In Spain and North-America, the Wind rushes down. Page 601.
When the Land is most heated, the Sea-Breeze blows almost all Night. Page 602.
The Barometer subsides from 1 Inch to 11⁄2 at the full Moon, or just after it.
Wind blows from the Mountains all round the Island: and still a Sea-Breeze over the Mountains: to the Low-Lands, none, 604.
(In Jamaica likewise the Wind blows off the Island every way at once, so that no Ship can any where come in by Night, or go out but early in the Morning, before the Sea-Breeze sets in. See Abr. Phil. Tr. Vol. 3, P. 548.)
Mountain Air rushes down in a continual Current to every Part of the Coast, the Stream descending incessantly throu’ the Night: while heavy cold Air descends to the Mountain Tops, 604.
With a West Wind below there is an East Scud above, 605.
Mountains cloudy, low Lands sunny. 606.
In all the River-Courses of Jamaica, there is a sensible Current of Air. Rain never comes without some Wind: and the Showers almost invariably follow the very Meanders of the larger Rivers, 608.
Rain always cools: the Thermometer falling, after a Shower, from 6 to 8 Degrees, 610.