BEST'S ART or ANGLING. 



height, striped like the feathers in the breast of 

 a hawk, rain may he expected in a day or so." 



" I n a clear evening, certain small black clouds 

 appearing, are undoubted signs of rain to follow : 

 or, if black or blue clouds appear near the sun, 

 at any time of the day, or near the moon by 

 night, rain usually follows.*' 



"If small waterish clouds appear on the tops 

 of hills, rain follows." 



" If clouds grow, or appear suddenly, the air 

 otherwise free from clouds, it denotes tempests 

 at hand, especially if they appear to the south 

 or west." 



If many clouds, like fleeces of wool, are scat- 

 tered fiom the east, they fore tel rain within three 

 day?. 



When clouds settle upon the tops of moun- 

 tains, they indicate hard weather. 



When the tons of mountains are clear, it is a 

 sign of fair weather. 



MOTIE PROGNOSTICS TAKEN EROM MIST. 



8th Rule. If mists rise in low grounds and soon 

 ^vanish, fair weather. 



9th Rule. If it rises up to the hill tops, rain in 

 a day or two. 



10th Rule. A general mist before the sun rises, 

 mear the full moon, fair weather. 



MORE PROGNOSTICS TAKEN FROM RAIN. 



11th Rule. Sudden rains never last long: but 

 when the air grows thick by degrees, and the 

 sun, moon, and stairs, shine dimmer and dimmer, 

 it is likely to rain six hours usually. 



l^th Rule. If it begins to rain from the south, 

 with a high wind, for two or three hours, and the 



