[692] This, Fée says, is confirmed by experience.
[693] Or “Little Asses.”
[694] Præsepia.
[695] This, as Fée remarks, is consistent with experience.
[696] This, Fée remarks, appears to be consistent with general experience.
[697] Theophrastus states to a similar effect, and it is confirmed by the experience of those who live in mountainous countries.
[698] We still hear of the “white squalls” of the Mediterranean.
[699] “‘Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man’s hand.’——And it came to pass in the meanwhile, that the heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain.”—1 Kings, xviii. 44, 45.
[700] The truth of this, Fée says, he has personally experienced in the vallies of the Alps.
[701] Terreni ignes.