H)() best's aht of angling. 



CHAP. VIII. 



Prognostics of the Weather ^ imJepotdeiit of the 

 the Barometer^ extracted from the best Autho^ 

 rities. 



AS it is highly necessary that an angler 

 should be able to form a judgment of the 

 change of weather, on which his sport entirely 

 depends; if he observes the following signs, it 

 will soon become familiar to him. 



SIGNS FROM VAPOURS. 



If a white mist in an evening or night is 

 spread over a meadow, wlierein there is a river, 

 it will be drawn up by the next morning's sun, 

 and the day will be bright afterwards. 



Where there are higii hills, and the mist which 

 hano's over the lower lands draw towards the 

 hills in a morning, and rolls up their sides till it 

 covers tlie top, there will be no rain. 



In some places, if the mist hangs upon the 

 hills, and drags alon^ the woods, instead of 

 overspreading the ievel grounds, in a morning, it 

 will turn to rain; therefore to judge rightly of 

 the appearances of a fog, it is in some degree 

 necessary to be acquainted with the nature of 

 the country. 



SIGNS FROM THE CLOUDS. 



It is a very considerable symptom of fair 

 >veather, when the cloud* decay, and dissolve 



