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beft of Sailing; no want of a frelh fair Wind, and yet no 
danger of having too much : Wherefore fbme have tliought 
it might be as ihort a Voiage tojapa^ and Chim^ to gQ by 
the Streights of Magellan^ is by the Cape of Goo^-hope. 
The hmits of thefe General Winds are aifo much the 
feme as in the Atlmtkk Sea^ viz. about the y:th, degree of 
Latitude on both fides; for the Spanyards homewards bound 
from the Mmilhiis^ alwaies take the advantage of the Sou- 
therly Monjoon^ blowing there in the Slimmer months, and 
run up to the Northwards of that Latitude , as high as 
'Japan , before they meet with variable Winds, to iliape 
their eourfe to the Eafiwards. And Schooten and others that 
have gon about by the Magellan Streights, have found the 
Hmits of of S. E. Winds, much about the fame Latitude to 
the Southmrds ; befides a farther Analogy between the Winds 
of t3iis C)cean;^ and tht Ethiopick, appears in that, upon the 
Goaft of P^r;^, they are alwais much Sotitherlyy like as they 
< ^re found near the Shores of Angola. 
Thus far matter of Faft, wherein if the information I 
have received be not in all parts Accurate, it has not been 
for want of inquiry from thofe I conceived beft able to in- 
ftruft ine; and I ihall take it for a very great kindnefs if a- 
ny Mafter of a Ship, or other perfbn, well informed of the 
Nature of the Winds, in any of the aforementioned parts 
of the World, fliall pleafe to communicate their Obfervati- 
ons thereupon ; that ib what I have here collcded may be 
either confirmed or amended, or by the addition of fome 
material Circumftances enlarged. It is not the work of one, 
nor of few, but of a multitude of Obfervers, to bring toga- 
ther the experience requifite to compoic a perfefl and com- 
pleat Hiltory of tliefe Winds ; however I am not much 
doubtful that I have erred in, or omitted any of the princi- 
pal Obfervables, whatever lefTer particulars may have et 
caped my knowledg. 
To help the conception of the reader in a matter of fo 
much difficulty, 1 believed it neceffary to adjoya a Scheme, 
ftiew- 
