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Map of Antangil
Cities & Towns of Antangil
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draw nearer the line are more temperate, it rains there quite often, & the Summer is much warmer. Those that border on the tropics are excessive in heat & dryness, it rains there rarely & blows stifling winds that bring great annoyance & inconvenience to the inhabitants of that region, & to the neighboring environs. As for winter, it is of a very short duration, like a month, or two. Beyond the Tropic (against the rule of the ancients) the air is more temperate, rainy & humid, both because of the length of the nights, the proximity of the sea, as the winds are fresh & temperate, from whichever coast they may come, except from the East.[1] Of the Sea, Gulf, Lake, rivers, streams & springs. CHAP. III.The Indian Sea, as we have already said, serves as a boundary & limit along the line of the coast, which is rough, tempestuous & deep, making no coves, & there are no ports, other than two, at the entrances to the rivers which limit it from the East & West, |
| 1.There are many references to the East wind in the Bible which God often used in retribution. |