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( 24 ) to houſes or ſhelters, all theſe are ſigns of rainy weather. About harveſt if ſheep or other beaſts scrape the ground with their feet, or ſtand butting their heads together, it is a ſign of a long and hard winter. Swine often wallowing in the mire, denotes hot and dry weather ; their crying and whining, often troubling the houſe door, the tumbling and rubbing of dogs on the ground, and tearing the ground with their feet, the cat waſhing her face as it is called, or her running up and down the houſe, tumbling over and over, playing with her tail, all theſe denote much rain.

Obſervations from Injects.

If piſmires move their eggs, it ſhews fair weather when they are very buſy carrying off their eggs, or if they do not go far from their habitation; the creeping of worms on the earth, the buſy heaving or working of moles, the buſy working of the ſpider in her web, all theſe ſignify wind and rain ; gnats hovering about the ſun beams, ſhews fair weather.

Obſervation from fiſhes.

The playing of dolphins in a troubled ſea, and the leaping of fiſhes above water, denotes pleaſant, fair, and calm weather.

Obſervation from the Palm Tree.

If the palm tree be fertile and forward, it be- tokens many ſtorms and tempeſts that year.

Obſervations from Stones, Corns, &c.

The inordinate ſweating of ſtones in dry weather, the exceſſive pains in old ſores and old peoples limbs, the ſtraitneſs of doors, the found of bells at a greater diſtance than uſual, all theſe ſhew rain and bad weather. The ſtrings of inſtruments breaking of themſelves, ſhew the air is dry, &c.

FINIS. J. Neilson, printer.