Observations, June 29 — July 5. 1843. 
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4. Scud ; black to NW. and over the zenith. 
6. Id- : cirrous clouds ; light rain lately, raining to SE. and E. ; clouds breaking, sky in zenith and to W. ; cumuli to SSE. 
8. Scud +- linear cirri, covering much of the sky ; sheets of cirro-strati radiating from SE. where it is quite dark and like rain. 
10. Masses of scud and cumuli near horizon to S. and E.; cirro-cumuli and sheets of linear cirri tinged with red. 
18. Scud linear cirri and cirro-strati to E. 
20. Id. +- id. 
22. Id. +- woolly and mottled cirri. 
0. Id. 
2. Id. -*— cirrous clouds and haze. 
4. Scud, cumuli, cumulo-strati and woolly cirro-cumuli ; mountainous, ragged, and stormy-like cumuli to W. 
and S W., cumulo-strati with curled fronts ; the sky has been very stormy-looking for the last two hours. 
6. Large thick masses of loose cumuli and scud, cumuli in strings like beads, cumulo-strati; thick woolly cirro-cumuli, linear cirri and cirrous 
haze scattered across the sky, cirro-strati to E. ; the clouds are of all shades and thicknesses, black as night, white as snow, thin as smoke, 
thick as mud ; the sky is of different tints, bluish, whitish, greenish ; clouds moving at different elevations, and with different velocities. 
8. Scud and cumuli -t— cumulo-strati, cirro-strati and mottled cirri. 
10. Scud -t— cumulo-strati on N. horizon. 
18. Cirro-cumulous scud, cirro-cumuli -t— fine cirri to NW. ; ranges of cirro-strati to E. and S. 
20. Scud and cumuli : cirro-cumuli of various sizes and density +- fine lines of cirri to S. ; black mass of scud rising in W. 
22. Scud -i— cirro-strati to E. ; a few drops of rain. 
0. Id. 
2. Id. -i— cirrous clouds and haze to E. 
4. Scud and loose cumuli : cirro-cumulous scud and thick cirro-cumuli ; cirrous haze over the sky ; very stormy-looking ; shower lately. 
6. Scud : thick cirro-strati and sheets of cirri. 
8. Id. ; a few drops of rain. 
10. Id., moving quickly -t— cirro-cumuli and cirrous haze ; light rain. 
18. Loose scud : woolly cirro-cumuli. 
20. Scud. 
22. Id. ; a few drops of rain. 
0. Cirrous scud ; sky in patches. 
2. Scud, chiefly near horizon. 
4. Id. : cirro-stratous scud -»— cumuli near horizon. 
6. Id. -i— patches of woolly cirri ; cumuli on N. and S. horizon. 
8. Sheets of cirrous scud beautiful ranges of pyramidal cumuli to S. and N. ; cirro-strati to E. 
10. Cirrous scud -t— cumuli to N. ; cirro-strati to E. 
18. Masses of cumulo-strati on SE. horizon ; patches of scud to S. and N. 
20. Patches of scud -f- large masses of cumuli and cumulo-strati on S. and N. horizon. 
22. Cirrous-edged cumulo-strati. 
0. Id. [from WNW. 
2. Cirrous cirro-cumuli -t— cumulo-strati ; linear cirri rising from a patch of cirrous haze to W. and pointing 
4. Cirrous-edged cumuli, woolly, linear, and mottled cirri. 
6. Thick cirrous haze and linear cirri ; cumulo-strati on E. and N. horizon. 
8. Scud -i — cirrous haze, thick to W. ; solar halo. 
10. Thick mass of cirro-stratus and haze, cedaraceous. 
18. Scotch mist. 
20. Scud. 
22. Id., moving slowly. 
0. Id. ; dense cirro-stratus, a few drops of rain. 
2. Id. ; id. ; hazy. 
4. Id. ; id. 
6. Id. -t— cirrous clouds and haze ; heavy thunder showers lately. 
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MAG. AND MET. OBS. 1843. 
