WIND. 
cast as we advance towards the coast of New Holland; 
it changes about the end of September, and continues 
in the opposite direction till April *. Between Africa 
and Madagascar its direction is influenced by the coast; 
for it blows from the north-east from October to April, 
and during the rest of the year from the south-west . 
2. Over all the Indian Ocean, to the northward of 
the 3d degree of south latirude, the north-east trade 
wind blows from October tó April, and a south-west 
wind from April to October1. From Borneo, along 
the coast of Malacca and as far as China, this monsoon 
in summer blows nearly from the south, and in winter 
from the north by east §. Near the coast of Africa, 
between Mozambique and Cape Guardefan, the winds 
are irregular during the whole year, owing to the diffe 
rent monsoons which surround that particular place. 
Monsoons are likewise regular in the Red Sea; between 
April and October they blow from the north-west, and 
during the other months from the south-east, keeping 
constantly parallel to the coast of Arabia . 
Monsoons are not altogether confined to the Indian 
Ocean ; on the coast of Brazil, between Cape St Au 
gustine and the island of St Catherine, the wind blows 
between September and April from the east or north 
east, and between April and September from the south 
west J. The bay of Panama is the only place on the 
west side of a great continent where the wind shifts 
* Dr Halley, Phil. Trans. Abr. vol. ii. p. 136. 
Bruce's Travels, vol. i. p. 459. 
t Dr Halley, Pbil. Trans.Abr. vol. ii. p. 136. 
§ Dr Halley, ibid. 
Bruce's Travels, vol. i. ch. 4. 
Sir Walter Raleigh's Voyage, Forest's Voyage, p. 97. 
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