Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 240, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 October 1911 — Weatherwise Birds and Fish. [ARTICLE]

Weatherwise Birds and Fish.

Tbe seagull makes a splendid living barometer. If a covey of seagulls fly seaward early in tbe morning sailors and fishermen know that the day will be fine and the wind fair, but if the birds keep inland, though there be no haze hanging out toward the sea to denote unpleasant weather, interested folk know that the elements will he unfavorable Of all weatherwfm fish the dolphin is tbe most remarkable During a fierce gale or a storm at sea the mariner knows that the end of It la near if he can see a dolphin or a number of that fish sporting on the high sea wavee