NO. 17.] 



OBSERVATIONS. 



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Detached ci. all round the horiz. especially in S. = Detached ci. in SW and S drifting northwards. ^ The 

 clouds came up with great rapidity from S, at first dense, but soon only in solitary patches. ' Scattered in 

 zemth and on the W sky. 2 strata of clouds, the innermost with rapid drift from SSW, and the uppermost 

 slowly from WSW. ^ Single clouds round the hoiiz. Single patches drifting over, variable, sometimes 0, sometimes 

 about 3. « Snigle ci. in E on the horiz. from S to E. 'A bank of ci. over the SE quadrant. « A bank of ci. over the 

 bW quadrant. '•' Blue sky in S, and NE. A belt from E to SW circ. 10° above the horiz. breadth of the sheet 

 1 . A low thick bank from E to S with blue sky underneath from E to SE. Uniformly dark blue bank over 

 the north-sky from W to NE. ' " Blue sky from lane of water in S. SW, and NW. Uniformly dark blue sky 

 on the honz. from N to E. n Clear for scarcely 200 m. distance. '^ 3 p. m. ®. '^ ®° ceased just after the 

 observation. Blue sky over the NW quadrant. The lane on the port bow has opened a little, some lanes on 

 the port beam from 300 to 400 m. distant. 



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