1 MUTH.WE8T MONSOON.
2 QfVfT » gntt extant of knd. F<ir Hiii tmamk tfae nfin isa vidie «t
3 kM plcntifbl in eftch cotmtrjr, ■coording to te dntanoe from die ■e*^
4 except in those neAr high niouiit«u» wfaieli nrait'ihe ekndit mmI
5 procure skiger supply ^ndn for the ttei|^ibouriDgtnoti» thunroold
6 hnre fidlen to iheir diare^ If the pMsige of the chmd^
7 stfucted*
8 Hie obstacle presented to the donds and winds by the mountifais
9 hes another eflbct of no small importance. The souA-Weat mnasomi
10 blowa over the ocean in ka natural direction ; aild, thoogh it hh^
11 expenence smne diveirities after it readies theland^ ita general ooorae
12 over India may attll be said to be tomuds the hartb4»8t, till it is eot^
13 hauatedoblhe western and central parts of the peninsula. Hie prvM
14 viiioes in the north-east recei^ra the monaoon m a diiSerent manner i
15 the wind which brings the raina to that part of the continent, origK
16 naUy blows from the south-west, over the Bay of I^ngal, till the
17 mountains of Hemalleh* and those which join them from the souths
18 stop its progress} and oompd it to follow their cour^ towards the
19 north-west. The prevailing wind, therefore, in the region south-west
20 of Hemalleh, is from the south-east, and it is from tliat quarter that
21 our provinces in Bengal receive their rains. But when the wind has
22 reached so far to the north-west as to meet with Hindoo Coosh, it is
23 again opposed by that tnountain, and turned off along its face towards
24 the west, till it meets the projection of Hindoo Coosh and the range
25 of Solimauii, whicli prevent its further progress in that direction, or,
26 at least compel it to part with the clouds with which it was loaded.
27 Tlie viYvct of the mountains in stopping the clouds borne by this
28 wind, is different in different places. Near the sea, where the clouds
29 are still in a deep mass, part is discharg( d on the hills and the coun-
30 try beneatli tli la, and part passes uj) to the north-west; iMit part
31 makes its way over the first hills, and produces the rains in Tibet*
32 In the latitude of Cashmeer, where the hills are considerably ex-
33 hausted, this last division is little perceived : the southern face of
34 tiie hills and the country still farther south it> watered } and a part of
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