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10th Rule. Ageneral mist before the sun rises, 

 near the full moon, fair weather. 



MORE PROGNOSTICS TAKEN FROM RAIN. 



llth Rule. Sudden rains never last long: but 

 when the air grows thick by degrees, and the sun, 

 moon, and stars, shine dimmer and dimmer, it is 

 likely to rain six hours usually. 



12th Rule. If it begins to rain from the south, 

 wkh a high wind, for two or three hours, and the 

 wind falls, but the rain continues, it is likely to 

 rain twelve hours or more ; and does ucually rain 

 till a strong north wind clears the air : these long 

 rains seldom hold abovt, twelve hours, or happen 

 above once a year. " In an inland country/' 

 says Mr. Mills, " it may not rain for more than 

 twelve hours successively ; but I doubt this will 

 hold a genera! rule, either of its duration or fre- 

 quency, in all places 5 for, near the sea, rains 

 happen often, which last a whole day/' 



13th Rule. If it begins to rain an hour or two 

 before sun-rising, it is likely to be fair before 

 noon, and to continue so that day; but if the 

 rain begins an hour or two after sun- rising, it is 

 likely to rain all that day, except the rainbow be 

 seen before it rains. 



Mr. Worlidge's signs of rain are the following : 



( The audibility of sound are certain prognos- 

 tics of the temper of the air in a still evening ; 

 for if the air is replete with ixioisture over us, it 

 depresses the sounds, so that they become audible 

 to a greater distance than when the air is free 

 from such moisture and vapours. From whence 

 you may conclude, that in such nights, or other 

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