t^d ttieUorohgical Axioms. 



time of the equinoxes will be the prevailing wind during the 

 next fix months. 



5. A frefh breeze always fprings up before fun-rife, efpe- 

 cially in fummer. 



6. In the neighbourhood of the fea there is a periodical 

 land and a fea breeze. 



7. Violent winds are more prevalent in the neighbourhood 

 of mountains than in the open plains. 



IV. 



Of Rain and Evaporation. 



1. Rain is more frequent in winter than in fummer, but 

 more abundant in fummer than in winter. 



2. It is alfo more abundant, but lefs common, in fouthern 

 countries, than in thofc where the temperature is cold and 

 iroderate. 



3. The increafe and decreafe of rivers are not always in 

 proportion to the quantity of the rain which falls. 



4. The quantity of rain is greater in low than in high 

 diflrifls, and ftill more fo in the neighbourhood of forefts 

 and mountains. 



5. The quantity of evaporation generally exceeds that of 

 tlie rain. 



6. The greater the heat, the ftronger the evaporation. 



7. It is greater aifo while the wind blows from the northern 

 regions, than when it comes from the fouthern. 



8. In the laft place, it is greater during dry and cold, than 

 during moift and warm, weather. 



9. The greateft drought indicated by the hygrometer takes 

 place in April. 



V. 

 jitmojpheric ElcBricity. 



1. EIe6lricitv manifefts itfelf oftener without florms than 

 with them. 



2. It is occafioned more frequently by dry than by rainy 

 clouds, 



3. It is oftcner pofitive than negative, particularly when 

 occafioned by ftationary clouds, becaufe thefe, without doubt, 



are 



