CHAP. 86.—PROGNOSTICS DERIVED FROM TEMPESTS THEMSELVES.
The reverberations, too, of the mountains, and the roaring
of the forests, are indicative of certain phænomena; and the
same is the case when the leaves are seen to quiver, [Note] without
a breath of wind, the downy filaments of the poplar or thorn
to float in the air, and feathers to skim along the surface of
the water. [Note] In champaign countries, the storm gives notice of
its approach by that peculiar muttering [Note] which precedes it;
while the murmuring that is heard in the heavens affords us no
doubtful presage of what is to come.
