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and continues dry. (5.) If it return to the south within a day or two 
without rain, and turn north with rain, and return to the south in one or 
two days as before, two or three times together after this sort—T’hen 
ts like to be in the south or south-west two or three months together, as 
it was in the north before. Zhe winds will finish these turns in a 
fortnight. (6.) Fair weather for a week, with a south wind, is like to 
produce a great drought, if there has been much rain out of the south 
before. The wind usually turns from 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. (7.) 
When the north wind first clears the air, be sure of a fine day or two. 
VII. Rarns.—(1.) Sudden rains never last long ; but when the air 
grows thick by degrees, and the sun, moon, and stars shine dimmer and 
dimmer—Then wt is luke to rain six hours usually.  (2.) If it begin to 
rain from the south, with a high wind, for two or three hours, and the 
wind falls, but the rain continues—It is like to rain twelve hours or 
more, and does usually rain tell a strong north wind clears the ar. 
These long rains seldom hold above twelve hours, or happen above once 
ayear. (3.) If it begins to rain an hour or two before sun-rising—ZIt 
as like to be fair before noon, and so continue that day ; but if the rain 
begin an hour or two after sun-rising—Z¢ 2s like to rain all that day, 
except the rainbow be seen before it rains. 
VIII. Sprine and Summer.—If the last eighteen days of February 
and ten days of March be for the most part rainy, then the spring and 
summers quarters are like to be so too ; ant I never knew a great drought 
but it entered in that season. 
IX. Winter.—lIf the latter end of October and beginning of Novem- 
ber be for the most part warm and rainy, then January and February 
are like to be frosty and cold, except aftera very dry summer. If in 
October and November there be snow and frost, then January and Feb- 
ruary are like to be open and mild. 
X. Animats.—(1.) Cormorants swiftly returning from sea to land, 
making a great noise—Winds. (2.) The heron forsaking the fens and 
soaring aloft— Wands. (38.) Cranes forsaking the valleys, heifers snuf- 
fing the air, swallows fluttering about the lakes, frogs croaking, ants con- 
veying their eggs from their cells, ravens flocking together and making 
a great noise, bees in clusters humming about the hive—Rain. 
APPENDIX (B). 
The three following popular Prognostics are discussed by 
M. Arago :— 
1. If the horns of the lunar crescent, on the third day after new moon, 
are sharply and clearly defined, the weather may be expected to be fair 
during the ensuing month. 
2. If on the fourth day the moon project no shadow, we are to expect 
bad weather during the month. 
3. A change of weather accompanies a change of the moon. 
