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The Introduction.

22. A pretty strong Sea Breeze, with Rain at night in Guanaboa.
23. A strong Sea Breeze.
24. A strong Sea Breeze.
25. An easie Sea Breeze, with a very great Rain about twelve a Clock from the mountains, which continues till night.
26. An easie Sea Breeze, hot in the morning, at Noon Rain from the Mountains, which continues all day.
27. In the morning hot.
28. In the morning hot, about Noon great Rains, which continue till night.

March 1688.

 1. IN the morning overcast, about Noon it begins to Rain, and so continues till night.
 2. In the morning about nine it begins to Rain, and continues very heavy till night.
 3. In the morning fair, at one in the afternoon Rain, continues till might, great Rains are now in the North side of this island.
 4. In the afternoon little Rain.
 5. A strong Sea Breeze.
 6. A strong Sea Breeze.
 7. A fair morning, in the evening a little Rain.
 8. A fair morning and hot, it continues so all day.
 9. A fair morning, very hot, and continues so all day.
10. Very hot in the morning, and calm.
11. Fair, but a very great Breeze from the Sea.
12. Fair, and a very great Breeze from the Sea.
13. Hot in the morning, a great Sea Breeze by Noon, which continues late.
14. Very hot in the morning.
15. An easie Sea Breeze.
16. An easie Sea Breeze.
17. An easie Sea Breeze, with small drisling Rain, coming with the Land Breeze.

This Island being several Degrees within the Tropic, has the Trade Wind continually there, which is on the South side of the Island call'd the Sea Breeze. It comes about eight a Clock in the morning, and increases or freshens till twelve in the day, and then as the Sun grows lower, so it decreases till there is none about four at night. About eight at night begins the Land Breeze, blowing four Leagues into the Sea both in Jamaica and the Continent, and continues increasing till twelve at night, and decreases again to four, when there is no more of it. This course generally holds true. The Sea Breeze now and then is more violent than at other times, as at new or full Moon, and incroaches very much on the Land-wind, and the Norths when they reign, viz. in the months of December, January, or February, blow over the ridge of Mountains with violence, and hinder the Sea Breeze. Sometimes the Sea Breeze will blow all night, butthis