The Monsoons.
The cable news states that the monsoon in India is a failure, and the distress is acute. This certainly is a peculiar way of expressing the lack of a prevailing wind, as tho monsoon ia a regular prevailing wind, though varying in direction and force at different periods of the yoav. The monsoon blows with greatest force and most regularity between
the east coast of Africa ,and Hindustan. A ndrtli-east wind blows over ! this part of the ocean when the sun j is^ in the Southern Hemisphere. ] When the sun crosses the equator, the winds are variable, and gales. ' hurricanes, calms, and thunderstorms occur. The north-east inonsopn blows from November to March ; While the south-west monsoon, which does not extend south of the equator, blows from the end of April to the beginning of October.
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Manawatu Herald, 5 July 1892, Page 2
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137The Monsoons. Manawatu Herald, 5 July 1892, Page 2
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