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Signs of Fair Weather.

he sun rising bright and clear, if he driv the clouds before him into the well. If at rising there appears a circle about him, and it  equally away. If the sun set red. If the clouds be red. If the moon three days a ter the change, or three days before the full. the clouds appear with yellow edges. A cloudy f against the wind. The rainbow after rain appearing only red and yellow, coming down from the hills and setting in the valleys; or white mists rising from the waters in the evening. Crow or ravens gaping against the sun. Beetles flying in the evening. Bats flying abroad sooner than ordinary. Many flies or gnat in the  at evening. Spots appearing in a full moon. grey morning.

Signs of Rain.—If the sun be firey, and red at h rising. If he shews pale and wan. If red and black clouds be about him at his rising. If the moon three or four days after the change is blunt at both ends, the thicker the more. A circle about the moon. If the great stars be only seen, and they look only dim. The rainbow appearing in a day, the greener it is, the more rain. Birds washing themselves The chattering or the pye. p cocks and ducks; cocks often crying The o crying chiwit of; swallows flying low; the woing of an insect called a spinner, many worms appearing above ground. The beasts eating greedily and licking their hoofs. The biting of flies, gnat &c. The soot falling much from chimney. The