1892.] -^^y [Briutou. 



Seasons, Weather, etc. 



Evening red and morning gray- 

 Will send the traveler on liis way. 



A dried snake hung up in a draught will produce a rain. 



A star near the moon means a storm. 



The first three days of a month declare its character. 



On the second of July the Virgin Mary goes to visit her cousin Eliza- 

 beth ; the weather on that day indicates the weather for the next six 

 weeks, that being the length of the visit. 



A green Christmas means a white Easter. 



The departure and return of wild geese and crows announces winter 

 and spring. 



When the white side of the leaves is exposed by the wind a storm ap- 

 proaches. 



When the dandelions are closed there will be rain. 



In the spring there comes the blossom storm. 



There is always a heavy storm to fill the streams before they freeze. 



On the 2d of August comes the Lammas floods. 



Ember days indicate the weather of the seasons. 



The rain that makes large bubbles as it falls will be of long continu- 

 ance. 



If it clears up at night, the next night will be rainy. 



Further Notes on Fuegian Languages. 



By D. G. Brinton, M.D., LL.D. 



{Read before the American Philosophical Society, May 6, i8g2.) 



Since the publication of my study on the Patagonian and Fue- 

 gian dialects in the Proceedings of the American Philosophical 

 Society (No. 137, 1892), several important vocabularies have come 

 to my notice. 



