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the aimbi pouring drops were not very dense. There were 
also large rocklike cumulostratt with cirrostratt on their 
summits. Starlight evening. I observed a falling star in 
the SW about 10 P.M. In the twinkling of a star of 
about 30° altitude in the SW, I noticed the alternate ap 
pearance of deep red and of the common brass-coloured light; 
and this red as occasioned by refraction of our atmosphere ; 
and if so, why was it only alternately and for about a se- 
cond of time of this colour? 
July 17.—Fair morning with cumuli; afterwards large 
Be listen with misty atmosphere obscured the sky after 
noon, with slight mimli and showers. The night was 
clear, and the moon rose bright and well defined. Wind 
westerly. Thermometer 11 P.M. 51°. Barometer rising. 
July 18.—Fair day ; cumulus, cnmulostratus, and cirrus 
above, of flimsy and of fibrous kind; fine clear night; haze 
over the set sun pale yellowish. Wind westerly. 
July 19.—-Before sunrise, about four o’clock this morn- 
‘ing, I observed a long band of cloud of a sort of loose cir« 
rous texture, the fibres whereof were stretched at right an- 
gles to the direction of the band; the said band was about 
35° of elevation, and extended from NW to SE across 
the N and E, It refracted a reddish brown colourinclining 
here and there to lake, orto yellowish. At the same time 
low down in the NE horizon cirrostrati stretched along in 
the same direction refracted a reddish and a golden colour. 
Cumuli and cumulostratus through the day increased, and 
obscured the welkin ; showers came on about noon ; during 
afternoon it cleared, and broken features of the different 
modifications appeared of nimbiform figures; mistlikecirrus; 
low down dense black cumulostratus, cirrostratus, &c. 
July 20.—Wind got to east; cirri aloft, while cumulé 
large and rocklike, also cumulostratus, sail along below ; in 
the evening fine erubescence above the set sun; cirri refract 
also a crimson light; cloudy with rain late at night, and 
very warm, with falling barometer. 
July 21.—Clouded morning, with NE wind and small 
rain; in the afternoon the clouds cleared off for a short 
time, reddish haze. Thermometer 11 P.M. 58. 
July 22.—Cloudy morning; after it cleared up, I obs 
served a tendency in the higher clouds to cirrocumulus, 
while large cumuli, &e. rolled on below in the SW wind. 
July 23.—Showery weather; thunder about four o’clock. 
Glapton, July 24, 1813, : THomas ForsTER. 
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