WHERE THE WIND COMES FROM
•How many boys "and girls know how to find the direction of the wind? Of course, if it were blowing a gale any one could tell, but suppose only- a^geritle breeze • were . stirring — hardly enough to make the' fickle "weathercock decide which way to pomt — then what would you-do? J In such a case-, a woodsman or-hunter will thrust one finger into his mouth, wetting 'it well, and then hold it up in the air. . The side which feels coldest shows from which direction ' the wind comes. The reason of this is plain : the' more rapid movement of the air frpm one direction causes the moisture 'on that side of the finger to dry more- quickly, thus giving tfie sensation of coolness.
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New Zealand Tablet, 13 August 1908, Page 37
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127WHERE THE WIND COMES FROM New Zealand Tablet, 13 August 1908, Page 37
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