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that when the Helm clouds reached Appleby they were checked in their course 
to the west, by nothing visible, and portions of the swiftly moving clouds were 
thrown back to the east for a short distance. ‘There were three strata of 
scattered small clouds to the east. The cirrus seemed quite still; at least I 
could detect no motion. I however detected a very slight motion to the east 
in the middle stratum. In about an hour and a half the whole of the sky in 
the upper part of the Eden was clouded over ; the sky, however, in the lower 
part continued tolerably clear until about noon, 
At 1-30 p.m, the appearance of the Helm Cloud was truly magnificent. The 
whole of the vale of the Eden was clouded over, but the sun shone brightly on 
the Helm Cloud, which was far above the top of Cross Fell. There was great 
disturbance where the Helm Cloud and Bar joined at the north end of Cross 
Fell, and the resplendent clouds rapidly changed their forms into fantastic 
shapes. The Bar drifted in the direction of the wind, and small dark clouds 
rose out of the Helm, and moved in almost every direction except to the East 
and in the direction of the wind. As soon as these small dark clouds approached 
the Bar they turned from it and fell back towards the Helm Cloud ; but in 
every case that came under my observation they faded away and became invis- 
ible before reaching the Helm Cloud. 
FEBRUARY I8TH AND IQTH, 1886. 
MELMERBY, Rev. A. C. PITTAR. 18th, 5 p.m. Bar to the westward, the 
north end being about Unthank, and the south end a little beyond Ousby. 
The north and south ends of the Bar are joined to the Helm Cloud. Wind 
East, moderately strong. 
LITTLE SALKELD, Mr. W. ArTHUR. Helm on three days. Cloud high 
above Cross Fell. Bar close ; about 2 miles from the bottom of the Fell. We 
had no wind here, and never have when the Bar is close to us at Little Salkeld, 
Wind North-east. 
KIRKLAND, Rev. A. EpwArDs. 19th, 9a.m, Fells hidden. Wind East, 
light. Frost and snow. ‘Temperature 30°'5. 
Kirksy THore, Mr. R. W. Crossy. 18th, 9 am. Helm with broken 
Bar. Wind East-north-east, overcast. Temperature 36°:2. 
igth, 9a.m. Helm with Bar close to the Fell. Wind South-east, overcast, 
with snow showers. Temperature 31°°S. 
May 13TH, 1886, 
CASHWELL Ming, Mr, A, SHIELD, 9a.m. Wind Northeast. Tempets 
ature 37°. 
LANGWATHBY, Mr, J. PowLEY, 10 a.m. Helm Cloud on the top of 
Cross Fell, and not far down. Bar to the eastward of this place, and pretty 
