lt)8 BKST'S AKT OF ANGLING, 



There is no surer sign of rain than two differ- 

 ent currents of clouds, especially if the under- 

 most flies fast before the wind; and if two such 

 currents appear in the hot weather of the sum- 

 mer, they shew that a thunder storm is gather- 

 ing: but the preparation which precedes a storm 

 of thunder, is so generally understood, that it is, 

 needless to insist upon it minutely. 



SIGNS FROM THE DEW. 



If the dew lies plentifully upon the grass after 

 a fair day, another fair day may be expected to 

 succeed it ; but if after such a day there is no dew 

 upon the ground, and no wind stirring, it is a 

 sign that the vapours go upwards, and that there 

 will be an accumulation above, which must ter- 

 minate in rain. 



SIGNS FROM THE FACE OF THE SKY, 



If those vapours which the heat of the day 

 raises from the earth, are precipitated by the 

 cold air of the night, then the sky is clear in the 

 morning ; but if this does not happen, and they 

 remain still in the air, the light of the morning 

 will be coloured as it was in the evening, and rain 

 will be the consequence. 



There is commonly either a strong dew, or 

 a mist over the ground, between a red evening 

 and a grey morning ; but if a red morning ^uc 

 ceeds, there is no dew. 



It is a bad symptom when a lowering redness 

 is spread too far upwards from the hor.zon, 

 either in the morning or in the evening ; it is 

 succeeded either by rain or wind, and frequently 

 both. 



