1. The nearer the time of the moon’s change, first quarter, full, and
last quarter, is to midnight, the fairer will the weather be during
the seven days following.
2. The space for this calculation occupies from ten at night till two
next morning.
3. The nearer to mid-day or noon these phases of the moon happen, the
more foul or wet the weather may be expected during the next seven
days.
4. The space for this calculation occupies from ten in the forenoon to
two in the afternoon. These observations refer principally to summer,
though they affect spring and autumn nearly in the same ratio.
5. The moon’s change--first quarter--full--and last quarter, happening
during six of the afternoon hours, i. e. from four to ten, may be
followed by fair weather: but this is mostly dependent on the wind, as
it is noted in the table.
6. Though the weather, from a variety of irregular causes, is more
uncertain in the latter part of autumn, the whole of winter, and the
beginning of spring; yet, in the main, the above observations will
apply to those periods also.
[Illustration: ~The Editor’s Visits to Claude Ambroise Seurat,~