^ROfrNOSpripS OF T|tB WEATHER. J5j5 



cloucjs, then expeft great ^orms of hail; white clouds infum* 

 mer are a fign of hail, but in winter they denote fnow, efpe- 

 cially when we perceive the air to be a httle warm; in fpring 

 .or winter when clouds appear of 4 blueifti white^ and expand 

 much, expert fmall hail or drizjsling, which properly is no 

 other tlian frozen mifts. 



Signs of Thunder. ^ , ^ . . 



Meteors fhooting in the fummer's evening, or chops and clefts Thunder^ 

 In the earth, when the weather is fultry, always foretell thun- 

 der is nigh; in fummer or harveft, when the wind has been 

 fouth two or three days, and the thermometer high, and clouds 

 rife with great white tops like towers, as if one were upon 

 the top of another and joined with black on the nether lide, 

 expe(^ rain and thunder fuddenly ; if two fuch clouds arife, 

 one on either hand, it is then time to look for fhelter, as the 

 thunder is very nigh« 



N.B. It is obferved that it thunders moft with a fouth wind 

 ;and leafl with an eail. 



Signs of Cold and Frojiy Weather. 



Sea-pyes, ftarlings, fieldfares, with other migratory birds Cold and fr«fty« 

 appearing early, denote ^ cold feafon to enfue; the early ap- 

 pearance of fmall birds in flocks and of robin redjrbreafts near 

 houfes; fun in harveft after fetting in a raid or broaden than 

 u(i|al; moqn bright, with iharp horns, after change; wind 

 ftiifting to the eaft or north after change; iky full of twinking 

 ftars; fmall clouds hovering low in the north; fnow falling 

 fmall, while clouds appear on heaps like roclts. 



N. B. Frofts in autumn are always fucceeded with rain. 



^ignt of Thaw. 

 Snow falling in large flakes while the wind is at fouth; Thaw, 

 cracks appearing in the ice ; fun looking waterith ; the moon's 

 hornsblunted; (lars looking dull ; wind turning to the fouth; 

 wind extremely ihifting ; it is alfo obferved, that, if 06lober 

 and November be froft and fnow, January and February are 

 ^ike to be open and mild. 



Signs of Drought. 

 Fair weather for a week together, while the wind is all that Drought. 

 iime in the fouth, is, for the mofl part, followed by a great 



drought; 



