SIGNS FROM THE SUN, &C. l6i 



SIGNS FROM THE SUN, MOON, AND STARS. 



When there is a haziness aloft in the air, so 

 that the sun's light fades by degrees, and his orb 

 looks whitish and ill-defined, it is one of the 

 most certain signs of rain. 



If the moon and stars grow dim in the night, 

 with the like haziness in the air, and a ring or 

 bole appears round the moon, rain will be the 

 consequence. 



If the rays of the sun, breaking through the 

 clouds, are visible in the air, and appear like 

 those horns of irradiation which painters usually 

 place upon the head of Moses, the air is sensibly 

 filled with vapours, which reflect the rays to the 

 sight, and those vapours will soon produce rain. 



If the sun appears white at his setting, or 

 shorn of his rays, or goes down into a bank of 

 clouds, which lie in the horizon ; all these are 

 signs of approaching or continuing bad 

 weather. 



If the moon looks pale and dim, we are to ex- 

 pect rain ; if red, it is a sign of wind ; and if 

 white, and of her natural colour, and the sky 

 clear, it will be fair weather, according to a poe- 

 tical adage 1 . 



If a new moon happens at twelve at night, 

 rain is lately observed to fol'ovv. 



PALLIDA LUNA PLUIT, RUBICUNDA FLAT, ALBA SCRENAT, 



If the moon is rainy throughput her course, it 

 will clear up at the ensuing change, and the rain 

 will probably commence auain in a few days af- 

 ter, and continue ; ir', on the contrary , the moon 

 has been fair throughout, and it rains at the 

 change, the fair weather will probably be res- 



