OBSERVATIONS, JANUARY 31—FEBRuARY 6. 1843. 
SPECIES or CLOUDS, &c. 
Seud creeping along horizon, cirro-cumuli, cirrous haze, bluish-black cirro-stratus to E.; rain apparently falling to S. and W., very stormy like, 
Scud + very fine mottled cirri; sky to E. 
Id.; some of the clouds have a blue tint. 
Id. very thick. 
Id. 
. Long strips of clouds pointing from SW. to NE. extending through 120°; a flash of lightning. 
. Clear. [192. 
. A great mass of cumuli or nimbi on horizon to S. and SE. ; a few drops of rain; a flash of lightning about 
. Patches of scud to N.: mottled cirri, striated at the edges, the strie pointing NNW + cirrous haze and cumuli on S., horizon, 
. Patches of scud + loose cumuli on S. horizon; a number of sea gulls seen flying from eastward. 
. Scud + woolly cirri. 
Id.; sky on E. horizon. 
. Heavy rain. 
. Scud ; like haze in some places. 
. Loose scud, light rain. 
. Scud. 
Id. +— woolly and linear cirri, cirro-cumuli. 
. Cirrous scud + a large mass of cirro-stratus on E. and S. horizon ; a slight fall of snow. 
. A smart shower of snow. 
scud. 
. Seud : woolly cirri + cumuli and nimbi falling in snow to S. and E. 
Id. + cumuli round horizon. 
Id. 
. Snowing; lightning seen before and after this. 
. Clouds to NW. and SE. 
. Scud. 
. Cirrous scud + woolly cirri, large masses of cumulo-strati on NE. horizon. 
| (0. Woolly cirri + cumulo-strati on NE. horizon. 
i” 2. Id. — id., loose cumuli to 8. 
4, Woolly cirro-strati, falling in snow on all sides but the 8.; quite overcast, with snow in a few minutes. 
| 6. Cumuli to NW. ; 
| 8. Clear. 
i 0. Overcast. 
| 18. Homogeneous, a slight fall of snow. 
20. Scud ; a few drops of rain. 
22. Loose vapoury clouds falling in powdery hail; beautiful cumuli to SE. 
| 0. Cirrous scud + loose eumuli to 8. 
2. As before. 
4. Cirrous scud. 
6. Id. 
8 Id. 
1; 6: Id. 
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8. A bank of clouds to E. 
. Woolly cirri and cirrous scud to E. 
Large woolly cirro-cumuli + linear cirri to SW. 
Id. 
Id. 
Cirrous scud + a homogeneous mass to S.; a slight shower of snow. 
Id. + cirrous clouds. 
Seud ; light rain ; coloured lunar corona. 
Loose cumuli. 
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