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ExtraSis of two Letters, Written by Dr. Garden 
' (?/ Aberdeen ; one concerning the Caufes of [eve- 
Winds, isfc. to Dr. Plot: the other concern- 
ing the Probolcis of Bees ; isrc to Dr> Middleton. 
Extract of the firfi Letter. 
H O the Obfervations I have yet by me concer n- 
^ ing Weather be both few and of no great moment, 
yet I cannot refufe to impart them to the Fbilofophical 
Society, being they are pleas'd to call for them. Thev 
are fuch as I doubt not they have heard of already, and 
I give my conjedure about them meerly to excite others 
to enquire more narrowly into the truth of the mat- 
ters of fad, and from what caules they may proceed. 
They relate cheifly to the Weather between the Troptcksy 
and I prefume tatranfmit tliem to you in this paper and 
ihall range them under thefe heads, i. Concerning the 
winds which under the Line blow continually from Eaft 
to Weft. 2. Anent the Weftern winds which are ftiU to 
be found for lome degrees on this fide the Troptck. 
3. Concerning the ftated changes of the Eafternwmds> 
blowing the one half of the year from theNorth-Eaft 
and the other half from the South- Eaft. 4- Concernrng 
the ftated Winters and Summers which are to be found 
at one time in diftant places of one and the {^VD^e Coun- 
trie. 5-. The Angularity ofP^r^ as to this beyond any 
other part of the Earth. ^.Concerning the ftrong and 
lafting winds which blow over almott all the known 
Earth about the jEqurnoxes 
As to the firft, it is generally known that there are^^ 
continual Eaftern winds under the line which they call 
^Brifes., and therefore the accounts of Spamjh Voyages 
bear, that in their going to the \Y ^^-Indtes t\itj lail 
Southwards from Spam along the Coaft ot Jfric/^, till 
they be beyond the Tr^/^^H of T^/^^^r withm 20 degrees 
of the line, where they prefently find an Eafterly wind 
