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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 



