...visibility, and a prognostic of the advancing cyclone, as the old ballad-monger properly expressed it : — ' I saw the new moon, late yestreen, Wi" the auld moon...we gang to sea, master, I fear we'll come to harm.' But the portent is special to these latitudes ; further south — at Malta, for instance — the phenomenon...

...or sleet, Our ships maun sail the morn." " O ever alack ! my master dear, I fear a deadly storm. " I saw the new moon late yestreen, Wi' the auld moon...arm ; And if we gang to sea, master, I fear we'll suffer harm." They hadna sailed a league on sea, A league but barely ane, Till anchors brak, and tap-masts...

...master dear, " That we will come to harm." * Gone, suffice, f Halffou', the eighth part of a peck. They hadna sailed a league, a league, A league but barely three, Whan the lift* grew dark, and the wind blew loud, And gurly-f- grew the sea. The ankers brak, and the...

...master dear, " That we will come to harm." * Gane, suffice, t Half fou', the eighth part of a peck. They hadna sailed a league, a league, A league but barely three, Whan the lift* grew dark, and the wind blew loud, And gurly-f- grew the sea. The ankers brak, and the...

...a' ! " Our gude ship sails the morn." " Now, ever alake, my master dear, " I fear a deadly storm ! " I saw the new moon, late yestreen, " Wi' the auld...sea, master, " I fear we'll come to harm." They hadna sail'da league, a league, A league but barely three, When the lift grew dark, and the wind blew loud,...

...' ! " Our gude ship sails the morn." " Now, ever alake, my master dear, " I fear a deadly storm! " I saw the new moon, late yestreen, " Wi' the auld...gang to sea, master, " I fear we'll come to harm." • Gane—Suffice. f Half-fou—l\\e eighth part of a peck. They hadna sail'da league, a league, A...

...sails the morn." " Now, ever alake, my master dear, " I fear a deadly storm ! " I saw the new inoon, late yestreen, " Wi' the auld moon in her arm; " And,...sea, master, " I fear well come to harm." They hadna sail'da league, a league, A league but barely three, When the lift grew dark, and the wind blew loud,...

...foreboded. Great confidence is placed in this old prognostic : " I saw the new moon late yestreen AV'i' the auld moon in her arm, And if we gang to sea, master, I f'uar we'll come to harm." — Sir Patrick Spens. (6.) Haloes predict a storm (rain and wind, or snow...

...ye lie ; For, sin' I hae seen your face this nicht, The land I will never see !" They had na sail'da league, a league, A league, but barely three, When...dark, and the wind blew loud, And gurly grew the sea. « A half-peck. The anchors brak, and the tap-masts lap, It was sic a deidly storm ; And the waves...

...snow or sleet, Our ship maun sail, the morn. 0 ever alack ! my master dear, I fear a deadly storm. 1 saw the new moon late yest'reen, Wi' the auld moon...in her arm ; And if we gang to sea, master, I fear we '11 suffer harm. They hadna' sailed a league on sea, A league but barely one, of year;" which the...