Observations, March 30 — April 6. 1843. 
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Species of Clouds, &c. 
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20. Scud -!— cumuli on NE. horizon. 
22. Cirrous scud ■+-' linear cirri to E. lying N. and S. ; clouds very thick to S. 
0. Large masses of loose cumuli. 
2, Loose scud : cirrous scud linear cirri to W. pointing N. by E. ; cumuli to S. 
4. Scud. 
6. Id. 
8. Loose scud, very low -i— cirrous scud. 
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18. Loose scud. 
20. Id. +- cirrous haze ; cumulo-strati on horizon. 
22. Patches of scud -t— a dense mass of cirro-stratus. 
0. As before, but more scud. 
2. Id. id. 
4. Scud ; dense cirro-stratus ; raining. 
6. Loose scud loose cumuli to N. and E. 
8. Id. -»— cirrous clouds. 
10. Light rain. 
18. Cirro-cumulous scud, the lower portion moving quickly ; sky milky. 
20. Scud : large banks of thick cirrous clouds to W. 
22. Masses of scud and loose cumuli. 
0. Id. h — fine woolly cirri to NE. lying TOW. to ESE. ; cirrous haze to SW. and S. 
2. Loose cumuli ->— woolly and mottled cirri and fine cirro-cumuli mostly lying WNW. to ESE. 
4. Masses of loose cumulo-strati : cirrous clouds of all kinds moving slowly. 
6. Cumulo-strati to NE., patches moving across the zenith -i— chiefly linear and woolly cirri. 
8. Diffuse cirri to "W., woolly cirri, patches of cirro-strati to N. 
10. Cirrous clouds and haze near horizon. „ 
[hazy. 
18. Masses of scud, moving quickly : thick patches of cirro-cumulous and cirro-stratus clouds stationai-y ; sky 
20. Large detached masses of scud, very low and moving quickly : thick woolly cirri moving slowly ; the cirri 
are of different kinds, lying in strata, in sheets, and becoming haze ; the highest probably stationary. 
22. Masses of loose cumuli to N., cirrous scud -i— thick mass of cirrous clouds, stationary. 
0. Scud -f— cirrous haze to E. 
2. Scud -i— thick mass of cirrous clouds ; sky nearly covered with cirrous haze. 
4. As before ; light rain. 
6. Low patches of scud -s— thick cirrous clouds, stationary. 
8. Scud. 
10. Raining. 
18. Two currents of scud, the lower detached patches, the upper a thick extended mass ; a few drops of rain ; it has been raining heavily lately. 
20. Nearly as before. 
22. Scud -t— cirrous clouds and haze. 
0. Masses of loose cumuli -s— cirrous haze. 
2. Id. id. ; less scud. 
4. Id. id. ; cirrous haze stationary. 
6. Loose scud -i— large woolly cirro-cumuli, stationary ; loose cumuli and cirro-strati on horizon. 
8. Cumuli and cumulo-strati on E. horizon. 
10. Clear. 
18. Loose scud woolly cirri tinged with red ; cumulo-strati to E. 
20. Scud -i— cirro-strati. 
22. Id. -i — thick cirrous clouds ; light rain. 
0. Id. 
2. Id. 
4. Id. ■+— cirrous haze ; cumuli on horizon. 
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MAG. AND MET. OBS. 1843. 2 F 
