Variation in the Pacifick Ocean.
Passing the Strait of Magellan the deviation on the shore of Peru is toward
the south-east, _i.e._, from the south toward the east. And a similar
deflection would be continued along the whole coast of Peru as far as the
æquator. In a higher latitude up to 45 deg. the variation is greater than
near the æquator; and the deflection toward the south-east is in nearly the
same proportion as was the deviation from the south toward the west on the
eastern shore of South America. From the æquator toward the North there is
little or no variation until one comes to New Galicia; and thence along the
whole shore as far as Quivira the inclination is from the north toward the
east.
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