Obseevations, Apeil 25 — May 2. 1843. 
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20. Patches of cirrous scud -t— cirrous clouds and haze on E. horizon ; cumuli on S. and SE. horizon. 
22. Cirrous-edged cumuli and cumulo-strati. 
0. Many cumuli -t— nimbi to E. and SE. 
2. Scud and loose-edged cumuli ; a smart shower of hail lately. 
4. Scud -i— cumuli near horizon ; woolly cirri to SE. ; most of the sky covered with a thick milky haze. 
6. Scud -i— thick cirrous haze ; cumuli near horizon ; light rain. 
8. Id. -i- id. ; sky to NW. 
10. Scud? 
18. Clear ; cirro-strati on S. and E. horizon. 
20. Cirro-cumulous scud to E. Thermometer in the sun 77°. 
22. Loose-edged cumuli. 
0. Id. 
2. Id. 
4. Loose cumuli cirrous clouds to W. [on horizon. 
6. Scud and loose-edged cumuli mottled cirri and cirro-cumuli to W. ; cumulo-strati to E. and SE. ; haze 
8. Cirro-cumulous scud -t— cirrous haze ; sky stormy-like. 
10. Nearly as at 8 h , more scud. 
18. Scud -*— sky covered with a thick milky mass of clouds ; a few drops of rain. 
20. Id. -t— thick cirrous haze above. 
22. Id. ; light rain. 
0. Id.; id. 
2. Id. ; id. 
4. Id. ; id. 
6. Scud and loose cumuli •+— patches of cirri to S. ; cirro-strati to NE. 
8. Cirro-strati, cirro-cumuli, and mottled cirri. 
10. Cirro-cumulous scud, with which the sky was suddenly covered about half an hour ago. 
18. Masses of mottled and diffuse cirri and cirro-cumuli ; thick mass of cirro-strati and haze near the horizon. A parhelion to tho S. of the sun 5 
it is of ahout the same size, and at the same altitude as the sun, but soon becomes elongated like a portion of a halo ; the side nearest the 
sun is orange and the other greenish-yellow. 
20. Patches of scud, moving along N. and S. horizon +- woolly and diffuse cirri and cirrous haze. 
22. Many cirro-cumuli to E. -i- masses of scud, twisting and moving in all directions ; linear cirri to W. ; cumuli and cumulo-strati on N. and S. horizon. 
0. Scud and cumuli +- linear and reticulated cirri, becoming cirrous haze. 
2. Patches of loose cumuli and scud +- sky covered with cirrous haze ; the cirri at l h were cymoid and moved from S. 
4. Mottled cirri and cirro-cumuli, cirrous haze ; scud moving along E. horizon. 
6. Two currents of scud -)— cirro-cumuli. 
8. A dense mass of cirro-stratus and haze. 
10. Scotch mist. 
18. Linear and mottled cirri ; thick fog ; much hoar-frost. 
20. Woolly, mottled, woven and curled cirri pointing from E. 
22. Woolly and reticulated cirri, linear cirri to E. and N. ; masses of fleecy cirrous clouds to W. ; cirrous haze near horizon. 
0. Thin woolly and striated cirri, lying from ENE. to SSW. ; thick cirrous haze to N. and E. 
2. Woolly and curled cirri ; a band of curled cirri stretching across the sky from E. by N. to W. by S. ; cirrous haze on N. and E. horizon, 
4. Cirrous haze near horizon ; patches of woolly cirri. 
6. Cirri, scattered over the sky in all directions. 
8. Woolly and reticulated cirri ; cirrous haze on horizon. 
10. Clear ; a streak of cirro-stratus to N. 
18. Woolly and woven cirri to ESE. ; thick fog rising from the hollows ; heavy dew. 
20. Long lines of flame-like cirri like long feathers ; the flame-like cirri rising from a midrib which points from ESE., the cirri pointing from NNE. 
22. Chiefly woolly and striated cirri ; sheets of woolly cirri to W. and S., near horizon. 
0. Beautiful flame-like cirri. 
2. Elame-like cirri, more curled, woolly cirri ; scud and haze on E. horizon. 
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MAG. AND MET. OBS. 1843. ' 2 H 
