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Eighth Mo. 11. Cumulotratus, dense about noon, but which 80011 

 after dispersing, a brilliant sunset ensued. 12. a. m. cloudy: windS.W. 

 13- A few drops at intervals : rai-n in the S. by inosculation. 14. a. m. 

 Cumulus, with haze gradually increasing above : p. m. clouds below dis- 

 perse : a fine elevated veil of cirrus, coloured at sunset. 15. Elevated 

 clouds, with traces of cumulus: some large drops about noon : at sun- 

 set, the western sky richly coloured with red and yellow, on cirrocumulvs 

 pas>iug to cirrostratus : windy night. l6. a. in. Windy: p. m. small 

 rain: clear evening, with coloured ciVnw and «7TocMW2a/«s. IS. Evening, 

 large cirri, pointing upwards, ig. a. m. Thunder showers, chiefly to 

 S. S. W. and N. A strong variable charge in the insulated conductor. 

 6 p. m. Fair and windy, with Cttrnw/o^tratM?. 30, 21. Windy: much dew. 

 S2. Light rain a. m. : showers p. m. 23. Misty morning: cumulus, 

 with cirrostratus from the S. : about one, these inosculated, and showers 

 prevailed, p. m. 24. Misty morning: cumulostratus : a few drops of 

 rain: evemvx^, cirrostratus. 25. Misty, and raining at 8| a.m. Wind 

 S. E. Evening, cumulostratus evaporating, beneath a veil of cirrus, which 

 at the moment of sunset, was of a light silver grey, and during twilight, 

 passed through yellow, orange, red, and purple, to dull grey; and lastly 

 became again somewhat red : much dew, with a very moist air. 26. A 

 small lunar halo, on clouds moving in a northerly current. 27. Windy, 

 a.m.: small rain, evening : much dew. 28. Windy. 30. a., m. Cirrus, 

 with points dependent and crossing, and cumulus forming beneath : at 9 

 f. m. Cirrocumulus, with much dew. The barometer unsteady. 31- 

 Fine day : cumulus, cirrus, cirrocumulus : a diffused blush on the twi- 

 light, which begins to be very luminous. 



RESULTS. 



Wind westerly, with little exception, to the time of full moon, when it 

 came round by N. to the Eastward. 



Barometer: highest observation 3029 in. lowest 29 5o in. 

 Mean of the period 30'025 in 



Tberm.: highest observation 74°,lowest 42*. Mean of the period 59 20". 

 Evaporation 3- 14 in. Rain o-8S in. 



L. HOWARD. 



PLAlSTOTf, 



itinth Month 26, \i\l. 



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