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moted by the warmth of the rising sun. Hence 

 we may account for an observation adopted into 

 all languages. 



The evening red, the morning grey, 

 Are sure signs of a fair day. 



For if the abundance of vapours denoted by the 

 red evening sky fall down in dew, or is other- 

 wise so equally dispersed in the air, that the 

 morning shall appear grey, we may promise our- 

 selves a fair day, from that equal state of the at- 

 mosphere. 



If in the morning some parts of the sky appear 

 green between the clouds, while the sky is blue 

 above, stormy weather is at hand. 



The great Lord Bacon gives us the following 

 rules to judge of the ensuing weather, from the 

 first appearance of the moon : and it is said that 

 these rules of his have never been known to 

 fail. 



If the new moon does not appear till the fourth 

 day, it prognosticates a troubled air for the 

 whole month. 



If the moon, either at her first appearance, or 

 within a few days after, has her lower horn ob- 

 scured or dusky, or any ways sullied, it denotes 

 foul weather before the full ; but if she be dis- 

 coloured in the middle, storms are to be expected 

 about the full ; or about the wane, if her upper 

 horn is affected in like manner. 



When tlie moon, on her fourth day, appears 

 fine and spotless, her horns unblunted, and nei- 

 ther flat nor quite erect, but betwixt both, it 

 promises fair weather for the greatest part of the 

 in o nth. 



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