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Table (continued). 



(1) The .sky was ovprcast, and rain had fallen heavily, but had ceased. The wind was 

 from E.N.E. At the height of 700 feet the mist was so thick that the earth was scarcely 

 visible. At lOOt) ft. high we rose out of the mist and looked down on the cloud. At IL'OO it. 

 and higher the sun shone on the upper surface of the cloud, gilding a sea of cloud for 

 some distance ; then like jjlains of bright yellow sand, and far away like seas of snow of 

 sparkling and dazzling whiteness, the whole being broken up with hillocks and mounds of 

 the same colour as the plains on which they .seemed to be placed. The scene was very rich. 



