153 Meteorological Olserval'iom 



crossing the Channel in a sailing-boat to France. We had alter- 

 nate gales and calms. In the evening much cirrocumuluSy cirrus, 

 and clrroslraiits. 



July 17. — A strong NW wind, with much cloud, and some 

 rain. Fine evening. 



July 18. — Fine day; cirrus. Sec. 



July 19. — Cooler wind from N. Cloudy, atid showers in the 

 evening. 



July 20. — (At Dunkirk.) — Fair morning; cirrostratus and 

 showers at night. 



July 21. — Fair gentle wind from westward, afterwards north. 



July 22'-'. — (At Calais.) — Strong westerly wind in the morning, 

 which was fair. Calm evening, not a breeze on the sea the whole 

 way from Calais to Dover, and much' cloud, which showed the 

 rabdoi divergetites at sunset. 



July 2.3. — (At Clapton.) — Fair day and gentle NW wind. 



July 24. — Fair warm close day. Wind NW. 



July 25. — Wind still NW, and an inclination to nimbifica- 

 tion, which however went oft" till night, when it rained. 



July 26. — NW wind and some showers ; a dead orange-red 

 colour at sunset below the clouds in the west. 



Jiily 27. — Fair day and warm, with northerly wind. 



July 28. — Fair warm day. NW. Cumuli, &c. 



July 29. — Fine day. W'ind NW. but somewhat variable, 

 Th^e colour of the western horizon at eventide has of late been 

 clear, and without much coloming. The distances have been 

 very clear, but there has been often a haziness above. 



July 30. — Fine dry air. Cumuli, &c. Wind NW, though 

 at times from S. 



July 3 1 . — The same kind of weather. Very dry with northerly 

 winds ; cooler in the evening. 



August 1 . — Fine dry day, and clear. In the evening a few 

 clouds stretched in the west but gray, and there was very little 

 colour in the haze. At night some small meteors of the com- 

 mon kind. NE. 



August 2. — Fair dry warm morning; a faint haziness aloft 

 obscured the sun's light. Cumuli formed below this veil, and by 

 inosculation there was nimbification, and a shower about half 

 after four : but the blackness which threatened a storm went off 

 towards midnight, and the stars shone. Thermometer in the day 

 75°, at 1 1 P.M. 59°. The Barometer kept steady through the 

 afternoon at 30-24. Wind NNW in gentle gales, but at times 

 a still closeness. 



* It is said that lightning and thunder are much less frequent on the 

 shores of France than on the opposite coast of Britain. 



August 



