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CHAPTER XIII. 



THE WEATHER. 



The Weather is an important item, and we will 

 add a few general rules to assist our readers in 

 judging of its changes ; premising, however, that our 

 rules are not always infallible. The weather is 

 proverbially fickle in all her predictions and changes, 

 and we can only seize upon such general prognos 

 tics as experience has shown to be correct in ordi 

 nary cases. 



Rule 1st. If the sun rise red and fiery, you may 

 expect wind and rain ; if cloudy, and the clouds 

 soon decrease, certain fair weather ; if in the morn 

 ing some parts of the sky appear green between the 

 clouds, while the sky is blue above, stormy weather 

 is not far off. 



2nd. CLOUDS small, strewed with dapple gray, 

 with a North icind, bring fair weather for two or 

 three days ; clouds that look like large rocks, por 

 tend large showers ; on the other hand, if large 

 clouds decrease, it is a proof of fair weather in 

 summer or harvest time ; if clouds rise with great 

 white tops, and joined together with black on the 

 lowest side, especially if two such clouds arise, 

 make haste for shelter. 



3d. If MIST rises in low grounds and soon van 

 ishes, it is a token of fair weather ; and if it rises 

 high, or to the tops of hills, you may expect rain 

 in a day or two ; a general mist before the sun 

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