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JUNE 



overhead. 12''. Cumuli to S. IS'*. Principally large cirro-cumuli. 15^. Linear cirri, chiefly 

 to E. 16'^. Linear cirri and pure cirri having the concave side to S. l?**. Linear cirri to E. 

 2^. Cumuli principally on horizon : cirri. 3'^. Cumuli round horizon, but principally cirri scat- 

 tered over the sky : thick cirrous haze to S. and SW. 4'^. Cumuli on horizon : remainder of the 

 sky covered with cirrous haze : very thick to S. and SE. : the sun's rays scarcely penetrate, 

 d h i h GK Cumuli. 81^— gi'. Scud. 



23 20 — 24 5. 20^. Cumuli moving quickly : sky very hazy to E. : linear cirri to S. stationary : some of the 



cumuli very low. 23^^. Cumuli and haze : linear cirri above : clouds watery and electric-looking : 

 a few drops of rain. 2'^ — 5*^. Cumuli moving rapidly : linear cirri : cirro-cumuli and cirro-strati 

 above stationary : cirrous haze to SSW. rising with cumuli. 



24 20 — 25 5. 20'^. Cumuli in different strata : cirro-cumuli. 23''. Scud. 2^ Scud : light rain. 5^ Heavy 



rain. 



25 — 26. (Sunday). The wind changed in the morning from SW. : wind very strong on Saturday night 



and Sunday. 



26 20 — 27 8. 20*^. Small watery ragged cumuli moving quickly : a long compact body of cirro-cumuli over 



two-tenths of the sky. 23'' — 2''. Cumuli. 5''. Cumuli, some of them spinning out into cirri and 

 beautiful cirro-cumuli, which, in some places, are formed of little mats of cirrus, fining off to the 

 edge, so as to become mottled or waved cirri : to the E. is one mass of cirrus, in which the lines 

 lie NW. and SE., in other places, to the S. and W. it gets quite thick, so that the separation can 

 scarcely be distinguished. 8'' 20™ — 25™. Most beautiful cirro-cumuli here and there in thick 

 masses, fine near the edges, with bright blue between, all radiating from NW. to zenith, and from 

 SE. where they almost become cumuli. 



27 20 — 28 8. 20''. Scud: light rain. 23''. Scud. 5''. Smart shower. 8'' 30'". Masses of scud moving very 



rapidly from SW., shewing occasionally speckled or frosted-looking cirro-cumuli above stationary. 



28 20 — 29 8. 20''. Ragged cumuli or scud very low and moving quickly : cirro-cumuli and cumuli above. 



23''. Scud and cumuli moving quickly : cumuli on horizon : linear cirri in zenith either station- 

 ary or moving very slowly. 2''. Scud. 5''. Cumuli and scud : long streaks of cirri pointing 

 E. and then S. : clouds electric-looking to E. : the quantity of clouds variable. 8'' 35"'. Watery- 

 looking scud edged with cirro-cumuli : large dense masses of cirro-stratus : cirri to S. : the clouds 

 extend far, having large open spaces within : many of the clouds like large masses of cedar branches. 



29 20 — 30 5. 20''. Cumuli creeping along horizon from W. : linear cirri above cumuli pointinp- E. : many 



patches of watery cumuli rising from about W., pass over near the zenith moving towards ESE. ; 

 when they approach the meridian they break up into cirrous edges, as if the mass were unravel- 

 ling itself, and then they get quite detached, some parts appearing motionless, some moving quicker 

 than others, and often taking very different directions, some proceeding nearly to E., others moving 

 off to S. or SSE., till at last they are altogether dissipated ; to the SE. patches are occasionally 

 seen forming just as the others vanish ; the clouds near the horizon do not appear to pass through 

 this change. 23''. Cuinuli, which appear to move from NW. or NNW., but there still appears 

 to be two currents, the upper from about W., and the lower from about N ; when near the meri- 

 dian there is the same tendency to dissipate. 2''. Cumuli : the sky hazy : some of the cumuli 

 very ragged, 5''. Cumuli : cirrous haze. 



30 20 — 30 23. 20''. Cumuli and cirro-cumuli : linear cirri to NE. 23''. Cumuli : hazy to E. : clouds moving 



very slowly. 



JULY. 



1 2 — 1 5. 2''. Clouds and haze : cumuli very hazy to E. and S. : electric-looking. 5''. Clouds and haze : 



thick cirrous haze to W. and S. : cumuli and cirri : low clouds, like patches of scud moving slowly : 

 very black to E. : haze so thick to W. that the sun's rays scarcely project a shadow ; his rays ap- 

 pear like fine cirri in the cirrous haze ; some portions of the cirri might be termed etched, from 

 their scratchy appearanee. 



1 20 — 2 5. 20''. Cirri and nimbi : light rain. 23''. Cumuli and nimbi. 2''. Cumuli and nimbi : rain : 



small patches of sky. 5''. Cumuli and cirro-cumuli. 



3 20 — 4 5. 20'' — 2''. Scud. 5''. A kind of thick haze and cumuH on horizon, 



4 20 — 5 5. 20''. Nimbi and cumuli : other clouds above : light rain. 23''. Cumuli : nimbi and scud : a few- 



patches of sky : immense masses of clouds moving rapidly from about SW. : light rain. 2''. Watery 



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