Note 160 — Journaal

wijffel maent = kentering-maand. Vgl.: “opdat wij gesamender handt met een goede vloote in ’t weyffelen van ’t mousson weder naer Java mogen keeren.” (G.G. Coen naar de Molukken ddo 18 Febr. 1619.—Coen, uitg. Colenbrander, II, 1920, bl. 512).—“Southerly winds blow from the middle of May, and often even from April, until the end of August. On the Sea of Japan southwest winds (south-west monsoon) prevail.... The Southwest monsoon, which sets in in April ... prevails until the middle or end of September.... But the regularity with which the monsoons set in and blow on the Chinese coasts is unknown in Japan.... North and West winds prevail in winter, South and East winds in summer” ... “North-east monsoon is inapplicable to the coasts of Japan and their vicinity, with the exception of the southerly islands.” (Dr. J.J. Rein, The Climate of Japan, Transactions Asiatic Society of Japan. Vol. VI, Part III, 1878, bl. 507, 509).—“... goedgevonden te recommanderen die costelijcke retourschepen uijt Japan nae Taijouan vóór 15, 20–25 October niet te largeren als wanneer den noordewint stant heeft gegrepen ende geen suijde stormen ... meer te verwachten zijn” (Regeering Batavia naar Taijoan, 2 Mei 1644).