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of God speaking by the eloquence of his handmaid 

 Nature, harmonizes the mind and prepares it for 

 the particular duties of the respective seasons.'* 



TEMPUS AESTIVALE, LATE SUMMER 



SEASON. 



Astronomy.—© a July 22, rises IV. 6, 

 sets VII. 54. 



1TJ2 Aug. 22, rises IV. 57, sets VII. 3. 



The Northern Crown, the bright star in the 

 Harp, the Eagle, and the Swan, are stiU prominent 

 crossing the Heavens in the evening, while the 

 Scorpion is yet discernable in the south. In the 

 latter part of the season Arcturus setting in the 

 west is a conspicuous star. The Pleiades, Hya- 

 des, and Aldebaran are also seen rising in the 

 Eastern Hemisphere late at night and towards the 

 end of summer. 



The Weather is often very hot at the be- 

 ginning of this season, at other tunes, it is cha- 

 racterized by a succession of rapid showers. 

 Storms of thunder and lightning also occur very 



* See more particulars in " Medicina Simplex, or the Pilgrim's 

 Waybook ; being a treatise on the means of a long life and 

 healthy old age, founded on rules of diet, and the knowledge of 

 the reciprocal influence of the body and mind on each other. By 

 T. I. Marie Forster, F.L.S. &c. 1832. 



