CHAPTER IX.

WINDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Entertained theories erroneous--Their true character--What gives rise to the currents--Purely vito-magnetic phenomena--Philosophical considerations drawn from observation--Whirlwinds, waterspouts, and tornadoes--The Barbadoes--Manufactured wind--Wind within a wind--Winds may not arise from presumed causes--A great cosmical system.