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2?8 APPENDIlL SECTION II. DF..qCRIPTION OF THE WtND$ ?ND ?ATHE? AND OF THE ?R?, ?NDS? AND COA? B?EN BREAKSEA SP? ?ND CAPE YORK. Sect. II. shore by no?h-eas? win? d?ng ? ?n? ?f Ju?, ?. East July, and Auffust? the only s?on ?at I have any C? ?m? ? ? wi?s ?d w?r u?n ?e ?.mt ?t; t? w?e? is ?ne?lly t?k sad c?udy, a?. ? ? ?ied wi? showers of ?, p?ficM?!y during ?e two In the neighbourh? of Bm? 8pit in Ma?, 181? ex?rienced a fr?h gale from ?e westwa?, a?r whi& it vee?d ? 8.E., wi? ?iek rainy w?e?: ? in neigh?urh?d of Ca? Capfi?m, in June, la91, we h? a f?sh ?e f?m ?e N.E. Among ?e No?um?ri?d Idnds, we haw experien?d w?mrly wi?d?, but ?e? bl?w in !i?t breeds wi? ?e wea?er. Even as ? as ?Wn, ?e wind cannot be s?d ? ? s?ady. ? th? noah of ?is poln? however, the winds ?e ?ys con- s?t fr? the sou?rd, ?d seld? or ?v? v?r to ?e wes?d of sou?, or to the eastward of S.E.b.E.; ?ne?ly a? from S.S.E.: fres? win? cause the wea- ther to be h?zy, and sometimes bring rain, which ?nders �? nav/?fion among the reefs in some deuce dan?rmts. Iu my last voy?go up ?e co? on approaohing Ca? York, ?e w?th? w? so thi? that we ?ul? not see more ? queer of a mile a?head; we, however, mu from r?f ?ef, ? always saw ?m in a?ient time ? ?t? course if we were in e?or. In such a navi?tion ?oudy dull weather is, however, ra?er an advan?ge than othe?