PROGNOSTICS CONTINUED. 187 



THE SIGNS OF A TEMPEST ARE THESE I 



For ere the rising winds begin to roar. 

 The working sea advances to the shore ; 

 Soft whispers run along the kafy woods, 

 And mountains whistle to the murni'ring floods ; 

 And chart" with eddying wings is toss'd around, 

 Ant^ dancing leaves are lifted from the ground, 

 And tloating feathers on the water play. 



DUVDEn'S VIRGIL, 

 PROGNOSTICS CONTINUED. 



20th Rule. If the last eighteen days of Fe- 

 bruary, and the first ten days of March,* are for 

 the most part rainy, then the spring and summer 

 quarters will be so too : and I never knew a great 

 drought but it entered in at that season. 



2lsRule. If the latter end of Octoher and 

 beginning of November are for the most part 

 warm and rainv, then January and February are 

 Jikely to be frosty and cold, except after a very 

 dry summer. 



22d Rule. If there is frost and snow in October 

 and November^ then January and February are 

 hkely to be open and mild. 



Mr. Claridge gives us the following observa- 

 tions made by our forefathers : 



Jan i veer freeze the pot by the fire. 



If the grass grows in J a ni veer, 



It grows the worse for't all the year. 



The Welshman had rather see his datn on thebier, 



Than see a fair Februeer. 



March wind and May sun 



Makes clothes white and maids dun. 



• Old style. 



