Word: trade-wind
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...come, when suffering in mind and body from the evil nature of man, the ingratitude of princes, and the frowns of Providence, Columbus may have sought consolation in the memory of those bright November days of 1493, the fleet gaily coasting along the lofty verdure-clad Antilles with trade-wind clouds piling up over their summits and rainbows bridging their deep-cleft valleys; of the nights when he lay quietly at anchor in the lee of the land with his gallant fleet all about, stars of incredible brightness overhead, and hearty voices joining in the evening hymn to the Blessed...
Last summer an expedition was sent to the eastern Atlantic to explore the atmosphere above the northeast trade-wind, and during the total solar eclipse of August 30 meteorological observations were made at Burgos, Spain...
...trade-wind that I meet...
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