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cuckoos, if they come early, show a hot summer 

 to follow, 



A serene autumn denotes a windy winter; a 

 windy winter a rainy spring; a rainy spring, a 

 jerene summer ; a serene summer, a windy au- 

 tumn ; so that the air, on a balance, is seldom 

 debtor to itself; nor do the seasons succeed each 

 other in the same tenor for two years together. 



Mr. Worlidge remarks, that if at the beginning 

 f the winter, the south wind blow, and then tht 

 4iorth, it is likely to be a cold winter ; but if the 

 north wind first blow, and then the south, it will 

 be a warm and mild winter. 



When there are but few nuts, cold and wet 

 harvest generally follow; but when there is a great 

 show of them, hot, heavy, and dry harvests suc- 

 ceed. 



If the oak bears much mast, it foreshews a 

 long and hard winter. The same has been ob- 

 served of hips and haws. 



If broom is full of flowers, it usually signifies 

 plenty. 



Mark well the flow'ring almonds in the wood ; 

 If od'rous blooms the bearing branches load, 

 The glebe will answer to the Sylvan reign, 

 Great heats will follow, and large crojw of grai. 

 But if a wood of leaves o'ershade the tree, 

 Such and so barren will the harvest be. 

 In vain the hind shall vex the threshing floor, 

 For empty chaff and straw will be thy store. 



DRYDEN'S VIRGIL. 



In the preface to this new edition, I have takea 

 notice, that I have not revised any impression of 

 this treatise since the/i/ifA, and at the conclusion of 

 that have observed, " that through the uncer- 

 tainty of life / might not do so again." However, 

 through the blessings of the ALMIGHTY, I am 



