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ther there being none at all. But their Violence is fo unconcei- 
vable, and their other Phd^nomena ib furprifing, that they 
merit well to be confidered apart. 
What is here laid, is to be underftood of the S^^ VJinds 
at fbme diftance from the Land; for upon and near the 
fhoreSjthe Land and Sea Brizes are almoft every where fenfi- 
ble ; a nd the great Variety which happens in their Periods, 
Force and Direction, from the fituation of the Mountains, 
Vallies and Woods, and from the various texture of tlie 
Soil, more or left capable of retaining ^nd refleding Heat, 
and of exhaling orcondenfing Vapours i$ fiich, tliat it were 
an endlefs task, to endeavour to account for them* 
IL In the Indian Ocean, the Winds are partly General, 
as in t\\t jEthiopck Ocean, partly Periodical, that js half the 
Year they blow one way, and the other half near upon the 
oppofite points; and theft points and times of fliifting are 
different in different parts of this Ocean ; the limits of each 
tra£l of Sea, fubjefl: to the fame change or Monfoon^ are cer- 
tainly very hard to determine, bat the diligence I have 
ufed to be rightly informed, and the care I hav^ taken 
therein, has in a great meafure furmounted that difRculty, 
and I am psrfwaded that the following particulars may be 
relied upon. 
I. That between the Latitudes of ten Degrees and thirty 
Degrees Souths between Madagafcar and HolUndta Nova^ 
the General Trade Wind about the S. E. by E. is found to 
blow all the Year long, to all intents and purpofes. §fter the 
fame manner as in the fame Latitudes in the Ethiopick 
Ocean, as it is defcribed in the 4^^. Remark aforegoing. 
2. That the aforefaid S. E. Winds extend to within 
two Degrees of tiie Equator ^ during the Montiis of "June^ 
'^ulj^ Augufl^ &c. to . November^ at which time betVvxen 
the South Latitudes of ? and lo Degrees, being near the 
Meridian o( the North end of Madagafcar j and between 2 
and 12 South Latitude, being ne^r Sumatra and ^ava^ the 
contrary Winds from the N. W. or between the North 
