170 BEST'S ART OF ANGLING. 



Horace also expresses himself to the same pur- 

 pose, in the l?th Ode of the third book, where 

 he says, 



Aquae nisi fallit augur, 



Aiinosa comix. 



" unless in vain 



Croaks the old crow presaging rain.". 



Likewise in the 27 'lh Ode 'of the same book, 

 he calls the cw\v,rf/r/7/</wi imbrium imminentium ; 

 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. 



The^e rules may be extended to all the hea- 

 venly bodies.; for a their rays pass through the 

 atmosphere, the vapours in the air lave the same 

 effect on each. 



When the farmer thereforeseesthe sun or moon 

 rise or set red and fiery, or sees the clouds and 

 horizon of that colour, he may expect wind and 

 rain, owing to the unequal distribution of the 

 vapours, or" to their being already collected into 

 watery globules by some preceding cause 



But if, according to the second rule, the sun 

 rises cloudy, and the clouds soon decrease, the 

 rapours are more equally distributed in the at- 

 mosphere ; which equal distribution is also pro- 



