OBSERVATIONS, May 2—8. 1843. 123 
SPECIES of CLOUDS, &c. 
| Observer’s | 
Initial. 
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4, Flame and mottled cirri to W.; a bank of scud and haze on E. horizon. 
6. Flame-like and woolly cirri and cirro-strati to W.; scud and haze on E. horizon. 
8. Scud, homogeneous. 
Id., id. 
} 18. Thick fog. 
20. Fog clearing off. 
92. Two currents of scud. 
. Patches of loose cumuli on §. horizon; haze on E. horizon. 
. Detached masses of scud and loose cumuli on N. and S. horizon; masses of mottled cirri to W. 
. Cumulo-stratus to 8. and a thick sheet of cirro-cumuli to SW. 
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Id. ; patches of cirri to SSW. 
. Patches of cirrous clouds to W.; haze and clouds on §, and SE. horizon. 
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Very thin cirrous haze, principally on E. horizon, 
. Cirro-strati to E. 
. Cirrous clouds, chiefly cirro-cumuli + cirrous haze to 8. and E.; cumuli on N. horizon. 
Woolly cirri and cirro-cumuli + cirrous haze ; ranges of cumuli on N. horizon. 
Scud and loose-edged cumuli + masses of cirrous clouds and haze. 
Masses of cumuli in haze; sky stormy-like. 
Scud and loose cumuli; a few drops of rain. 
Id. 
Scud. 
Masses of seud, moving quickly +- cumulo-stration NE. horizon. Thunder heard last night and this morning. 
Thin scud : thicker scud, moving slower ; a few drops of rain. 
Scud and cumuli + cumulo-strati on horizon. 
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Scud + cumuli near horizon ; drops of rain. 
Cumuli, cumulo-strati and nimbi + cirrous haze to E.; passing showers. 
Scud, cumuli and cumulo-strati. 
. Scud and loose cumuli + cirro-strati and cirrous haze. 
Scud. 
. Strata of scud and linear and woolly cirri. 
20. Strata of scud to E.: thick and large masses of woolly cirri, becoming flame-like. 
. Scud and loose cumuli: cirrous clouds, chiefly cirro-cumuli, woolly cirri. 
0. Detached masses of scud +— thick cirro-stratus and haze. 
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6. Id. - id. 
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10, Light rain. 
8. Scud + dense cirrous clouds ; cumuli on horizon; rain till now. 
0. Id. + mottled and reticulated cirri and cirro-cumuli. like. 
2. Scud and loose cumuli, moving quickly +- pyramidal and common cumuli, moving very slowly; sky stormy- 
0. Scud and loose cumiuli. 
4. Loose cumuli + large cirro-cumuli and woolly cirri. 
}. Scud and loose cumuli +~ cirrous clouds and haze. 
. Seud rising from E. + thick sheet of cirro-stratus ; long blue bank of cirro-stratus to E. 
Nearly as before ; cirri ribbed, ribs lying N. and §.; less even surface of clouds, 
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Cirrous clouds; large cirro-cumuli and mottled cirri; cirrous haze; very thick to W.; cirro-strati to NE.; bank of scud to SE. 
