When the sun rises red, wind and rain may be expected during the day; but when he rises unclouded, attended by a scorching heat, cloudiness and perhaps rain will ensue before mid-day. When he rises clouded, with a few grey clouds, they will soon dissipate, and a fine day will follow. When his light is dim, vapour exists in the upper regions of the air, and may be expected to descend shortly after in the form of dense clouds. When his light, after rain, is of a transparent watery hue, rain will soon fall again. When his direct rays have a scorching and weakening effect on the body throughout the greater part of the day, the next day will be cloudy, and perhaps rainy. When the sun is more or less obscured by a thicker or thinner cirro-stratus cloud, and when he is said to be _wading_ in the cloud, rain may come—if the cloud indicates rain it will come. A halo surrounding the disc of the sun is almost always sure to precede rain. A red sunset without clouds indicates a doubt of fair weather; but a fine day may be expected after a red sunset in clouds. A watery sunset, diverging rays of light, either direct from the sun or from behind a cloud, is indicative of rain. After a dull black sunset rain may be expected. It is a common saying among country people,— “An evening red, or a morning grey, Doth betoken a bonnie day; In an evening grey and a morning red, Put on your hat, or yell weet your head.” There are not many prognostics connected with the appearances of the moon. The changes of the moon produce greater effects than at any other period. With a clear silvery aspect fair weather may be expected. A pale moon always indicates rain, and a red one wind. Seeing the “old moon in the new one’s arms,” is a sign of stormy weather. Seeing the new moon very young, “like the paring of a nail,” also indicates wet; but when the horns of the new moon are blunt, they indicate rain, and fair weather when sharp. It is truly said: “In the wane of the moon, A cloudy morning bodes a fair afternoon.” And also ‘New moon’s mist Never dies of thirst.’ Halos and coronæ are oftener seen about the moon than the sun, and they indicate rain. The stars appearing dim indicate rain. Very few stars seen at one time, when there is no frost, indicate a similar result. When the sky is of deeply-coloured blue, it indicates rain. If distant objects appear very distinct and near through the air, it indicates rain. When the air feels oppressive to walk in, rain will follow; when it feels light and pleasant, fair weather will continue. When distant sounds are distinctly heard through the air in a calm day, such as the tolling of bells, barking of dogs, talking of people, waterfalls, or rapids over mill-dams, the air is loaded with vapour, and rain may be expected. The sea is often heard to roar, and loudest at night, as also the noise of a city, when a cloud is seen suspended a very short way above head.