188 best's art of AiNGLING. 



AVhen April biows bis liorn, 

 'Tis good both for hay and corn. 

 An April flood 



Carries awav the froo; and her brood. 

 A cold May and v.'indy 

 Makes a fidl barn and a findy. 

 A Mav flood never did Q'ood. 

 A swarm ot bees iu IVI ay- 

 Is worth a load of hay. 

 But a swarm in in July 

 Is not worth a tiy. ♦ 



The following Rules are laid down by Lord Bacon : 



If the wainscot or walls that used to sw^eat be 

 drier than usual, in the beginning of winter, or 

 the eves of houses drop more slowly than or- 

 dinary, it portends a hard and frosty winter; for 

 it shews an inclination in the air to dry weather, 

 which, in winter, isahvavs joined with frost. 



Generally, a moist and cold summer portends a 

 hard winter. 



A hot and dry summer and autumn, especially 

 if the heat and drought extend far into Septem- 

 ber, portend an open beginning of winter, and 

 cold to succeed tow^ards the latter part, and begin- 

 ning of spring. 



A warm and open winter portends a hot and 

 dry summer, for the vapours disperse into the 

 winter showers; whereas cold and frost keep them 

 in, and conv<"y them to the late spring and fol- 

 lowing summer. 



Birds that change countries at certain seasons, 

 if they come earl}^. shew the temper of the wea- 

 ther, according to the country whence they came; 

 as, in winter v/oodcocks, snipes, fieldfares, &c. if 

 they come early, shew a cold winter ; and the 



