When I ridiculed him once more on his fruitless endeavours, he answered with a sneering smile, that 'the trouts would not rise, because there was thunder in the air;' an intimation which, in one sense, I have found too true.
I arrived at Mount Sharon; was received by my friends there with their wonted kindness; and after being a little rallied on my having suddenly left them on the preceding evening, I agreed to make atonement by staying all night, and dismissed the lad who attended with my fishing-rod, to carry that information to Shepherd's Bush.

It may be doubted whether he went thither, or in a different direction.
Betwixt eight and nine o'clock, when it began to become dark, we walked on the terrace to enjoy the appearance of the firmament, glittering with ten million stars; to which a slight touch of early frost gave tenfold lustre.

As we gazed on this splendid scene, Miss Geddes, I think, was the first to point out to our admiration a shooting or falling star, which, she said, drew a long train after it.

Looking to the part of the heavens which she pointed out, I distinctly observed two successive sky-rockets arise and burst in the sky.
'These meteors,' said Mr.Geddes, in answer to his sister's observation, 'are not formed in heaven, nor do they bode any good to the dwellers upon earth.' As he spoke, I looked to another quarter of the sky, and a rocket, as if a signal in answer to those which had already appeared, rose high from the earth, and burst apparently among the stars.
Mr.Geddes seemed very thoughtful for some minutes, and then said to his sister, 'Rachel, though it waxes late.

I must go down to the fishing station, and pass the night in the overseer's room there.' 'Nay, then,' replied the lady, 'I am but too well assured that the sons of Belial are menacing these nets and devices.