Note 592 — Chapter VI · THE FINDING OF STRANGE COASTS.

Footnote 592: "The strength of the trade-winds depends entirely upon the difference in temperature between the equator and the pole; the greater the difference, the stronger the wind. Now, at the present time, the south pole is much colder than the north pole, and the southern trades are consequently much stronger than the northern, so that the neutral zone in which they meet lies some five degrees north of the equator." Excursions of an Evolutionist, p. 64.[Back to Main Text]