( 1003 ) 
it weighs very near * or aUogether 
as much in Water , as the felf farri*^ poi- 
tion of liquor would weigh in the Ai r. 
Thelameday werepeated the Expert 
meat with another fealed Babble, lar- 
ger then the former ( being as bigg as a 
great Hen-egg, land having broken this 
under water,Tt grew heavier by 'j. drachms 
and 34. grams % and having tak.n out 
the Buble,and driven ml the water into a 
counterpoised Glafs^ we found the tranfvafated liquor to amount 
to the fame weight , abating 6 or 7 grams , which it might 
well have loft upon (uch acccompts, as have been newly 
meottoiied. 
An BxtrdB &f a Letter 
Written tj Mr. Jofliua Childrey to the Publifber 5 cmtainmg an 
Mcmptofafdffdgeki feato theE^A-lndies , communica- 
ted to him h'j that Ingenious T ravdilor Mr. Richard S mich- 
fon who made tm my ages into thofe parts, 
F'Rom England to Cape Finis Term in Ga^Uicia in 44, degr. 
North Lat. the Winds areas variable as with Vs-, onely 
theBiyof ^//ir4jr is more fabjed to florms^ and the Sea more 
rough, and the Waves running very high. 
From thence to 54. degr. The Wind is variable alfo , bat 
if you be within 100 leagues of the SunpeanQoxsmtxii y it is 
generally inclined to Morth-Baft, 
From 34 degrees ^ if yoia be inclining to the coaft of Africa , 
or about the Meridian of the Canaries , the Wind is fo certain , 
and cooftintlyat iV^>r^j&-jE4/? ( or within two points ) that it is 
rare to find it ot^erwift. Yet in Winter, upon the coaft of 
Africa there axe fometiines Wcfte'-ly ftorras , that are violent ^ 
but of no long continuance. And in S^smmer , when it is 
fometimescalmejthc Air w\i' come vari ably. Thefe North- 
£41^- Winds hold moft cr^mmo-Ji.y lo g.degrees North-Latitude^ 
and then begin the T'i^r^^^^Wimis , which are moft part con- 
fined between 8. and 4. degrees North- Latitude. They are fci- 
* this enpnffm msai^ 
Jei, to l€iive Liberty jor 
a further inquiry , Whether 
#c Experiment^ nvhich here" 
Ijy appears conviacing as 
to the mdn thing intended 
U he proved miy mt (Li- 
mit the UvUg jemething 
further d(,bated , and ari' 
next about fame cirmm- 
ftantial thing or other. 
