A. Because when Arabia, Persia, India, and China, are exposed to the enormous heat of their summer sun, the _air is so rarefied_, that the colder air from the south pole rushes _towards these nations_, and not to the _equator_; in consequence of which, a SOUTH-WEST wind is produced for _six months of the year_. Q. _How does it blow for the OTHER 6 months?_ A. When the sun has left the _northern_ side of the equator for the _southern_, then the _southern part of the torrid zone_ is most heated; and the cold air from the north (rushing towards the southern tropic) is diverted to the NORTH-EAST, where it continues for the _other_ six months of the year. Q. _What are the six-month trade winds called?_ A. They are called MONSOONS; and blow from the _north-east_ from September to April, and from the _south-west_ for the _other_ six months of the year. Q. _Have WE any regular winds in ENGLAND?_ A. No; our island (having a _continent on one side_, and a _sea on the other_) has a most _variable_ climate. Q. _Have the winds in England NO general direction throughout the year?_ A. We generally find that _easterly_ winds prevail during the _spring_ of the year, and _westerly_ winds are most common in the _summer_ and _autumn_. S-West winds are most frequent in July and August. N-East winds in January, March, April, May, June; and most seldom in July, September, and December. Q. _When are the WINDS in ENGLAND generally the HIGHEST?_ A. The winds in December and January are generally the highest. Those in February and November the next; and those in August and September the least boisterous. Q. _Why are the winds of Europe generally HIGHEST in DECEMBER and JANUARY?_ A. Because the sun is _furthest south_ in those months; and (as the heat in these northern regions rapidly _decreases_) the _contrast between our temperature_ and that of the _torrid zone_ is greater in December and January, than in any _other_ two months throughout the year. Q. _Why does this CONTRAST of heat increase the VIOLENCE of the WINDS?_ A. As the air always seeks to _preserve an equilibrium_, therefore the _greater the contrast_, the more violent will be the rush of air to _equalize_ the two volumes. Q. _Why are the winds in Europe generally the most PLACID during the months of SEPTEMBER and AUGUST?_ A. August and September are our _warmest months_, when we approach nearer to the heat of the torrid zone than in any _other two months_; therefore, the air (to and from the equator) _moves with less velocity_ in our northern hemisphere. Q. _Show the GOODNESS and WISDOM of GOD in the constant tendency of air to equilibrium._ A. If the cool air of the polar regions did not rush into the torrid zone, _it would become so hot_, that no human being could endure it. If (on the other hand) the hot air from the torrid zone did not modify the polar regions, they would soon become _insufferably cold_. Q. _Why are EAST WINDS in England generally DRY?_