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15th Rule. If it turn again out of the south to the 

 north-east with rain, and continues in the north-east two 

 days without rain, and neither turns south, nor rains the third 

 day, it is likely to continue north-east two or three months. 



The wind will finish these turns in three weeks. 



16th Rule. After a northerly wind, for the most part of 

 two months or more, the wind 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 it continues dry. 



17th Rule. If it return to the south within a day or 

 two, without rain, and turns northward with rain, and re- 

 turns 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 wind 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 conformably to the motion of 

 the sun, that is, from east to south, from south to west, &c. 

 it seldom goes back, or, if it does, it is only for a short time ; 

 but if it moves in a contrary direction, viz. from east to 

 north, from north to west, it generally returns to the former 

 point, at least before it has gone quite through the circle. 



