144 OF PROGNOSTICKS. CHAP. 4. 3. 



the specific nature of the different clouds was 

 attended to ; and the vivid colours of red and 

 crimson seen in this cloud when the sun is near 

 the horizon, gave rise to many proverbs about 

 the red evening, and its favourable omen to 

 the traveller; a remark quite as trite among 

 country people, as the grey morning before a 

 fair day. Both these prognosticks are noticed 

 by Jesus Christ, and recorded by St. Matthew, 

 " But he answered them : in the evening you 

 foretell fair weather when the sky is of a 

 bright red ; and in the morning foul weather 

 when the sky is of a dusky red"* Dappled 

 grey mornings or those marked by the lofty 

 confluent nubeculae of the Sondercloud often 

 usher in a fair warm day.f Indeed the ap- 

 pearance of cirrocumulus in general indicates 



Xeyeie evSid: jfvif.a.gct o ot/favo? Ttpfi 

 uyva,wv o ovpavif. 



Matthew, chap. vi. 2. 

 t An old proverb reminds us, 



An evening red, and a morning grey, 

 Are sure signs of a fine day ; 

 Be the evening grey, and the morning red, 

 Put on your hat, or you'll wet your head. 

 The Italians have : 



Sera rosa e nigro matino 

 Allegra il Pelegrino. 



