OBSERVATIONS, AuGuST 24—30. 1848. 
SPECIES OF CLOUDS, &e. 
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Observer’s 
Initial. 
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_ 6. Cirrous scud and cumuli + linear cirri to §.; hazy to E. 
_ 8. Scud and cumuli: thin cirrous haze and light cirri over most of the sky. 
10. Sky almost covered with thin cirrous haze and linear cirri; patch of scud to W. 
_ 18. Cirro-cumulous scud and woolly cirri + thick mass of cirro-strati to E. and SE.; mist; heavy dew. 
920. Loose cirro-cumuli, mottled and feathered cirri, cirro-cumuli to E. haying the appearance of a bridge + cirro-strati to E.; range of cumulo- 
_ 22. Masses of loose cumuli: sheets of cirro-cumuli + cirro-strati to E. [strati to N. 
_ 0. Loose cumuli + patches of cirro-strati. 
_ 2. Detached cumuli: cirro-cumulous scud : thin mottled cirri. 
_ 4, Seud + thick mass of cirrous clouds ; cirro-strati and cumuli to E.; a few drops of rain. 
' 6. Id. + id. ; id. 
_ 8. Loose scud near horizon: cirro-cumulous scud. 
10. Scud. 
18. Cirrous scud to W.: feathered and woolly cirri to §. + thick mass of linear cirri and cirrous haze to E. 
_ 20. Cirri; haze to E. 
22. Scud and loose eumuli. 
—«0. Id. + cirrous clouds. 
2: Id. ; dark seud to SW. 
_ 4, Scud + thick cirrous haze. Thunder and heavy showers at 34, 
6. Id. + cumuli on S. horizon; heavy shower. 
8. Scud and cirrous clouds near horizon. 
10. Scud. 
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18. Woolly cirri and large woolly cirro-cumuli + cirro-strati round horizon. 
20. Thick nearly homogeneous cirrous mass + cirro-strati to E.; a few drops of rain. 
y 22. Thick mass of cirro-cumulous clouds, scud and cumuli to S.; clouds breaking, sky to N. and S.; cirro-strati and cirrous haze to E. and S. 
. Scud + dense cirrous mass. 
Id. + id. 
Id. + id. ; black to N. 
Loose scud +— cirrous clouds ; a few drops of rain. 
_ 8. Thin scud, nearly homogeneous; light rain. 
10. Id., id. ; light rain; the wind blew 0:8 Ib. in a few minutes after this. 
‘18. Scud and cirro-cumuli to SE. ; cirro-strati on E. horizon ; fine linear cirri to W. 
| 20. Cirro-strati to E. and to W. lying NE. to SW. 
| 22. Loose cumuli and scud + cirrous haze to E. ; 
f 0. Id. - id. [from W. 
_ 2. Loose cumuli in detached masses which have an internal motion from NW. and W., the whole moving 
4, Loose cumuli. 
6. Id. 
+8. Cirrous haze to E.; patches of loose cumuli to E. 
10. Very clear, not a speck of cloud to be seen. 
18. Cirro-strati to N.; heavy dew. 
20. Linear cirri to E. ; patches of clouds to E. 
Id. 
Id.; cirrous haze to W. 
Loose gray cirro- cumuli, scattered over the sky, which is quite milky. 
Id. id. 
. Cirro-cumulous scud + cirrous clouds and cirro-cumuli. 
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