Observations, January 18 — 24. 1843. 
91 
Species of Clouds, &c. 
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4. Masses of cirro-cumuli and mottled cirro-strati +- varieties of cirri; sky of a deep blue, the clouds hare a bluish or greyish tin<*e. 
6. Clouds quite homogeneous. 
8. Dark ; light rain. 
10. Light rain. 
18. Scud, moving rapidly. 
20. Id. ; light rain. 
22. Id., cumulo-strati on NE. horizon. 
0. Id., nearly homogeneous. 
2. Id. 
4. Id. 
6. Id., light rain. 
8. Clouds homogeneous, dark. 
10. Cirrous haze, stars seen dimly; the moon rising red. 
18. Scud, like a thin stratum of a semifluid pouring over the moon's face. 
20. Scud •+— the sky nearly covered with cirrous clouds and haze. 
22. Id. -i — fine woolly and silky cirri. 
0. Id. -i— woolly cirri, loose cumuli on horizon from N. to E. 
2. Id. 
4. Id. -i — cirrous clouds to S. 
6. Id. -)— id. ; the scud covers all the sky except three-tenths to E. 
8. Stars seen indistinctly. 
10. Id. 
18. Light cirri ; lunar halo at 17 11 50 m . 
20. Id.; haze to E. and N., tinged with red to E. [S. and E; hoarfrost; 
22. Linear and mottled cirri lying in strata from E. to W„ becoming thick haze on all sides except to W. ; fog, objects invisible at § of a mile to 
0. Hazy as before to E., fog clearing off. 
2. Hazy round horizon. 
4. Scud. 
6. Id. 
8. Id. 
10. Id. 
18. Quite clear. 
20. Linear cirri lying NW. to SE., loose cumuli on Cheviot. 
22. Patches of scud on hor. : woolly cirri lying in strata from NW. to SE. 
0. Nearly as at 22 h , clouds thicker. 
2. Cirrous-edged cumuli. 
4. Scud : mottled and woolly cirri moving very slowly. 
6. 
8. Raining heavily. 
10. Id. 
18. Scud ; rain ; a flash of lightning seen ; clouds moving off. 
20. Id. ; smart showers. 
22. Id. -h- woolly cirri to E., loose cumuli to SW. 
0. Id. +- woolly and mottled cirri. 
2. Id., moving quickly : cirrous clouds, slowly +- fine cirro-cumuli to E. 
4. Id. 
6. Id. ; smart shower commenced. 
8. Scud to N. 
10. Scud. 
18. Scud ; cirrous clouds above ? 
