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eight or nine days a'l fair^ and then to come 

 south again. 



loth Rule. It'll turn again out of the south to 

 the north-east with rain, and continues in the 

 nortli-east two days without rain, and neither 

 turns south nor rains the third day, it is hkly to 

 continue north-east two or three months. 



Tlie wind will Huish these turns in three weeks. 



l6th Rule. After a northerly wind, for the 

 most of two moths or more, and then coming 

 south, there are usually three or four fair days 

 at first, and then on the fourth or fifth dav comes 

 rain, or else the wind turns north again and con- 

 tinues dry. 



17th Rule. If it returns to the south within a 

 day or two, without rain, and turns northward 

 with rain, and returns to the south in one or two 

 days, as before, two or three times together after 

 thi's sort, then it is likely to be in the south or 

 south-west two or three months toG:elher, as it 

 was in the north before. 



The winds will finish these turns in a fortnight, 



18th Rule. Fair weather for a week, with a 

 southerly wind, is likely to produce a great 

 drought, if there has been much rain out of the 

 south before. The wind usually turns from the 

 north to south with a quiet wind without rain ; 

 but returns to the north with a" strong wind 

 and rain. The strongest winds are when it turns 

 from south to north by west. 



KJth Rule. If you see a cloud rise against 

 the wind, or side wind, when that cloud comes 

 up to you, the wind will blow the same way the 

 cloud came. The same rule holds of a clear 

 place, when all the sky is equally thick, except 

 one clear edge. 



When the north wind first clears the air, 



