Obseevations, December 19 — 25. 1843. 195 



Species or Clouds, &c. 



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8. Scud. 

 0. Id. 



Thick clouds. 



Scud -H- cirro-strati to SE., with a patch of reddish sky. 



Loose scud h— dense homogeneous cirrous mass ; cirro-strati on E. horizon 



Scud : cirrous mass. 



Loose scud : cirro-cumuli and dense cirrous clouds. 



Id. : id. 



Scud. 



Id. 



Id. 



Strata of clouds lying ENE. to WSW. 



Scud to S. +- cirro-strati on E. horizon. 

 2. Patches of scud -i— cirro-strati and cirrous haze to SE. 

 0. Woolly and linear cirri. 



2. Patches of mottled and woolly cirri ; cirrous haze and cirro-strati on horizon. 

 i. Cirro-cumuli and woolly cirri to NW. ; cirrous haze on horizon. 



Sheets of cirro-strati reaching from SSW. to E. 



Clouds on E. and S. horizon. 



Streaks of clouds. 



Scud -1— cirro-strati and cirrous haze to E. 

 Scud and cirrous clouds. 



Scud. 

 Id. 



Id. ; clouds just clearing oflF. 

 Id. 

 Id. 

 Id. 



Id. 

 Id. 



Two currents of scud : woolly and linear cirri and loose cirro-cumuli. 

 Scud : cirro-cumuli. 



Scud : two strata of cirro-cumuli +- cirro-strati to SE., having the appearance of an oblique section of thin layers of sandstone, slightly contorted. 



Scud -f— sheets of cirro-strati, cirro-cumuli, and cirri, in different strata. About 4*^ 20™ the cirro-strati to 

 Principally cirro-strati. [E. were very red. 



Overcast. 

 Id. 



Id. 

 Scud. 

 Id. 



Id. ; the slightest spit of rain. 

 Id. 



Id., in two currents. 

 Id. 

 Id. 

 Id. 



Id. 



Id. -h- woolly cirri, slightly tinged with red. 

 Id. : cirri. 



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