i84 best's akt of angling. 



times, when you hear the sound of beJls, noise 

 of water, beasts, birds, or any other sounds or 

 noises, more plainly than at other times, the 

 air is incHneable to rain, which commonly suc- 

 ceeds." 



^ " If the earth, or any moist or fenny places, 

 jield any extraordinary scents, or smells it pre- 

 sages rain.'* 



" If dews lie long in the morning on the grass, 

 &c. it signifies fair weather; but li' they rise or 

 vanish suddenly and early in the morning, it pre- 

 sages rain." 



" There is a small bird of the size and nearly 

 the shape of a marten that at certain times flies 

 "very near the water, which is a most sure proo-- 

 nostic of tempestuous weather; never appear- 

 in.cj but against such weather as hath been con- 

 stantly observed by the boatmen on the Severn 

 and the channel, between the Isle of .Wight and 

 the main-land." 



" Ducks and geese picking their wings, wash- 

 ing themselves much, orcacklino; much, denotes 



ram " 



** If after rain comes a cold wind, there will 

 be more rain." 



The nightly virgin, whilst her wheel she plies, 

 Foresees xhj. storm impending in the skies. 

 When sparkling lamps their sputi'ring light advance, 

 And in their sockets oily bubbles dance. 



dkvden's vircil. 



MORE PROGNOSTICS FR03I THE WIND, 



14th Rule. When the wind turns to north-east, 

 and it continues there two days without rain, and 

 does not turn south the third day, nor rain the 

 third day, it is likely to continue north-east for 



