Tonlridge Wells, Bookham, Clapton, &V. 313 



night, and a little mist near the ground. Therm. 11 P.M. 38", 

 Barom. fell to 30.00. Wind E. by N. then S. and SE. Calm. 



Oct. 6. — ■ Stratus early, then misty with cumuli, which 

 thickened, increased ; mixed features of many modifications ap- 

 peared, and rain came in the evening. Wind gentle and variable; 

 fair night again. 



Oct. 7 . — Fine clear morning with NW wind, and small fleecy 

 cumuli; t!ie clouds increased, and nimbus formed towards three 

 in the afternoon with a shower, 



Oct. 8. — Clear cool morning, with N. wind ; afterwards clouds 

 with ill-defined margins, both cumuli and a sort of clumsy cfrro- 

 stratiu ; by noon the weather altered for the better, with well- 

 defined cumuli with NW breeze, which blew gently all night. 

 At 1 1 P.M. Therm. 40. Barom. 30-05. 



Oct. 9. — Clear cold day with cumuli, &cc. ; very cold clear 

 night. Thermometer below 30*^. N.NW. 



Oct. 10. — Clear morning; I discerned large white bars of 

 cirrostralus ; the night became partially cloudy, and warmer. 



Oct. 1 1 . — Warmer with southerly wind, and sky clouded with 

 hazy atmosphere. The ground dry. 



Oct. 12*. — Clouds, with a little small rain in drops ; with 

 southerly wind and hazy. The wind at night became rather 

 high from SE. At 11 P.M. Therm. 55°t. Barom. 29-71. 



Oct. 13. — Fair, and various clouds. 



Oct. 14. — Warm cloudy morning ; fair day with much cirrus, 

 eirrocumulus, and features of cirroslratus variously mixed. 

 Ground dry, 



Oct. 15. — Warm, chiefly clouded and hazy, with gentle shower* 

 from SW ; but the gi'ound soon dried. Windy night. Ther- 

 mometer at 1 1 56°. 



Oct. 16. — Fair NW wind and diurnal cumuli. Thermometer 

 11 P,M.44^ 



Oct. 17. — Warm, with gentle showers. 



Oct. IS. — (Observations made at Bookham.) — Rainy all day, 

 except a few hours in the evening. W. 



Oct. 19. — Rainy, and long showers with fair intervals all day. 



Cl.Tpton, 

 Oct. 11), 1814. Thomas Forster. 



• I noticed a bat (lying; ahout to-day at 8 P.M. in Oxford-street ; wiiich 

 16 ratlirr an nmibiial occurrence, liotli as to place and time of veur. 

 t By th^ I'lieruioiueter uiidcrbtaud according to laiircniiciu's icalr. 



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