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through Divers Climates. 47
These Mssecns or Monfosm, are the Winds and Rains customary Chap. V
to nil India, varying here only in reipest of the Mountains. ^vv/
Therefore on theie Coasts the South Winds blow sor Eight Months, Jjs'"
four of which are May, "June, July, Augusi. Then the Sun is so Cmsts| and
slrong, that it would be uninhabitable, did not there fall at Night Observatious
thofe Vapours which the Sun draws up in the Day,- and by decli- thereon-
ntng of his exorbitant Heat, leaves them to be condensatcd at Night;
when the Air is mere gross, and the Earth is cooled either by thick
Misfr, or a.more palpable Mohture (which ybu may call pouring
Showres) and thereby made fertile, which otherwise would be in-
supportable and barren.
That which makes this the more plausible is, That the Ajiatick
India intra Gangcm, is a Pens I»Jula, and the Seas He near round the
Land.
But about the Sun's retiring to his Southern Tropick, the Winds Tlie Heats •
■ take their Northern Course, the Rains do ccase, and the Sea alters «»»pe»<*by
its Current to the South, when by the innate coldness of these Blasls
the Clime becomes more habitable, unless where the S.mds cause a
ressexion of heat, as ct Mecbhpatah; where they keep close all Day
for three or sour Months together, (though then the North Wind
begins to ntote its impetuosity, and the South Winds prevail} repel-
ling.the Heat by a course wet Cloath, continually hanging before
their Chaml-ier-windows; which not only resills the Ambient Air,
but by the asslux of Nitrous Particles from within, does cast a Chil-
ness over the Room ; without which, the Walls, that for that in-
tent are plastcred, would be so hot, you could not abide your Hand
on them ; the same way they have of cooling their Liquors, by a
wet Cloth wrapped about their Gurguletsand Jars, which are Ves-
sels msde of a porous kind of Earth ; the best of Mtscha, reasonable
good from G.-w, which are carried with them in this nature where-,
ever they travel.
Before we difauss this Discoursc, it may be noted, That the Rains The Rain's
on this Coasf, are more intermitting than on the Malalar Coast, (o more inter-
that they can soose hence their Ships for Persia, Machaand Jttddah, SeCoastrf
and to the South^eas in those Months they are Wind-bound on the GmmwiiUi.
other Coast: sor having the Land-Breezes to carry them off to Sea,
the Mossooiis are more iavourable.
Concerning the.Re^ularitiesof these Winds, perhaps some others
may give patter Guesses than my felf, who am not conceited enough
to dogmatize. ■
Among the many that be alledged, I am not fond of any, though The Cause os
this have won a little upon my Opinion ; That the Sun may be as ** */<#".'"
well the reason why these Winds mould observe his Annual Circum- mqu"™.....
rotation; as that the Ebbings and Flowings of the Sea, by the
Moon's meer depression of Air, mould be ascribed to her Monthly
Revolutions,
And here one thing may be worthy our Curiosity, That after the
Seasons of the Heats and Rains, the Rivers Indus and Ganges are said
to swcll their Banks, and thereby abundantly to encrease the Border-
ing Countries, where these Rains are lets frequent: Whence, it may ■ , ,
be, someinsight may be had for the Overflows of Egypt, which has
set so'many Wits on the Tenterhooks, where it is reported it never
rains;'
These Mssecns or Monfosm, are the Winds and Rains customary Chap. V
to nil India, varying here only in reipest of the Mountains. ^vv/
Therefore on theie Coasts the South Winds blow sor Eight Months, Jjs'"
four of which are May, "June, July, Augusi. Then the Sun is so Cmsts| and
slrong, that it would be uninhabitable, did not there fall at Night Observatious
thofe Vapours which the Sun draws up in the Day,- and by decli- thereon-
ntng of his exorbitant Heat, leaves them to be condensatcd at Night;
when the Air is mere gross, and the Earth is cooled either by thick
Misfr, or a.more palpable Mohture (which ybu may call pouring
Showres) and thereby made fertile, which otherwise would be in-
supportable and barren.
That which makes this the more plausible is, That the Ajiatick
India intra Gangcm, is a Pens I»Jula, and the Seas He near round the
Land.
But about the Sun's retiring to his Southern Tropick, the Winds Tlie Heats •
■ take their Northern Course, the Rains do ccase, and the Sea alters «»»pe»<*by
its Current to the South, when by the innate coldness of these Blasls
the Clime becomes more habitable, unless where the S.mds cause a
ressexion of heat, as ct Mecbhpatah; where they keep close all Day
for three or sour Months together, (though then the North Wind
begins to ntote its impetuosity, and the South Winds prevail} repel-
ling.the Heat by a course wet Cloath, continually hanging before
their Chaml-ier-windows; which not only resills the Ambient Air,
but by the asslux of Nitrous Particles from within, does cast a Chil-
ness over the Room ; without which, the Walls, that for that in-
tent are plastcred, would be so hot, you could not abide your Hand
on them ; the same way they have of cooling their Liquors, by a
wet Cloth wrapped about their Gurguletsand Jars, which are Ves-
sels msde of a porous kind of Earth ; the best of Mtscha, reasonable
good from G.-w, which are carried with them in this nature where-,
ever they travel.
Before we difauss this Discoursc, it may be noted, That the Rains The Rain's
on this Coasf, are more intermitting than on the Malalar Coast, (o more inter-
that they can soose hence their Ships for Persia, Machaand Jttddah, SeCoastrf
and to the South^eas in those Months they are Wind-bound on the GmmwiiUi.
other Coast: sor having the Land-Breezes to carry them off to Sea,
the Mossooiis are more iavourable.
Concerning the.Re^ularitiesof these Winds, perhaps some others
may give patter Guesses than my felf, who am not conceited enough
to dogmatize. ■
Among the many that be alledged, I am not fond of any, though The Cause os
this have won a little upon my Opinion ; That the Sun may be as ** */<#".'"
well the reason why these Winds mould observe his Annual Circum- mqu"™.....
rotation; as that the Ebbings and Flowings of the Sea, by the
Moon's meer depression of Air, mould be ascribed to her Monthly
Revolutions,
And here one thing may be worthy our Curiosity, That after the
Seasons of the Heats and Rains, the Rivers Indus and Ganges are said
to swcll their Banks, and thereby abundantly to encrease the Border-
ing Countries, where these Rains are lets frequent: Whence, it may ■ , ,
be, someinsight may be had for the Overflows of Egypt, which has
set so'many Wits on the Tenterhooks, where it is reported it never
rains;'