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AUGUST. 



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17 20 — 18 5. 20''. Cirrous haze : cumulo-strati and cirro-strati : loose cirro-cumuli. 23'*. Vertebrated cirro- 



cumuli, &c., pointing from S. to N. 2'^. Haze : cirri and cumuli : thermometer in the sun 106°-8. 

 5^. Common and craggy cumuli : linear cirri pointing from W. to E. : cirrous haze : a few patches 

 of scud. 



18 20 — 19 5. 20''. Loose cumuli : hazy above : thunder to E. before and after this time, and was also heard 



during the nioht. 23''. Cirrous haze and linear cirri. 2''. Haze : cumuli and rather large cirro- 

 cumuli. 5''. Haze : nearly homogeneous. 



19 20 — 20 5. 20''. Loose cumuli: cumuli on horizon: linear cirri. 23''. Scud: a perceptible drizzle. 



2''. Haze : scud : dull grayish-blue appearance : stormy-like. 5''. Haze and nimbi rising from 

 SSW. like a fine sheet : clouds like cedar branches : slight drizzle. 



21 20 — 22 5. 20''. A kind of mottled gray mass, part of it like loose cirro-cumuli : sky on NW. horizon. 



23''. Cirro-cumuli, but not well-defined : in some places to N. the cirro-cumuli are like the rippled 

 sand on the sea-shore, but are brownish on the ridges, and white in the hollows. 2''. A very hete- 

 rogeneous mixture, small patches of the sky here and there. 5''. Nearly as before, but denser. 



22 20 — 23 5. 20'' — 23''. A few loose detached cumuli : linear cirri. 2''. Woolly cirro-cumuli of all sizes : 



cumuli : sky hazy near horizon ; dense to S. and SE. 5''. Cirro-cumuli lying in strata from 

 SSW. to NNE., gathered in many places into dense nuclei ; to the E. are long strata of clouds, 

 probably cirro-strati, with rough edges, lying from SE. to NNE. : a few patches of black scud sail- 

 ing low from about SSW., and lying in lines in that direction like the cirro-cumuli. 



23 20 — 24 5. 20''. Scud: light drizzle. 23''. Like buttermilk agitated, alias if stationary ; like cedar branches 



to N. 2''. Nearly as before : occasionally light showers. 5''. More broken than before : a few 

 patches of sky : detached cumuli lying very low. 



24 20 — 25 5. 20''. A few linear cirri. 23''. Loose cumuli : cumuli higher, moving much slower. 2'*. Cumuli. 



5''. Loose cumuli : linear cirri. 



25 20 — 26 5. 20''. Scud : various kinds of cirro-cumuli above : linear cirri here and there. 23'', Loose 



cumuli : cirro-cumuli. 2''. A few patches of scud moving from NE. : cumuli, &c. above, moving 

 very slowly from about SSW. 5''. Loose cumuli : cirro-cumuli. 



26 10 — 27 10. 10'' — 20''. Scud. 21''. Scud : a few patches of sky : cirro-cumuli seen above. 221*. Scud : 



sky in patches. 2''. Cumulous scud : cirro-cumuli above. 6''. Loose cumuli and patches of scud, 

 all nearly stationary. 7''. As at 6'' : a few patches of etched scud lying low. 8''. Loose cumuli : 

 9''. Cirro-cumuli. 



28 20 — 29 5. 20''. Scud : light mist or drizzle : the vane pointing N. but no wind. 23''. Loose cumuli moving 



rather quickly : sky in detached patches. 2''. Cumuli. 5''. Detached cumuli round horizon. 



29 20 — 30 5. 20''. Scud, like cedar branches to E. and N. : clouds above stationary. 22'' 10"". The clouds 



are principally cirro-cumuli, lying in lines from S by W., with scud below moving from NE. 

 23'' 40'". Haze clearing off, and a long line of ill-defined cirro-cumuli lying N. and S., and moving 

 from S by W. : detached cumuli moving more slowly than before : haze in all parts of the sky, 

 excepting the zenith : some clouds are moving from NNW. 0''. Principally cirrous haze, about 

 1^ tenths of cumuli : streaks of pure blue sky to E. : stormy-looking. 2''. Haze, 2^- tenths of 

 cumuli : the sun projects a visible shadow. 5''. Diffuse cirro-cumuli and haze : watery-looking 

 cumuli on horizon : sky appearing to W. 



30 20 — 31 5. 20''. Clear. 23''. Detached cumuli, rather loose on the edges : linear cirri above. 2''. Cumuli: 



linear cirri above, pointing first from WNW., then from W by S., moving from NW. : immense 

 piles of white cumuli moving very slowly. 5''. Sky principally covered with cirrous haze and 

 linear cirri : cumuli moving very slowly : loose cumuli rising from SW., where it is very black : 

 well-defined cumuli on NE. horizon. 



31 20 — 31 23. Scud. 20''. Other clouds above stationary. 23''. Occasional showers. 



SEPTEMBER. 



1 2 — 1 8. 2''. Scud : loose cumuli above moving slowly : linear cirri highest pointing from W by N. 



S**. Scud : cirrous haze, &c. above, stationary or moving very slowly. 8''. The sky presents a very 

 strange appearance : large dense masses of scud like smoke are creeping along N. and S. horizon 

 from westward ; thin fleecy masses of the same move quickly across the zenith from W. : near the 

 NW., where the sun is setting, above the scud are masses of cirro-strati, tinged with white edges, 



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