166 BEST'S ART OF 



CHAP. VIII. 



Prognostics of the Weather, independent of the 

 ISarometer, extracted from the he&t Authorities. 



As it is highly necessary that an angler 

 should be able to form a judgment of the change 

 of weather, on which his sport entirely depends ; 

 if he observes the following signs, it will soon 

 become iainiliar to him. 



SIGNS FROM VAPOURS. 



If a white mist in an evening or night is 

 spread over a meadow, wherein there is a river, 

 it will be drawn up by the next morning's sun, 

 and the day will be bright afterwards. 



\V here there are high hills, and the mist which 

 hangs over tne lower lands draw towards the 

 hills in a morning, and rolls up their sides till it 

 covers the top, there will be no rain. 



In some places, if the mist hangs upon the 

 hills, and drags along the woods, instead of 

 overspreading the level grounds, in a morning, it 

 will turn to rain; therefore to judge rightly of 

 the appearances of a fog, it is in some degree 

 necessary to be acquainted with the nature of 

 the country, v 



SIGNS FROM THE CLOUDS. 



It is a very considerable symptom of fair 

 weather, when the clouds decay, and dissolve 



