136 THE WEATHER. 



rainy, then spring and summer quarters are likely 

 to be so. If the latter end of October and begin- 

 ning of November, be for the most part warm and 

 rainy, then January and February are likely to be 

 frosty and cold, except after a very dry sum- 

 mer. If October and November be frosty, then 

 January and February are likely to be open and 

 mild. Generally, a moist and cool summer portends 

 a hard winter; a hot and dry summer and autumn, 

 especially if the heat and drought extend far into 

 September, portend an open beginning of winter, 

 and cold towards the latter part of it and the begin- 

 ning of spring. A warm and open winter portends 

 a hot and dry summer, for the vapors disperse in 

 the winter showers, whereas cold and frost keep 

 them in and convey them to spring and summer. 



Birds that change countries at certain seasons, 

 show the temper of the weather according to the 

 country whence they came ; as in the winter, 

 pigeons, wild ducks and geese, &;c., if they come 

 early, they come away from a hard winter, and 

 when swallows come early, it is followed by a hot 

 summer. 



