confirm the indication* And more lately;in very dark daies j 
had the fame confidence upon the fame ground, and I was not 
difappointed. j 
3. Again, if the Mercury amends to a good height after the rail; 
of rain fasfometimes , but lefs often it does) then I look for a 
fetled ferenity; but if it proceeds after rain in a defcending mo- 
tion, then I exped: a continuance of broken and fliowry wea- 
ther. But in all, as I only fay ^Forthe mofl fart f 6 1 dare not poft- 
tively declare it an affirmative refult , but do refer it to the re* 
marks of others. And this may explicate the Notes 6. and 14. of 
Num.9. into more clearnefs. 
4. That we find the Weather and our Bodies more chill, 
cold, and drooping, when the Mercury is lowed , and the Air 
lighted, befides other caufes, I guefs , That as Air is to us the 
breath of life, as water is to Fifties • fo,when we are deprived of 
the ufual meafure of this our food , *tis the dime to us, as when 
the water is drawn ebb from Fifties. But 1 would much rather 
be indruded by others, then offer much in this kind. 
5. The lowed defcent of the Mercury in all the time , fince I 
have obferved it,was OSlob.26. 166 5. io the Evening , when it 
was very near at 27 £ Inches-. Which I find thus circumdanced 
with the weather in my notes. 
Inch. 
Morning; Mercury at 285. Great dorms and much rain. 
OB.^. 6 . Morning} Merc, at 28. winds quiet, thick dark clouds. 
OB.26. Evening Merc, at 27-, That day, and fome daies fol- 
lowing, the weather was variable, frequent rain , and as 
you fee, the Mercury lower, than ufual. 
6 . Over the place,: where this Mercurial Cane dandsj have fet : 
a Wind vane , with purpofe of exadnefs, of a Streamer in Braft 
fo large, and pointing to a Board indented in the Margin , that 
I can at a fure Level upon the Vane ) take every of the^o. points 
of the Wind, half points, and quarter points,at good drdance. 
Otherwise we may find our gueffes much deceived s , as thebe ft : 
gudlers, upon trial, do acknowledge. And this exadnefs may 
become the Wheel- ball 'ante , which mews the minuted variations; 
almod beyond imagination. And thus any fervant , at the ap- 
proach of w thick Cloud, or oCti^x Meteor, higher or lower, br at 
the fifing of a dorm or freili win din the nightjar day, -may bring ; 
a report of the Weight of the Airs as certainly and .almod as; 
Z-2 eafdy/ 
