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changes of the atmosphere. Sheep, howeTer, when they skip 

 and frisk with their clumsy gambols,"' afford us similar prog- 

 nostics ; oxen, when they snuff upwards towards the sky, and 

 lick" themselves against the hair ; unclean swine, when they 

 tear to pieces the trusses of hay that are put for other ani- 

 mals ;'^^ bees, when, contrary to their natural habits of indus- 

 trj, they keep close within the hive ; ants, when they hurry 

 to and fro, or are seen carrying forth their eggs ; and earth- 

 worms,^* emerging from their holes — all these indicate ap- 

 proaching changes in the weather. 



CHAP. 89. PKOGNOg^ICS DERIVED FKOIT PLANTS. 



It is a well-known fact, that trefoil bristles up, and its leaves 

 stand erect, upon the approach of a tempest. 



CHAP. 90. PEOGNOSTICS DERIVED FROM FOOD. 



At our repasts, too, and upon our tables, when we see the 

 vessels sweat in which the viands are served, and leave marks 

 upon the side-board,-° it is an indication that a dreadful storm 

 is impending. 



SriiMARY. — Remarkable facts, narratives, and observations, 

 two thousand and sixty. 



EoMAN AUTHORS QUOTED.— Massurius Sabinus,^^ Cassius He- 

 mina,^' Verrius ilaccus,-® L. Piso,-^ Cornelius Celsus,^*' Turra- 

 nius Gracilis,^' D. Silanus,^^ M. Yarro,^^ Cato the Censor,^"* 

 Scrofa,^^ the Sasernse,^^ father and son, Domitius Calvinus,^^ 



21 Indecora lascivia. 



22 Fee suggests tliat they probably do this to diminish the electric fluid 



