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FROGNOSTICS OF THE WEATHER^ 



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Signs of Rain from Beajla. 

 Ramfroiri Afles braying more frequently than ufual; hogs playing^ 



^ ' fcaltering their food, or carrying ftraw in their mouths ; oxeq 



fnuffijig theiair, looking to the fouth, while lying on their right 

 fides, or licking their hooves; cattle grafping for air at noon; 

 calves running violently and gamboling; deer, flieep, or goats, 

 leaping, fighting or pufliing; c^ts wafhing their face and ears ; 

 dogs eagerly fcraping up earth ; foxes barking, or wolves howl- 

 ing; moles throwing up earth more than ufual ; rats and mice 

 more reftlefs than ufual ; a grumbling noife in the belly of 

 hounds. 



Sigm qf Rain from lnftQ.s. 



Jl^ain from in- Worms crawling outof the earth in great abundance; fpidets 



lefts* falling from their webs ; flies dull and reftlefs ; ants haflening 



to their neils ; bees haftening liome, and keeping clofe in 



their hives ; frogs and toads drawing nigh to hpufes; frogs 



croaking from ditches; toads crying on eminences; gnats 



finging more than ufpal; but, if gnats play in the open aifj, 



/^N^ ■ or if hornets, wafps, and glow-worms appear plentifully in 



"^ the evening, or if fpiders webs are feen in the air, or on the 



grafs, or trees^ thefe do a]l denote faiir and warm weather 



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Signs of Rain from the Sun. 

 ILain, from fun. Sun rifing dim or watcrilb ; rifing red with blackifli beams 

 mixed along with his rays; riling in a mufly or muddy colour; 

 fifing red and turning blackilh ; fettirg under a thick cloud ; 

 fetting with a red iky in the eaft. 



N. B. Sudden rains never laft long; but when the air 

 grows thick by degrees, and the fun, moon, and ftars thine 

 dimmer apd diinmer, then it is like to rain fix hours ufually. 



Signs of Wind from the Sun, 



Wind from the ^"" rifing pale and fetting red, with an iris; rifing large in 

 iun. furface ; rifing with a red fky in the north ; felting of a bloody 



colour ; fettirg pale, with one or more dark circles, or ac- 

 companied with red flreaks ; feeming concave or hollow | 

 feeming divided, great ftorms ; parhelia, or meek funs, never 

 appear, but are followed by tempefts. 



