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point out in the North Sea corresponding to the track 

 of the cyclone. 



At or near this point, however, the wind will be 

 found to be easterly, and therefore dense and cold. It 

 opposes the further progress of the light, warm, moist 

 sou'-west wind like a solid wall. What is the sou'- 

 wester to do ? It mounts the cold obstacle as it would 

 the side of a Yorkshire hill, and with the same result 

 condensation and precipitation. Hence there is rain 

 from the east or south-east in the pleasant countryside 

 of the East Riding. But much depends upon the 

 position of the cyclone's centre. That, I take it, is 

 why the east or south-east rains are comparatively 

 infrequent. 



RED SUNSETS 



What does a red sky in the evening really portend ? 

 Fine weather, most people would answer. And they 

 would be supported in their belief by no end of proverbs 

 and sayings. In Mr. Richard Inward's entertaining 

 book on weather lore, for instance, we find this rhyme : 



The evening red and the morning grey 

 Are tokens of a bonny day. 



That is of Scottish origin, but France, Italy and 

 Germany have all the same idea. 



And how often have I myself, when a boy at the 

 seaside, repeated that 



A red sky at night 

 Is the sailor's delight. 



Further, have we not in the Scripture : " When it is 

 evening, ye say, It will be fair weather ; for the sky is 

 red." 



