98 SINGULAR CHANGE OF WINDS. 



fresh N. W. breeze after ten a.m., there was a 

 moderate one from E. S. E. This drew round 

 gradually by east to north. At sunset the weather 

 was very gloomy ; but the barometer indicated 

 nothing, ranging as usual. In the early part of the 

 night the wind was light from N. N. W., changing 

 suddenly at midnight to a fresh breeze from S. E. 

 with rain. When the morning broke, it had 

 veered to E. S. E. with squalls from E. N. E. and 

 heavy rain. Dense masses of clouds covered the sky, 

 enveloping everything in gloom ; which, though so 

 far agreeable as to reduce the temperature to 75°, 

 had a most singular effect after the constant bright 

 sunny days we had experienced. There was still no 

 unusual change in the barometer, the maximum 

 being 30*06, and the minimum 29*98 at two p.m. 

 The night was squally without rain. 



November 27. — The day broke with an appear- 

 ance of fine weather ; patches of blue sky peeped 

 between the heavy masses of clouds, and expanding 

 as the day advanced, left us at sunset with a cloud- 

 less vault of blue over head. The barometer was 

 lower throughout the whole of this day than it had 

 been at all, being at two p.m. 29*91. When this 

 strange weather first began I was disposed to con- 

 sider it to be of the same character as that which I 

 had before observed to occur within a few days of 

 the change of the moon. But its duration and oc- 

 casional violence led me to think otherwise, and 

 I afterwards found my conclusions to be correct ; as 



