]6'8 BEST'S ART OF ANGLING. 



ADDENDA. 



MORE SIGNS FROM ANIMALS. 



AGAINST rain fleas bite more than common, 

 spiders crawl abroad, bees stir not far from their 

 hives. % On the contrary, spiders' webs in the 

 air, or on the grass or trees, foretel very fair and 

 hot weather ; so do bees when they fly far from 

 their hives, and come late home; and likewise a 

 more than usual appearance of glow-worms by 

 night. Jf gnats play up and down in the open 

 air near sun-set, they presage heat, if in the 

 shade, warm arid mild showers; but if they join 

 in stinging those that pass by them, cold wea- 

 ther and much rain may be expected. Larks 

 rising very high> and continuing to sing for a 

 long time, and kites flying aloft, are signs *>f fair 

 and dry weather. In men, frequently aches, 

 wounds, and corns, are more troublesome, either 

 towards rain or towards frost. 



Virgil's beautiful description of this sense in 

 animals, is thus rendered by Mr. Dryden: 



Wet weather seldom hurts the most unwise; 



So plain the signs, such prophets are the skies; 



The wary crane ibresees-it first, and sails 



Above the storm, and leaves the hollow vales : 



The cow looks up, and from ai'ar can find 



The change of heav'n, and snuffs it in the wind. 



The swallow skims the river's watry face, 



The frogs renew the croaks of their loquacious race, 



The careful ant her secret cell forsakes, 



And draws her eggs along the narrow tracks* 



