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l6th Rule. After a northerly wind, tor the 

 most part of two months or more, and then 

 coming south, there are usually three or four fair 

 days at first, and .then on the fourth or fifth day 

 comes rain, or else the wind turns north again, 

 and continues dry. 



l?th Rule. If it returns to the south within a 

 day or two, without rain, and turns northward 

 with rain, and returns to the south in one or two 

 days, as before, two or three times together after 

 this sort, then it is likely to be in the south or 

 south-west two or three months together, as it 

 was in the north before. 



The winds will finish these turns in a fortnight. 



18th Rule. Fair weather for a week, with a 

 southerly wind, is likely to produce a great 

 drought, if there has been much rain out of the 

 south before. The wind usually turns from the 

 north to south with a quiet wind without rain, 

 but returns to the north with a strong wind and 

 rain. The strongest winds are when it turns 

 from south to north by west. 



19th Rule. If you see a cloud rise against the 

 wind, or side wind, when that cloud comes up 

 to you, the wind will blow the same way the 

 cloud came. The same rule holds of a clear 

 place, when all the sky is equally thick, except 

 one clear edge. 



When the north wind first clears the air, which 

 is usually once a week, be sure of a fair day or 

 two. 



The following are the observations of Lord 

 Bacon: 



When the wind changes conformable to the 

 motion of the sun, that is, from east to south, 

 from south to west, &c, it seldom goes back, or 



