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General Rule^and has;perpctual Winds about S. E. 5, Why 
ia thefe General Trade-Winds it iBould be alvvaies true, 
that to the Northward of the Equator enclined to the 
North Wi^rds of the Eaft ; and in South Latitudes, to the 
Southward thereof. 6. Why in the Seas of C^^';^^ there fhould 
be . fo .great an Inclination from the Eaft to the North, 
more than : elce where • with many more, . which it would 
be much eiafier to propofe than ; Anfwer^iv.. rii/n r,*: 
But leaft I fliould feem to propofe to others, difficulties 
which I have not thought worth my own time and Paines, 
take her^ the refult of an earneft endeavour after the true rea- 
{bn of-thQ 2SQXQ>{ki^^ wherein if I am not able to 
accou® for all . particulars, yet 'tis hoped the droughts I have 
fpent thereon, will fcot be judged wholly loft, by the curious 
in Natural Inquiries.^b}rh v 
Wind is moft properly defined to be the Stream or Cur- 
rei:^t of the Air, and where fuch Curreni: is perpetual and. 
fixt in its courfe, 'tis neceJETaiy that it proceed irom a peiina- 
npnt unintermitting, , Gaufe. Wherefore fbme have been 
eaclinsd:to propofe the. diurnal jRt?/"^./^/'6';^ of the Earth upon 
its Jxls, by which, as the CMe turns Eaft v^^ards, the icofe 
and flmd particles oi the Air, being fo exceeding light a^ they 
be,,;ar§.lef£ behind, fo taat ia relioeQ: of the £arths /^r/^^:^ 
they njove Weftwards , and become a Conftant Eafterly 
Wind. This opinion feems confirmed, for thatthele Winds 
are found only near the EquinoBid^ m thole Parallels of La- 
titude where the diurnal Motion i'. i%ifteft; a;id I fhouid 
readily alfent to it, if the conli aot C<iLms in the AiUnti^k 
Sea, near the ; the Wefterly Winds near the Coaft 
ofG^/;^j'; 3.ndthe Periodical WcAaiy Mo/^Joom under the 
Equator in the hdia^ Seas, did not declare tlie infufficiency 
of that Hypothefis. Befides the Air bein^jiept to the Earth 
by the principle o't Gravity^ would acquire the lame degree 
of Velocity that the Earths furface moves with^as well in ref- 
peft of the diurnal Rotation^ as of the Annual about the 
Sun, which is about thirty times fwifter. 
It 
