178 BEST'S ART OF A NGLING. 



and walks alone on the sea-shore, or on the 

 banks of rivers and pools. Thus Virgil, in the 

 first Georgic. 



Turn comix rauca pluviair^ vocat improba voce, 

 Et sola in sicca secuin spatiatur arena. 



The crow with clamorous cries the shower demands, 

 And single stalks along the desert sands. 



DRYDEN. 



Pliny makes the same observation, in the 

 3oth chap, of his 18th book : Et cum terrestes 

 volucres contra aquas clangores fundeutes sese 

 fted maxirne comix : ' It is a sign of rain, when 

 land-fowl, and especially crows, are clamorous 

 near waters, and wash themselves." 



Horace also expresses himself to the same 

 purpose, in the 17th Ode of the third book, 

 where he says, 



Aquae; nisi fallit augur, 



Annosa cor nix* 



" unless in vain 



Cioaks the oid crow presaging rain.** 



Likewise in the 27th Ode of the same book, 

 he calls the crow, divinam imbiium immmm- 

 tium ; prophetic of impending showers. 



* 



MORE PROGNOSTICS OF THE WEATHER, TAKEN 

 FROM THE SUN, MOON, AND STARS. 



1st Rule. If the sun rise red and fiery, wind 

 and rain. 



2d Rule. If cloudy, and the clouds soon de- 

 crease certain fair weather. 



These rules may be extended to all the hea~ 



