Observations, April 12 — 19. 1843. 
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20. Cirrous scud •+- thick scud to E. ; cirrous clouds to W. ; occasional showers of snow. 
22. Two currents of cirrous scud. 
0. Id. 
2. Loose-edged cumuli ■+- linear and curled cirri radiating from N. ; sky to W., covered with cirrous haze. 
4. Loose cumuli. 
6. Masses of cirrous scud +- thick cirrous haze over the sky; half of a solar halo seen, radius about 23° ; the space within the halo is much darker 
than without it, being dark gray ; the edge of the halo is brownish and passes into the bluish-white of the cirrous haze without. 
8. Scud ■*— cirrous haze over the sky. 
10. Dense cirro-stratus ; a few drops of rain. 
18. Scud +- cirro-strati to NE. lying SSE. to NNW. 
20. Loose scud, quickly : thick cirrous clouds and haze covering all the sky cumulo-strati on NE. horizon. 
22. Detached masses of scud on horizon +- thick linear cirri over the sky, generally becoming haze, radiating from NW. ; cirro-cumuli to S. 
0. Nearly as before ; the cirri radiating more distinctly than before, and from WNW., intersected at right angles near the zenith by fine lines of cirri. 
2. Detached masses of cumuli and scud round horizon : long strips of flame-like cirri rising from woolly 
cirri, pointing from WNW. ; sheets of cirri to SW. appear superimposed upon each other. 
4. Cirrous clouds ; rather large cirro-cumuli lying in rows towards SSE. with sheets of woolly cirri interspersed. 
6. Thick cirrous clouds ; cirro-cumuli to W. ; cirro-strati and linear cirri to E. lying NNW. to SSE. ; patches of scud on N. and S. horizon. 
8. Scud : cirro-cumuli, in sheets radiating from NW. ; the sky very stormy like. 
10. Nearly as before. 
18. Scud -1— masses of loose cumuli on SE. horizon ; cirro-strati on E. horizon. 
20. Id. 4— large woolly cirro-cumuli ; cirro-strati and cumulo-strati to E. 
22. Thick scud- -i— cirro-cumuli and sheets of cirri. 
0. Scud, moving quickly : cirro-cumuli, woolly cirri, &c, slowly. 
2. Scud. 
4. Scud -i— linear cirri, pointing from WNW. 
6. Id. 
8. Id. -t— cirro-cumuli ; clouds red to W. 
10. Id. 
18. Thick cirro-cumulous scud, the patches of various colours ; motion very small. 
20. As before. 
22. Patches of scud and loose cumuli on horizon : cirro-cumulous scud. 
0. Loose cumuli, motion scarcely perceptible. 
2. Cirrous scud, moving very slowly h— loose cumuli near horizon. 
4. Cumuli and cirrous scud. 
6. Cirro-cumulous scud (as throughout the day) ; masses of cumuli on horizon to SE. 
8. Cirro-cumulous scud. 
10. Id. 
18. Id., lying in strata to N. -t— cirrous haze and rippled cirri. 
20. Id. 
22. Scud -t— haze. 
0. Detached masses of scud -s— patches of cirrous clouds to W. ; sky nearly covered with cirrous haze. 
2. Scud -1 — woolly cirri and cirrous haze. 
4. Id. -t— cirrous clouds and haze. 
6. Id. ■+- cumulo-strati on E. and NE. horizon. 
8. Loose scud, very low, moving quickly -i— masses of cirrous clouds ; cirro-strati to NW. 
10. Scud. 
18. Scud -t— irregular cirro-cumuli. 
20. Id., low and moving quickly : large loose cirro-cumuli, slowly ■*— finer cirro-cumuli and linear cirri. 
22. Scud -t- cirrous clouds, principally large cirro-cumuli with fine linear and woolly cirri; cumulo-strati to E. 
0. Loose-edged cumuli in two currents +- cumulo-strati on horizon; fine linear and woolly cirri and cirrous haze. 
In a short time the great mass of the scud and cumuli are from W. by S. : sea-gulls flying very high. 
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MAG. AND MET. OBS. 1843. 2 G 
