The Rev. D. W. G. Gwynne, M.D., was a physician in holy orders. In 1853 he lived at P--- House, near Taunton, where both he and his wife "were made uncomfortable by auditory experiences to which they could find no clue," or, in common English,... Read more of "put Out The Light!" at Scary Stories.ca

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Clouds: Small And Round Like A Dappley-grey With A North-wind Fair Weather For 2 Or 3 Days
If In The New Moon Rain In The Old
If Cloudy And It Soon Decrease Certain Fair Weather
If In The Old Rain In The New
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Mists If They Rise In Low Ground And Soon Vanish } Fair Weather

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Mists A General Mist Before The Sun Rises Near The Full Moon Fair Weather
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Mists If They Rise To The Hill-tops } Rain In A Day Or Two
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If Two Such Clouds Arise One On Either Hand It Is Time To Make Haste To Shelter
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Mists A General Mist Before The Sun Rises Near The Full Moon Fair Weather

THIS is a general and a very extensive Observation, which enables us to
judge of the Weather for about a Fortnight, and there is very great
Reason to believe that it will very rarely deceive us. In order to
convince the Reader of this, it will be necessary to explain, as far as
we are able, the Causes of this.

MISTS are observed to happen when the Mercury in a Barometer is either
very low of very high. They happen when it is high after the Region of
the Air has continued calm a good while, and in the mean time a great
Abundance of Vapours and Exhalations have been accumulated, making the
Air dark by their quantity, and the disorderly Disposition of their
parts. They happen when the Mercury is low, sometimes because the
Rarity of the Air renders it unable to sustain the Vapours, which
therefore descend and fall through it.

BUT none of these Cases agree with the Observation at the Head of the
Page, and therefore to form a true judgment of the Weather, we must
distinguish between them and the Case which explains the Observation.

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