154* PROGNOSTICS OF THE WEATHER, 



Sigrii of Wind from inanimate Bodies. 



J^imate bTJeT Winds fhifting to the oppofite point; fea calm, with amur. 

 muring noife; a murmuring noife from the woods and rocks; 

 when the air is calm; leaves and feathers feeniing much agi- 

 tated; tides high when the thermometer is high; trembling or 

 flexuous burning of flames; coal burning white with a mur- 

 muring noife; thunder in the morning with a clear Iky ; thun- 

 der from the north. 



N, B. Whenfoever the wind begins to ftiift, it will not reft 

 till it comes to the oppofite point; and, if the wind be in the 

 north, it will be cold; if in the norlh-eaft colder; if in the 

 fputh ; ^t brings rain ; but if in the foulh-weft more rain. 



Signs of Rain ceafn}g. 

 R^lnceafipg, The fudden clofing of gaps in the earth; the remarkable 



rifing of fprings or rivers ; if the rain begins an hour or two 

 before fun rife it is like to be fair ere noon ; but if an hour or 

 two after fun-rife, it for the moft part, happens to continue all 

 day and then to ceafe; when it begins to rain from the fouth 

 with a high wind for two or three hours, and that the wind 

 falls, and it ftill continues raining, it is then like to continue 

 for twelve hours or more, and then to ceafe. 



N. B. Thefe long rains feldom happen to hold above twenty- 

 four hours, or b^pperx above once a year. 



Signs of Wind ceafng. 

 Wind ccafing, -A hafty (bower after raging winds is a fure lign of the ftorra 

 being near an end. If the water ruckles and frequent bubbles 

 arife, or if the halcyon or kings-fifljer attempts the fea while 

 the ftorraJafts, or moles come out of their hples, or fparrows 

 chirp merrily, thefe are all certain figns of the ftorm ceafing 

 Both fea and frefti water fi flies by their frequent rifing and flut- 

 tering on the furface of the water, foretell iheftorm nigh over, 

 but efpecially dolphins fpouting up water in a ftorm Ibretell a, 

 calm. 



N. B. Let the wind be in what quarter it vvill upon the neyf 

 moon, it prefently changes. 



Sigm of Hail, 

 Kail. Clouds while. Inclining to yellow, and moving heavily 



though the wind be high is a fure fjgn of hail; if the eaftern- 

 Iky before fun* rife be pale, and relracU'd rays appear in thick 

 - clouds^ 



