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Definition
rainy season in southern Asia when wind blows from the southwest
- So that Monsoons, Pampas, Nor'-Westers, Harmattans, Trades; any wind but the Levanter and Simoon, might blow Moby Dick into the devious zig-zag world-circle of the Pequod's circumnavigating wake.Chapters 43-45 — Hark!; The Chart; The Affidavit (30% in)
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