15$ Meteorological Observations 



lunar corona, somewhat coloured, appeared about seven 

 o'clock ; about ten a halo of the usual size*. S.W, 



Jan. SS. — Clouds and wind from the S.S.W. 



Jan. 29- — Before sunrise lofty c'nri. appeared hisjhly co- 

 loured, which kind of lofty and confused cirri/s prevailed 

 all the morning, witti large spreading sheets oi' cirrostratus, 

 ibilowed in the cveuiTig bv wmd and rain. S.W. 



Ja?!. 30. — Hazy morning, followed by clear day and 

 evening showers. S.W. 



Jan. 31.— Cloudv, calm, hazy day. S.S.W. 



Feb. 1. — Much cloud all day with haziness. S. 



Feb. 2. — Fair morning; various cirrocumnli and cumuli, 

 followed by high wind, with some rain by night. S.W. 



Feb, 3. — Fairniorningj with lofty cunmlativc clouds : dark 

 rainy evening. S.W. 



Feb. 4. — Hazy, with some small rain. S.W. 



Feb. 5. — Misty, followed by a warm rainv day. S. 



Feb. 6. — Dull, clouded, unpleasant day. 



Feb. 7. — Fine clear morning and W. wind, with flimsy 

 cirri and cirrocnmuH followed by nnich cloud, increased 

 temperature, and rain at night, with a gale from S.W. 



Feb. 8. — Fair morning with various clouds followed by 

 ■a rainy evening. N.E. 



Feb. y. — Much cloud, in the evening a general obscurity 

 prevailed. W. and N.W. 



Feb. 10. — Fine day; much cirrus spread about aloft, in 

 a lower region massy and spreading cumulus : clear night. 

 S. and S.E. 



Feb. 1 1 . — Clear morning and frosty, afterwards the clouds 

 assumed the cirrocumulative aggregation, and were fol- 

 lowed by increased temperature, and a clouded night. 



* The ancient writers seem to have been well acquainted with these phe- 

 nomena, but they did not well distinguish the lialo from the cornna. 



" Existunt ea:dem coronas ciica I.unam, et circa ntiiiilia as:ra ccclo quoque 

 inhaerentia. Circa Solem arcus apparuit L. Opimio O. Fabio Co&s. Orbit 

 h. Portio M. Acilio." — I'lin. Ihst. Nat. lib. ii. cap. 29. 



"Circulusrubricoloris L.Julio P. Rutilio Coss."— Ca;". 3G. 



The parhelion and paraselene were also noticed by Plinv. 



"Et rursus plures soles sim'.il cernuntur, nee supra ipsuni nee infra, sed' 

 ei obliquo, numquam juxta se.^lel et.meridie conspecti in Bosphoro produ- 

 cuntur, qui a matutino tempore duraverunt in orcasum." — Cap. 31. 



" Lun« quoque trina; Cn. Domitio C. Faunio Consulibus apparuere, quas 

 plerique ap[>ellaverunt soles nocturnos." — (7n;j. :>2. 



y^ristotle's descriptions appear more accurate than Pliny's. 



" IIs^; it d>.ii xai /fijjf, Ti 3-' ixaT'^on x«i Si« ro' «»Cia> yjyvETot* Xiyiouiv, xai 

 vri^i xa^iiAim xcti fxCouv." &c. — /^Ti.tl. Mi-lenr. lib. iii. cap. 2. 



By f!£?Ji» I understand radii; and I suppose the author to have mean^ 

 lome such ph.\;nomcnon as is described by Virgil as a prognostic of bad 

 weather : 



" Aut ubi sub lucem deusa inter nubilasese 

 Diversi crumpunt radii," ,Scc. — Georg. lib. i. 445, 



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