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The Introduction.
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25. A moderate Sea Breeze.
26. A moderate Sea Breeze, in the afternoon some Rain.
27. A great Rain.
28. Fair weather, with a very easie Breeze.
29. A small Sea Breeze, Rain with Thunder.
30. A very great Shower, with Rain in the afternoon.
These last four days I observed the Weather at Mr. Elletson's Plantation in Liguanee, and at my return to St. Jago de la Vega, I was told it had rained there but one day of the four.

September 1688.

 1. Rain at Liguanee, with a moderate Breeze from the Sea, and after from the Mountains.
 2. A moderate Sea Breeze, no Rain, very much clouded, and sultry weather.
 3. An easie Sea Breeze, the weather makes the people somewhat faintish, Tertians are frequent.
 4. A very great Sea Breeze.
 5. An easie Sea Breeze, with some drops of Rain in the afternoon.
 6. A great Dew, in the morning early getting on Horseback, after day light, my Periwig and Cloths were throughly wet with it before Sun rising, a moderate Sea Breeze.
 7. A moderate Sea Breeze, pretty cool in the night.
 8. A very moderate Sea Breeze.
 9. A very easie Sea Breeze, in the afternoon a great gust of wind from the North, with some small Showers, the night following there was much Lightning, Thunder, and Rain.
10. About ten or eleven a Clock great Rain, with a Sea Brezee.
11. In the morning a pretty great Sea Breeze after Rain, which came in the night before with Thunder. With the Breeze this day came Rain, which was very violent all day.
12. This morning by four it began to Rain, and continued till eight in the morning, then fair till night.
13. This day small Rains, with dry weather between.
14. Small Rains, with dry weather between the Showers.
15. A moderate Sea Breeze.
16. A very great Sea Breeze, with a Shower in the Mountains about twelve.
17. A moderate Sea Breeze, with Rain from the Mountains about nine of the Clock.
18. A moderate Sea Breeze, with Rain from the Sea about eight or nine in the morning.
19. Last night Showers and Sea Breeze all night, this day the same.
20. Very hard Rain from the Sea all day, with sometimes great Winds.
21. Rain and Showers alternatively.
22. A great Sea Breeze, with Thunder and Rain in the Mountains, and some drops here.
23. In