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afternoon, yet sometimes varies according to the 

 period of the electrical change in the air. I 

 have experienced this very thing repeatedly, 

 and have sometimes said during fine weather, 

 that I suddenly felt certain that there existed a 

 distant Storm somewhere, not very far off, 

 which has been afterwards proved to be true, by 

 our observing the Scud or broken fragments of 

 nimbus flying along in the Wind. Now an 

 electrified cloud will produce a sphere of non- 

 electrified air around it, and beyond that throw 

 the atmosphere into an opposite Electricity. 

 Whether the positive, the negative, or the non- 

 electrified portion of air produces the headache, 

 is as yet undiscovered. 



SECTION VIII. 



Proverbs relating to the Months, Seasons, c. 



PROVERBIAL phrases and adages are generally 

 founded on observation, and these are the less 

 likely to be compared with false and vain 

 theories, because they are the philosophy of 

 the unlettered hinds, who have nothing but ex- 

 perience to go upon in establishing rules. 'That 



