NO. 17.] 



OBSERVATIONS. 



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' Drifting rapidly from SE. ^ Could not make observation, cu. near the horiz. ^ Cu. on the horiz. Blue 

 sky in N to W. * Cu. on the horiz. Blue sky in SW— S, and faint blue sky over the N quadrant from NE 

 to NW. 2.30 p. m. clearing. ^ Cu. on the horiz. Blue sky all round the horiz. largest and most intense in N 

 to NW. ° 10.30 a. m. ® . '' 7.45 a. m. ® . A lower layer from N, an upper layer from W. Impossible to 

 distinguish the exact point of the compass. Those from north tolerably near N, those from west possibly 

 from the southern side of W. 



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