78 Meteorological Olservations 



June 29. — N.W. Clear morning ; cumuli, and some ill- 

 defined cirri in the day ; rainy appearances at night. 



June 30. — W. Sky tor the most part clouded, the sun 

 only breaking out at times. Very cool and winterlike for 

 the time of year. 



July 1. — W. Cloudy and rainy by times, and very cold. 



July 2. — W. Cloudy, with some rain in the morning} 

 the day became fine with rainy features of c«/n;//«5, cirrus, &c. 



J«/y 3. — W.N.W. Cloudy morning; fair day, with 

 slight showers, and fine evening ; the clouds were petroid 

 cumuli and cumulostraii, with some cirrus, cirrocumuluSy 

 and cirrostratus ; in the evening the cirrocumulus was lofty, 

 flimsy, and semitransparent. 



July A. — Clear early, then petroid cumuli, with fibrous 

 and brushlike cirri above ; cumulostratus also formed, and 

 indeterminate features of a sort of cirrocujiiulus very large 

 and irregular; clear evening, with some clouds ; wind S. 



July 5. — Clouds of mixed and indeterminate modifica- 

 tion, followed by scattered cirrus, cumulus, &c. ; wind 

 S. and S.W. 



July 6. — N W. Flimsy masses of cloud early; fair day, 

 with fibrous cirri stretched along above cumuli. 



July 7. — W. Hot day ; therm. 79°. Features of cirn/j, 

 cumulus, 3ind cumtilostraius ; the under surface of which 

 had often a wavy appearance. In the evening the lofty and 

 spread masses of cloud showed a tendency to cirrocumulus, 

 with ISiTge nuLecnlce, such as I have frequently noticed on 

 warm evenings, but they were not very well defined. Some 

 cirrocumuli were flocky and of smaller nuheculce. 



July 8 — S. — S.E. Clear morning; the first clouds were 

 flimsy; cirri passing to irregular cirrocumuli, afterwards 

 cumuli and cumulostrati ; very clear evening again, and fine 

 yellow sunset. Thermometer in shade when highest 73°. 

 JBy night an obscuration of the stars' light occurred. 



Jul}/ 9. — S.E. — E. Cloudy morning, clear day, with 

 cumuli; fine clear evening, and yellow colour at sunset* 

 Therm. 73°; like yesterday. 



July 10. — Clear hot morning, with east wind; some 

 lone: and light masses of cloud showed a tendency to cirro- 

 curnulus, afterward cumuli and cumulostraii. The wind be- 

 came north-east in the afternoon, got high, and blew over 

 clouds which obscured the sky. I observed that the cumuli 

 in the fine part ot the day were hazy and ill defined. 



July \ I . — Clear early, then clouded , and somev.'hat hazy ; 

 it cleared again, and various small cumuli prevailed ; wind 

 still N.E. 



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