NATURAL BAROMETERS.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 7 October 1920, Page 4

NATURAL BAROMETERS.

Various natural barometers are known to most people. The leech, for instance, is said to be an infallible weather guide. Sonic beards possess qualities akin to the principle which worked the old lady and gentleman in the cottage or castle weather indicator in the days of yore. In fine weather one came out and the other returned. This was due to the action of the atmosphere on the catgut which regulated the movement of the figures. In wet weather the string expanded, and in dry weather it contracted. The same effect is apparent in soma beards. They become hard and curly and difficult to cut when the weithcr i» likely to be wet.