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and Wefi-^ fet in and blow for half the Year, viz. fi^om 
the beginning- of December till May: and this Monfcon 
is obferved as far as the Molticca Ifles, of which more anon. 
3. That to the Northward, of 3 Degrees Latitude^ 
over the whole Arahim or Indian-^'t^ and Gulph of 
^^//, from Sumatra to the Coaft of Africa, there is ano- 
ther Monfoony blowing from October to ^/>ri/ upon the, 
A^T/-/; Eajl Points ; but in the other lialf Year, from April 
to O^^'i^'^jUpon the oppohce Points of W. and W.S.W. 
and that with ratiier more force than the other, accom- 
panied with dark, rainy weather , whereas the N. E. 
blows clear ; 'tis likewife to be noted, that the Winds 
are jiot fo conftanr, eitiier in ilreiigth or point, in the 
Gulph of Eengdll^ as they are in the ImianS:-3L^ where 
a certain fteady Gale Icarce ever tails. ' Pis aifo remark- * 
able, that i^aC S, W. Winds m theie Seas are generally 
more Southerly on die African fide^ more IV^fierly on the 
Indian, 
4. That as an Appendix to the laft defcribed Monfoor^^ 
there is a Pradl of Sea to the Sot4t:. wards of the Equator ^ 
fubjeCt to the facile changes of tlie Winds, viz., near 
the Afrkm-Qoi&^ bec vv cen it and the Ifland Madagafcar 
of St.Lm-^ems^ and fi^om tiieuc^ N^rtkmrds as fer as the 
Line ; wherein fi om April to Ot'h er there is found a 
conftant freih S. S. W, Wind, which as you go more 
Norther Ijy becomes ftiU moj'c and more Weflerly, fb as to 
fall in with the W. S. .V. W lads, mentioned before, in 
thofe Months of the Year £0 be certain to the Nort/^ward 
of thQ Efutor: What Wmd^ blow m thefeSeas> for the 
other half Year, from 0:fo er to Ap^tl^ \ have not yet 
been able to obtain co roy luH ian.t tdiOa, for that our 
Navigators always return f oin h^u. vv t'iout Maiag^car, 
and fb are little acquainted in rai> muter; t!ie Account 
has been given me is only tl that tiie Winds are much 
Eaflerly hereabouts, and as ofceii to the North of the true 
Eafl as to the Southmrds thereof. 
5. That 
