f0 Ohfervatiom on 



Jiound, even at eight or ten paces diilant^ 

 efpecially on the windy fide, may have his 

 portion, 



I adviie all Gentlemen who delight in 

 hunting, to provide themfelves with a ba*- 

 rometer, or weather ^-glafs. I am forry to 

 fay, that this inilrviment, though a fine in-r 

 vention, is flill imperfectly underftood by 

 the Philofopher as well as the Farmer; ^nd 

 the index generally aqnexed to it, of rain, 

 fair, fettled fair, &;;c, are impertinent and 

 delulive. If the gravity of the air is the 

 caufe of drought, the latter fhould he in 

 proportionate degrees with the former ; and 

 yet we fee the fudden, or extraordinary ri- 

 fing of the mercury a fure prognoflick of 

 ^n approaching change ; we fee it often 

 continue to fall after the rain is over, and 

 we rpay generally obferve the mofl fettled 

 fair^ and the greateffc rains, both happen 

 when it is in a moderate height, By the 

 accounts I have kept, the mercury is com., 

 monly at the highefl marks in dull cloudy 

 weather, yet does it often fall a great deal 

 fafl:er before a few drops or a dry mifl:, than 

 ^n impetuous rain -, and even continue to do 



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