108 ON THE WEATHER. 



rain, and is often attended with a flood. If the wind blows 

 from the south, south-west, or west, on the twentieth, 

 twenty-first, and the twenty- second of March, June, Sep- 

 tember, or December, rain will prevail most of that quar- 

 ter ; if from the east, north, or north-east, you may de- 

 pend upon fair weather. 



"Whene'er, dear brothers, you shall go to fish, 



I wish you spoil to take a handsome dish 



Of carp, tench, pike, perch, dace or roach, 



By angling fair 1 pray you never poach, 



But first, good Sirs, a useful lesson take, 



From a brother bob, an angling rake 



Before you quit your home look round and think, 



If all your traps are right with cash for meat and drink ; 



Flies, worms, gentles, and paste you must provide 



Good lines, floats, plummets, and spare hooks besides ; 



And when your sport is done, bear this in mind, 



Look well about that nought is left behind, 1 ' 



CHEETHAM, PRINTER, 11, CROSS-STREET. MANCHESTER, 



