304 METEOROLOGICAL 



still close weather ; because winds disperse 

 it, and copious dews dilute it, and prevent 

 its ill effects. It falls mostly in hazy warm 

 weather. White. 



MORNING CLOUDS. 



After a bright night and vast dews, the 

 sky usually becomes cloudy by eleven or 

 twelve o'clock in the forenoon, and clear 

 again towards the decline of the day. The 

 reason seems to be, that the dew, drawn 

 up by evaporation, occasions the clouds ; 

 which, towards evening, being no longer 

 rendered buoyant by the warmth of the 

 sun, melt away, and fall down again in 

 dews. If clouds are watched in a still 

 warm evening, they will be seen to melt 

 away, and disappear. White. 



DRIPPING WEATHER AFTER 

 DROUGHT. 



No one that has not attended to such 

 matters, and taken down remarks, can be 



