170 best's art of angling. 



pect rain ; if red, it is a sign of wind ; and if 

 white, and of her natural colour, and the sky 

 clear, it will be fair weather, according to a 

 poetical adage. 



Pallida luna pluit, rubicunda flat, alba serenat. 



If the moon is rainy throughout her course^ 

 it will clear up at the ensuing change, and the 

 rain will probably commence again in a few 

 days after, and continue ; if, on the contrary, 

 the moon has been fair throughout, and it rains 

 at the change, the fair weather will probably 

 be restored about the fourth or fifth day of the 

 moon, and continue as before. 



Sin ortu quarto (iiamque is certissimus autor) 

 Pura, neque obtusis per calum cornibus ibit, 

 Totus et ille dies, et qui nascentur ab illo 

 Exactum ad mensem, pluvia ventisque carebunt. 



Virg. Gecrg. 132. 



But four nights old, (for that^s the surest sign,) 



With sharpened horns, if glorious then she shine: 



Next day, not only that, bui all the moon, 



'Till her revolving race be wholly ran, 



Are void of tempests. Dryden. 



N. B. A gentleman who cuts hay for his own 

 consumption, will seldom fail to find his account 

 in marking this observation ; but a farmer who 

 has much business to do, cannot contract his 

 work into so small a compass, as to save him- 

 self by the benefit of this observation, because 

 some of his work must be done to make way 

 for the rest. 



