 
thi^ Eafterly Variatioa decreafes * fo as to very little 
