J7S best's art of angling, 



and walks i^lone on the sea-shore, or on the 

 banks of rivers and pools. Thus Virgil^ in the 

 firsi Georgic. 



Turn comix rauca pluviam vocat improba voce, 

 Et sola in sicca secum spatiatur arena. 



The crow with clamorous cries the shower demands, 

 And single stalks along the desert sands. 



I>RYDE». 



Pliny makes the same observation, in the 

 3.5th chap, of his 18th book: Et cum terrestes 

 volucres contra aquas clangores fundentes sese 

 sed maxime cornix : * It is a sign of rain^ when 

 land-fowl, and especially (;rows, are clamorous 

 near waters, and wash themselves.' 



Horace also expresses himself to the same 

 purpose, in the i7th Ode of the third book^ 

 where lie says, 



Aqufe nisi faliit augur. 



Annosa cornix. 



" unless in vain 



Croaks the old crow presaging rain." 



Likewise in the £7th Ode of the same book, 

 he calls the crow, divinam imbrium imminent 

 tium; prophetic of impending showers. 



irORE PROGNOSTICS OF THE WEATJTER, TAKEN 

 FROM THE SUN, MOON, AND STARS. 



1st Rule. If the sun rise red and fiery, wind 

 and rain. 



2d Rule. If cloudy, and the clouds soon de- 

 crease certain fair weather. 



1 hese rules may be extended to all the hea- 



