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^ome or never more Southerly $ but on this fide the Line they 
havefometimcs been met between ii. and 12. degrees 2Wr/A- 
Latitude^ and fomctimes in p. and 10. degrees. ThefeT^r- 
nadoes are vncertain winds , blowing from all points of the Com- 
fajs in the fame hour , and fomctimes the wind fhifts thus with- 
mi being intermitted , and other whiles it will be ftark calme , 
almoft between every puff. They are fo confus'd , that ht4. 
or5. Ships fail together as near a$ is fitting for Ships that keep 
company , at the fame inftant many times eveiy Ship (hall have 
a fcverall ard contrary wind. And this place is almoft al- 
wayes infcfted with horrible thunders, lightnings and rain. 
And the nearer you are to the Jfrkk-fhoxc , fo much more 
dreawIfuUis the Thunder and Rain.* bat the {mthcv Wejl-mrd 
ycugoej the Thunder and Rain willbelefs, and the Winds 
not fo vncertain-, fothat, if you go asfarrWeft, astheMe- 
ridi.^nof the Eaft-fideof Brafile y there is little Thunder, nei- 
ther doth the Wind come down in fach puffs and flawes^ but 
between 4. add 8. degrees it is raoft inclined to Calmcs, and 
very great and thick Foggs , and the Raines conie not in fuch 
violent (howcrs. 
Likewife this isa fare rule, that near the jifrick-ihotc ^ 
andfo for 100. or 200. leagues ^(f/?, the Nerth-Eafi-W iads 
commonly incline more and more tothe^^j?^ fo that by that 
time , ycucome to tht W^ft of the Meridian of the Azores 2 - 
bouc 2Q, denreeS; the Tr^^^or conftant Wind will be moftly 
Ma f ' North' Ea(l. 
Now as frorn 34. degr. to 44, near the Continent ef£»- 
fofe, the Winds are commonly between Ma^ and Nnth^ 
fo after you come fo farr Weft as the Meridian of the hither- 
moftofche j^^^w , they are comnnonly httv^ ttn Sonth-Wefi 
and North' fVefi. And for this reafon Ships , that are outward 
bouad to the «S7w[^^^/ , keep near the coaft of Fortugall^ but 
homeward bound they are matiy times forced to run im JVefi 
lofetcha Wefterly i^in:J. Likewife Ships bound to the Bdr^ 
hdcs go hy tht Canaries^ but come home a great way to the 
North' We oiiht jiz&res[ .And the jTirgirad-fhips aretvviceas 
long in going out, as they are in comming home, snJmany 
limes longer: for 3 they come home bsfor the Wifld direftly. 
