PROGNOSTICS CONTINUED. 1/3 



But if his cheeks are swoln with livid blue, 



bodes xvet weather by his wat'ry hue ; 

 It dusky spots are varied on his brow, 

 And streaked with red, a troubled colour shew, 

 That sullen mixture shall at once declare 



, rain, and storms, and elemental war. 



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But if with purple rays he brings the light, 

 And a pure heav'n resign to quiet night; 

 No rising winds, or felling storms are nigh. 



MORE PROGNOSTICS TAKEN FROM THE CLOUDS. 



3d Rule. Clouds large, like rocks, great 

 showers. 



4th Rule. If small clouds increase, much rain. 



5th Rule. If large clouds decrease, fair wea- 

 ther. 



6th Rnle. In summer or harvest, when the 

 wind has been south two or three days, and it 

 grows very hot, and you see clouds rise with 

 great white tops, like towers^ as if one were on the 

 top of another, and joined together with black 

 on the nether side, there will be thunder and rain 

 suddenly 



7th Rule. Tf two such clouds rise, one on 

 citiier hand, it is time to make haste to shelter. 



Mr. Worlidge gives us the following rules : 



" In a fair day, if the sky seems to be dappled 

 with white clouds, (which is usually termed a 

 mackarel sky) it generally predicts rain."' 



This is confirmed by a very ingenious gentle- 

 man, who lias constantly observed, that "in dry 

 weather, so soon as clouds appear at a great 



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