SIGNS FROM THE SUN, &C. 1(J9 



When such a tiery redness, together vvitli a 

 raggedtlness ot" the clouds, extends towards the 

 zenith in an evening, the wind wiU be high from 

 the west or south-west, attended with rain some- 

 times with a flood : before the late dreadful hur- 

 ricane of ]7S0, at Barbadoes and the other 

 West-India Islands, a redness like fire was ob- 

 served all over the sky. When the sky, in a 

 rainy season is tinged with sea-green colour, 

 near the horizon, when it ought to be blue, the 

 rain will continue and increase it' it is of a deep 

 dead blue, it is abundantly loaded with vapours, 

 and the weather will be showery. 



SIGNS FROM THE SVNf MOOX, AND STARS, 



When there is a haziness aloft in the air, so 

 that the sun's light fades by degrees, and his orb 

 looks whitish and ill-defined^ it is one of the 

 most certain signs of rain. 



If the moon and stars grow dim in the night, 

 with the like haziness in the air, and a ring or 

 halo appears round the moon, rain will be the 

 consequence. 



If the rays of the sun, breaking through the 

 clouds, are visible in the air, and appear like 

 those horns of irradiation which painters usual- 

 ly place upon the head of \^1oses, the air is 

 sensibly filled with vapours, which reflect the 

 rays to the sight, and these vapours will soon 

 produce rain. 



If the sun appears white at his setting, or 

 shorn of his rays, or goes down into a bank of 

 clouds, which lie in the horizon ; all these are 

 signs of approaching or continuing bad wea- 

 ther. 



U the moon looks pale and dim, we are to ex- 



