OBSERVATIONS, OcTOBER 29—NOVEMBER 3. 1843. 179 
SPECIES OF CLOUDS, &c. 
Observer’s 
Initial. 
18. Sky nearly covered with thin clouds and haze. 
| 20. Loose cirro-cumuli, woolly cirri, and cirrous haze. 
| 22. Dense cirro-stratus ; patch of scud to SE.; patch of sky ; light mist. 
0. Homogeneous cirrous mass. 
! Ds Id. ; light rain. 
f 4. Id. ; id. 
' 6. Seud + homogeneous mass of clouds ; light rain. 
) 8. Light rain. 
| 10. Continuous rain. 
_ 18. Clouds to SE. 
| 20. Cirri and cirro-strati on E. horizon, A large flock of wild geese seen. 
| 22. Id. : 
. 0. Id. 
| 2 Loose cumuli to N. and W.: diffuse cirri. [E. horizon. 
| 4. Loose cumuli to S., lately covering the sky : light cirri, moving quickly +— cirrous haze and cirro-strati on 
6. Woolly and diffuse cirri + cirrous haze on horizon. 
8. Cirro-strati to SE. 
10. Large woolly cirro-cumuli: diffuse cirri, becoming haze. 
18. Scud to E. 
| 20. Cirrous scud, moving very slowly + patches of cirro-stratus. 
_ 22. Loose cirro-cumulous cumuli: varieties of cirri, becoming haze to N. and E. 
0. oo scud: woolly, linear, flame, and diffuse cirri. 
2. due id. 
4. Loose cumuli: reticulated and linear cirri. 
| 6. Linear and diffuse cirri; loose cumuli round the horizon. 
8. Large woolly cirro-cumuli + patches of cirri. 
0 Id. 
| 18. Quite overcast; a streak of light to E. 
20. Cirro-cumulo-strati + cirro-strati to E. 
| 22. Thin smoky seud : cirro-cumulo-strati. 
_ 0. Woolly cirro-cumuli + cumuli on N. horizon ; dark and hazy, with scud to E. 
2. Seud. 
4, Two strata of scud + cumuli on E. horizon ; haze on horizon. 
6. Scud ; slight fog. 
8. Scud and loose woolly cirro-cumuli. 
10. Patches of scud and cirro-strati on horizon. 
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18. Clouds on E. horizon. 185 28™. A meteor was seen moving from about 30° to the S. of the zenith towards E. by S., it disappeared at an alti- 
, tude of about 10° above the SE. point of the horizon, leaving a narrow train of sparks; it was of a bright white colour, apparently about 10’ 
to 15’ in diameter (about the size of a cricket-ball): only about 30° of its course was seen. 
20. Loose seud : cirro-cumuli and cirro-strati to E. 
22. Thin scud: dense semifluid-like cirro-stratus over the sky. 
nO;, Id.: id. See note below. 
a Scud : large woolly cirro-cumuli + cirro-strati to E. 
. Woolly, mottled, and dense diffuse cirri + cirro-strati on horizon all round ; dark cirro-strati on H. horizon. 
6. Loose cirro-cumuli + diffuse cirri to W.; cirro-strati round horizon ; slight fog on the ground. 
8. Scud. 
10. Sheets of cirrous haze or thin cirro-strati; lunar corona and portion of a halo. 
18. Scud; dark to NW. 
20. Loose scud : large woolly cirro-cumuli and woolly cirri. 
2 - Id. +— cirro-strati and cirrous haze to E. 
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_ Nov. 3404 40™. Quite calm. A sound heard to E., gradually increasing in intensity, and then gradually subsiding, like a strong 
‘wind blowing through a mass of leafless trees. At 52m Kelso town clock (4 miles distant) was heard very distinctly to strike 12 o'clock. 
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