844 MANUAL OF MODERN FARRIERY. 



Immediately after spawning fisli will not take bait ; but in 

 a fortnight or three weeks thereafter, when thej have recovered 

 their strength, tliej will bite greedily at their usual places. 



Thunder and lightning invariably prevent fish from taking 

 bait ; and when summer clouds are the precursors of storms 

 it will be in vain to attempt fishing, although the fish bit 

 well before. And when rivers are much swollen and disco- 

 loured not a fish will be taken, as they will be dispersed in 

 every part of the stream, and have left their usual calm 

 haunts for such situations as they can shelter themselves, 

 and lie so as not to be forced down by the weight of the 

 stream . 



PROGNOSTICS OF THE WEATHER. 



Clouds. — When clouds move in difierent directions, that 

 is, when two opposite currents are observed, especially if that 

 next the earth flies fast before the wind, and if the weather 

 is hot at the time, then the gathering of a thunder-storm 

 may be apprehended. 



When thin, whitish, milky-looking clouds fly swiftly 

 through the atmosphere under those that are more dense, 

 and when scattered clouds appear in clear weather, it is an 

 indication of rain. And when a general cloudiness prevails, 

 with smaller dark fragments of clouds like smoke, driving 

 underneath, rain will shortly follow, althought it will pro- 

 bably not last long. 



If a dense black cloud be seen in the west about sun- 

 setting, and when dark clouds arise suddenly in that quarter, 

 at any time, rain is sure to follow. 



When clouds are formed like fleeces, dark towards the 

 centre, and white at the extremities, with a bright blue sky 

 about them, it may be inferred that they are of a frosty 

 coldness, then consequently they will soon be condensed in 



