Obseevations, Octobee 29 — Novembee 3. 1843. 179 



Species of Clouds, . 



Sky nearly covered with thin clouds and haze. 

 0. Loose cirro-cumuli, woolly cirri, and cirrous haze. 

 2. Dense cirro-stratus ; patch of scud to SE. ; patch of sky ; light mist. 

 0. Homogeneous cirrous mass. 



2. Id. ; light rain. 

 4. Id.; id. 



6. Scud +- homogeneous mass of clouds ; light rain. 



8. Light rain. 



0. Continuous rain. 



3. Clouds to SE. 



D. Cirri and cirro-strati on E. horizon. A large flock of wild geese seen. 



Id. 



Id. 

 Loose cumuli to N. and W. : diffuse cirri. [E. horizon. 



Loose cumuli to S., lately covering the sky : light cirri, moving quickly •«— cirrous haze and cirro-strati on 

 Woolly and diffuse cirri -t— cirrous haze on horizon. 

 Cirro-strati to SE. 

 Large woolly cirro-cumuli : diffuse cirri, becoming haze. 



Scud to E. 



Cirrous scud, moving very slowly -t— patches of cirro-stratus. 



Loose cirro-cumulous cumuli : varieties of cirri, becoming haze to N. and E. 



Cirro-cumulous scud : wooUv, linear, flame, and diffuse cirri. 



Id. : id. 



Loose cumuli : reticulated and linear cirri. 

 Linear and diffuse cirri ; loose cumuli round the horizon. 

 Large woolly cirro-cumuli -i— patches of cirri. 

 Id. 



Quite overcast ; a streak of light to E. 



Cirro-cumulo-strati -i— cirro-strati to E. 



Thin smoky scud : cirro-cumulo-strati. 



Woolly cirro-cumuli -t— cumuli on N. horizon ; dark and hazy, with scud to E. 



Scud. 



Two strata of scud -t— cumuli on E. horizon ; haze on horizon. 



Scud ; slight fog. 



Scud and loose woolly cirro-cumuli. 



Patches of scud and cirro-strati on horizon. 



Clouds on E. horizon. 18'» 28™. A meteor was seen moving from about 30° to tlie S. of the zenith towards E. by S., it disappeared at an alti- 

 tude of about 10° above the SE. point of the horizon, leaving a narrow train of sparks ; it was of a bright white colour, apparently about 10' 

 to 15' in diameter (about the size of a cricliet-ball) : only about 30° of its course was seen. 



Loose scud : cirro-cumuli and cirro-strati to E. 



Thin scud : dense semifluid-like cirro-stratus over the sky. 



Id. : id. See note below. 



Scud : large woolly cirro-cumuli -»— cirro-strati to E. 



Woolly, mottled, and dense diffuse cirri -t— cirro-strati on horizon all round ; dark cirro-strati on E. horizon. 

 Loose cirro-cumuli -t— diffuse cirri to W. ; cirro-strati round horizon ; slight fog on the ground. 

 Scud. 

 Sheets of cirrous haze or thin cirro-strati ; lunar corona and portion of a halo. 



Scud ; dark to NW. 



Loose scud : large woolly cirro-cumuli and woolly cirri. 

 Id. -)— cirro-strati and cirrous haze to E. 



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Nov. S"! 0'> 40™. Quite calm. A sound heard to E., gradually increasing in intensity, and then gradually subsiding, like a strong 

 ^ 1 blowing through a mass of leafless trees. At 52™ Kelso town clock (4 miles distant) was heard veri/ distinctly to strike 12 o'clock. 



