Mr. Flinders’s Observations 
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upon the east and north coasts, where the south-west wind 
caused it to fall. Winds from the northward caused the mer- 
cury to descend, as I believe they always will in the southern 
hemisphere, if not obstructed by the land ; but upon the 
north coast, we have seen the mercury stand higher with it 
than almost any other. 
Upon a summary of the effects of the same winds upon the 
different coasts of Australia, as deduced from the above ex- 
amples, the following queries seem to present themselves. 
Why do the winds from north and NW, which cause the 
mercury to descend and stand lower than any other upon 
the south and east coasts, as also in the open sea, and in the 
south-west bight of the gulph of Carpentaria, make it rise 
upon the outer part of the north coast, with the same, or even 
worse weather ? 
Why should the north-east wind, which occasions a fall in 
the barometer upon the south coast, considerably below the 
mean standard, be attended with a rise above the mean upon 
the east and north coasts ? 
The south-east wind, upon the south and east coasts, caused 
the mercury to rise higher than any other ; why should it not 
have the same effect upon the north coast, and upon the 
west ? 
How is it that the south-west wind should make the quick- 
silver rise and stand high upon the south and west coasts, — 
should cause it to fall much below the mean standard upon 
the east coast, — and upon the north, make it descend lower 
than any ether, with the same weather ? 
The answer, I think, can only be one ; and it seems to be 
sufficiently obvious. 
