310 REPORT — 1864. 



At 6'' 29'" 50* p.m., at (8033) feet. Rainbow between lower cumulus and 

 upper clouds. 



At 6'' 31™ p.m., at 8033 feet. Very small patches of cirrus. 



At 6'' 32" 30* p.m., at 7912 feet. Another rainbow oyer clouds in rocky 

 heaps. Colours of the clouds opposite to the sim : — Top layer (1) brown ; 

 (2) bluish black; (3) darker bluish black; (4) thin layer of white; (5) 

 greenish brown ; (6) uniform rocky clouds fonning the base of everything. 



At 6'' 35" p.m., at (7480) feet. Colour of the clouds under the sun :— Top 

 layer (1) brown; (2) dark blue ; (3) whitish grey-black ; (4) uniform rocky 

 cumulus clouds. 



At 6'' 37" p.m., at 7022 feet. Patches of cumulus apparently resting 

 on the earth. 



At 6'' 37" 10' p.m., at G980 feet. The colour of the clouds opposite to the 

 sun: — Top layer (1) brown ; (2) bluish brown; (3) rocky brown clouds; 

 (4) bluish black ; (5) uniform base of rocky cumulus. 



At 6'' 38" 30' p.m., at 6626 feet. Edge of cumulus and brownish cloud 

 tinged by the sun. The tops of the peaks of the rocky clouds on nearly the 

 same level as ourselves. Saw straggling bits of cloud between the upper and 

 lower strata. 



At 6*^ 43" p.m., at 5389 feet. Peaks after peaks rising up to our level 

 and clearly defined against the sky ; a cloud with a little red in it, not 

 opposite to the sun. View confined on all sides by peaks of cloud, higher on 

 three sides than on the fourth. 



At G^ 44" 30' p.m., at 4865 feet. In a basin of clouds, higher on three 

 sides than on the fourth. 



At 6" 45" 30' p.m., at 4452 feet. Enteriiig into the clouds. 



At 6^ 46" 15' p.m., at 4009 feet. In basin of clouds ; misty. 



At 6" 46" 40' p.m., at (3886) feet. Just entering into cloud. 



At 6" 47" p.m., at 3787 feet. Just in clouds. 



At 6" 47" 10' p.m., at (3685) feet. In white mist. 



At 6^ 48" 30' p.m., at (2908) feet. . Steady leaden sky above ; layers' of 

 detached clouds below. 



At G^ 50" p.m., at (2061) feet. A uniform stratum of cloud above. 



At 6'' 54" p.m., at 1287 feet. In clouds. 



At 6'' 54" 10' p.m., at 1580 feet. Above the clouds. Colours of the 

 clouds: — Top layer (1) deep greenish blue; (2) bluish black; (3) green rocky 

 clouds ; (4) slightly rocky clouds. 



At 6'' 55" p.m., at 2024 feet. In clouds again. 



At 6" 56" 30' p.m., at (1597) feet. In uniform white mist. 



September 29, 1863. 



Before starting the sky was cloudy. 



At 7" 46" a.m., at 1092 feet. Misty all round, east the clearest. 



At 8^ 4" 30' a.m., at 6375 feet. Clouds above and below. 



At 8'' 5" a.m., at 6429 feet. There are clouds very high above us. 



At S*" 18" a.m., at 8259 feet. Dense clouds above us, very high indeed ; 

 there are two layers below us. 



At 8'^ 20" a.m., at 8446 feet. Misty. 



At 8*" 24" a.m., at 9193 feet. Many clouds apparently on the ground, 

 twelve cumuli in a patch. 



At S** 25" a.m., at 9252 feet. Detached cumuli apparently resting on the 

 ground like huge swans in some places, in others as though there had been 

 a simultaneous discharge of heavy ordnance. Three distinct layers of cloud. 



