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average strength. He can adjust the latter if he only pos- 
sesses the former. 
Gentlemen who wish to employ the services of a pro- 
fessional puntsman will find that good and skilful men of this 
class who are able to pole and scull well, and who have a true 
knowledge of wildfowl, are hard to get, especially at the 
seasons required. However, there are plenty of likely chaps 
to be got who can be trained. But this takes time, as well as 
money, added to the uncertainty of final success, for men of 
the clever wildfowler class are, in country parlance, said to 
be born, not made. Really good professional men willing to 
be engaged are scarce. When one is found, keep him ; for 
a good man is always worth his money. 
We annex the weather warnings:—Long warned, get 
armed; long foretold, long last; short notice, soon past. 
When the wind changes against the direction travelled round 
by the sun, it is sure to soon change again, generally 
attended by worse weather. A change of wind from W. to 
E. by N., or E. to W. by S., which is, of course, in the 
direction the sun travels, denotes better weather and more 
settled. 
First rise after very low (barometer) indicates a strong 
wind; a red sunset, fine weather; a red sunrise, sudden 
change to worse weather; a greenish hue at sunset, wind and 
rain; a grey sunrise, fine weather ; a sunrise over dark clouds, 
wind ; a sunrise under dark clouds, fair; variable winds amongst 
the clouds, change of wind in direction of the highest moving 
clouds ; soft-looking clouds, fair weather; dark, heavy-look- 
ing clouds, changeable weather ; clear, still atmosphere, wind 
and rain; small clouds with N. wind, continuance of same 
weather ; shadowed heavy clouds, squalls and rain; fog with 
dew at sunrise, fine weather; winter lightning, storms; wind 
before rain, bad weather, though not for long; rain before 
wind, or with it, foul weather; a sudden clear up during a 
