[702] This, and the other phænomena here mentioned, result, as Fée says, from the hygrometric state of the air. Virgil mentions this appearance on the wick of the lamp, Georg. i. 392.
[703] Fée thinks that this indicates fine weather rather than rain, as showing a pure state of the atmosphere.
[704] Sea “lungs.” See B. ix. c. 71.
[705] Ludentia.
[706] Virgil mentions these indications, Georg. i. 368-9.
[707] “Suus fragor.” The winds, Fée remarks, however violent they may be, make no noise unless they meet with an obstacle which arrests their onward progress.
[708] Theophrastus, Cicero, and Plutarch state to a similar effect; and it is corroborated by the experience of most mariners.
[709] The ink-fish; Sepia loligo of Linnæus. See B. ix. c. 21.
[710] Virgil says the same, Georg. i. 378.
[711] “Fulicæ.” See B. x. c. 61, and B. xi. c. 44.