New-York daily tribune., 1851-08-27

~r,piep inas bss recognized the same organisms
tTsezss, ~ ~ them all and ne traces me D,us
ne OF ~, majority oi theH' :" VIC "-
cf isf g South. America. -. ,..;rAs from, that
isxxss W "a "a lie no there the water whlch -
.rd the rol .be extra tropical North tne PAIN
!, Be rxsel f. trades OF africa auo Alhe''Ut ~
.crec wsscend and become tno ,'id -
-, :hsy eesoe.,bern hemisphere should pass over
sds Of ne ~ 5recip,atiou generally than they
.srcs Of .shle pefiOrmlDg The once OF > Il.
IA 10 y. ahiosn Oyer water instead o' iah1.
's1fs. ife' n,asde winds with ther i0a1 OF Fapof'
Tres - small. take amer ascending IN I, tne
sstff gess a uorth-easteIly direction. lhey
N..orz talhs' a he upper regions OF the ar, IN
es,ss 70 10" - - ,bey cross the TrOplc OF Cancer.
eosTrecton: 49, ., rafn then. between this tropic
~ plses Of 20 he precisely those places which
- tle tees- rains upon tht 'apyf "hlch me
Ssp>ssI., bow over : L. N"'' VIM
s~s1cs eonvey q, trace the path Of these winds
h,ss II we coh .,on.cal regions of the northern
..sash the eve NIL be able 70 loerti'y 1t by ne
sSseshere' We sso clouds for the pa'as oi me WINS
totpTil or ,beir moisture u''s; S,,,h ,gocrc,
,eh IS ibe DRY lana ,o,gh ., coyp.Ty hat S
sOpff pffnca, cannot I'
~a,ered well. coincidence at iea't' that me
IT'S .ae rextra-uopcai IegiohS oi .'T NoI'I,
eounue S,nated TO ihe a. ,roc-,ca ne ,ba, the conn.
,,ies with US O'si tle Great Deserts Oi ASIA, and
% blow, inCio1Sti o., nreciptailOn III Europe.
he disIIicls oi re amap OF MefcatOrs projection,
Le! any .n Taes from the IIopic o, Cahcef 10,
a1d on ofash 10 represeni the probable route and
ward me rp'eh the rsde wsGs Of the two southern
trecon ate hnitt m their general channels oi circu-
Ccn,Assr the Northern continents T., .h,. oo,,,.
zlh Wv he,. cen these TWO mes - 'he cpuii,
TIE oyS ~ the general system OF osphencai
tJ VIM sa, lies uncer the lee OF . L. udoe "'"o
cgeo'd W.. ,,d America g. ,,o b.,,o fire, IN
Ana 70 sho,e those two points on The Equator
sscefian winch the :. T.. trade winds cross
are Trs~ng trayeTsed The grea'eSt extent ol idhu
sH' !, south America, ana theh rom the7e
senac. n,oect lines IN the direction when these
xnos are supposeu " '""'
Eqna1o'l&a or aoinfs will be- one near the mouth OF
Ines Is..or The other not far from the Galapagos
ns i' Aa'Th The par, of The equator between them IS
Isuss erossed by the > +. uadcs-aitcf having
s..Ips,.ed The greatest extent OF lahu nom "hoSe
ttuas ,be supplies OF moisture are most ScaIty
sliss tom ihe Galapagos, through iorence. III
nh. ma smother from the mouth of the Amazon
I,.h I], Aleppo, in Holy Land, would ailer passing
wy Tyon,c OF Cancer, mark upon the SURFACE Oh thc
VA w ,he route Of these winds. ms Is thaI Zee
en e,r which, II such be the system Ol atnOSphef-
oOy', ,,eula,,on ought 10 be scanliy supplied Win
n. photographic Map Of Europe IN johnston
,.dsipbysicsl Atlas, places the region oi aea>t
r..Ss,s,ton between these two lines.
n roud seem that Nature. as II 10 recltiin tnlS
- isnd from the desert, had stationed oy me
90 ~ these winds a succession OF inland seas
..,, them as a line of relays, for supplying WIN
..ss,e this thirsty air. There IS the 1lelltcHa-
ssso sea the Caspian Sea. and the Sea Oi Afai al
- xhch are situated exactly IN thiS OHectloh' ds
eongh these sheets of water were dtslgne1. N the
s,ssd Ns,em OF aqueous arrangements. - supply
IN hesh ,apOT Wlnds that had already ieit enough
lehInd ,bem 10 make an Amazon and an Orln0cO OF.
The andes were once covered b. the sea for theu
tons are nov crowned with the remains OF marine
.,,mss When they and their continent were sub
rergec-sdmittng that Europe IN general oulnne
va,ibep As II now iS-it cannot be supposed, II me
circulation OF vapOr was then such as / supDoSe IL
n5v 10 be- that thc ChmaeS OF ina, part o. the Ola
world which Is under The lee OF those lnouh'ainS'
were then as scantiy supplied With moisture as they
now are When the sea covered South AnerlCa, tue
winds had nearly all the waters which now make tue
Amazon TO br NJ away and to distribute among the
countries situated along the route aSci0Cd 10 tntn
Isthere any evidence that the basin winch nous
the Caspian Sea has been more coplously "aiered
than 1t Is now There Is evidence IN iaNor oil lhe
probability that It has been. for portions Oi mat sea
have retired and lett salt-DedS behind.
II ever the Caspian sea exposed larger surface
for evaporation thar II now does If the precipitation
IN that valley ever exceeded the evaporation rom IT,
as u does in all valleys dTalued into the open sea
neal conditions there And admitting the vapor
springs for that valley To be situated Ia the drecuoi
supposed the rising up OF continent from the bottom
Of the sea or the upheaVal OF "A range ot mountain
NOS their route ln certain parts oi AnoVlca, Atuc
o. Span might have been sufficient Ia rob the an o
nt moisture which II was wont Ia carry away an
rec.p ate upon tins great inland basin see hoN
ne Andes have made Atacama a desert ana q
Western Peru a TaiulesS country, simply Icy IN
nsng OF mountain range between these region
and their vapOf springs
Ishall, after describing the lines which inciu :
hat part OF Asia that = under the Tee of the 81
uade wind Africa, return again 10 IA consideration
lAH subject
Ths, part of Asia, then, which IS under the Ire q
Sc trade wind Africa hes To the North oi The Tro
pic Of Cancer and between two lines. the one pas
sing through Cape PalmaS and Medina, the cihe
through Acen and Delni.
Being extended 10 the Equator, they VIII mcmd
that part Of II which is crossed by the contincnta
rade.wnds Of Africa, after they have traN erSc,
The greatest extent Oi land surface
The range which lies between the two iincs Nhlcl
niresen, the course OF the American winds and Va
Po's, and The two lines which represent The cou>
oi the Ancan winds and taporS. Is The range Whicl
Nunder The lee of winds that have for the most par
hEened water surface, or the ocean, n their cur
cut ass T. trade-WlndS. But a bare inspection q
tie chart viii show that the : l. tradc-WndS whlci
efess The Equator between long. ID ami 30 W. an'
sAch are supposed 70 blON over INTO thlS hcml>
had as well as water. THAI Il Is pfcc >oiy thOS,
winds which m tie summer and Fan are converted
nloS ". mOnsOOnS for Supplying the Whole eXten
@ Guinea with rams and rivers. Those WINDS
hereioIe II would seem. leave much OF their mOls
Mfe behndthem, and pass along To their channels II
The grand system Of clrcuailOns, for The most par
as dfs winds Moreover, II Is not 20 be supposed
lhai The channels through Which the winds that eros:
NE Equator at the several places hamcd. are a.
@aPy dehntG IN nature as the lines suggested
Would represent them 10 DO
tae whole region of the extra tropical Old World
SI ncuced within the ranges marked, Is the
sssawhch has mos, land 70 Winiward OF It N the
SCs'Aen Hemisphere
NoSss curious that All the great cNtrd-iropical
seNS@th The Earth, with those regions N Europe
& ~ asa which have the least amount % prcciplla-
's sOo tfoa them, should lie within this rangc. That
@'' are situated under the lee of the southern Con-
asae and have hut hltle ram, NAV De a coincidence,
s-nii But that these deserts of the Old World are
S~~ snete they aIc. i no cOmcltence-nO accl-
s .A They are placed Where they are. aad rs they
,sg oeslgn and N beng So placed, l, Was M
Ssseu That ,hev ShOull SuhScpe some Grand pur
~ u 'le terrestrial economy.
a .Aassee, therefore. II Ne can discover any marks
,,. SA oesien-any OF the purposes oi >uch an AZ
,ssenenl and tnce any connection between that
:. ,1.stment and the SuppoSiton which maintain,
'ae place whence the winds that blow over
xeSoHs deuyc their vaporS
q sh ee remarked at once that all the milan seas
ksa and all those Of Europe, except the semi
no.. water guls o. the Ncr;h, are wlhln this
IhAIN