Observations, July 11 — 17. 1843. 
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Species of Clouds, &c. 
Observer's 
Initial. 
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8. Patches of cirrous clouds to S. 
10. Scud and patches of cirri. 
18. Thin cirrous scud +- thick mass of cirrous haze and linear cirri ; a few drops of rain ; a strip of greenish sky to E. 
20. Nearly as before ; broken cirrous scud ; drops of rain, dark to E. 
22. Masses of scud -»— thick mass of cirrous clouds and haze and dense cirro-cumuli. 
0. Scud -t— cirrous clouds and haze. 
2. Id. -t— id. ; light rain. 
4. Id. +- id. 
6. Id. ■+— id. ; raining. 
8. Id. id. 
10. Id. -t— thick cirro-cumulous and cirrous mass, tinged with red half an hour ago. 
18. Scud : cirro-cumulous scud : cirri -t— thick mass of cirrous haze ; cumulo-strati to E. 
20. Haze thinner than before, more scud and cirri ; upper half of a solar halo. 
22. Scud and cumuli -t— patches of cirri. 
0. Id., moving slowly. 
2. Loose scud : ckrous-edged cumuli h— patches of cirri. 
4. Scud : cumuli. 
6. Three currents of scud ; cumuli to SSE. 
8. Two currents of scud. 
10. Scud -i— cirro-cumulo-strati to S. 
18. Cirrous scud -t— a beautiful range of cumulo-strati to E. [E. and W. 
20. Scud : cirrous scud -t— long lines of pectinated cirri, the backs or midribs lying N. and S., and the teeth 
22. Scud and cirrous-edged cumuli -t— patches of linear cirri. 
0. Scud and cumuli. 
2. Id. 
4. Cirrous scud -t— patches of linear cirri. 
6. Id. -f- id. 
8. Cirro-cumuli, covered and mixed with woolly cirri, waved in some places +- varieties of cirri ; scud to NW, 
10. Cirro-cumuli lying N. by E. to S. by W., tinged with red -t— woolly and mottled cirri. 
18. Detached patches of scud : sheets of loose cirro-cumuli, moving slowly -i— cumulo-strati on E. horizon. 
20. Smoky scud : dark extensive mass of cirro-stratous scud rising from W. : dense cirrous mass. 
22. Loose scud, moving quickly -i— woolly and mottled cirri. 
0. Id. -i— linear cirri and woolly cirro-cumuli. 
2. Loose-edged cumuli linear and mottled cirri ; cirrous haze. 
4. Id. -t— patches of cirro-cumuli. 
6. Cirrous scud and cumuli ■+- patches of woolly and mottled cirri. 
8. Patches of cirri : cumuli, moving slowly -t— flounder- shaped masses of beautiful cirri. 
10. Strata of cirro-cumuli to N. and sheets of cirri to S. 
18. Scud. 
20. Id. -•— dense cirro-stratus and haze. 
22. Id. -r- id. 
0. Id. -i — id. 
2. Id. +- id. 
4. Id. 
6. Homogeneous ; light rain. 
8. Scud. 
10. Id. ; rain. 
18. Loose scud, low and moving quickly thick cirrous clouds and haze ; patches of dark-blue clouds to E. 
20. Loose scud dense cirro-stratus and haze ; light rain. 
22. Id. -t- id. ; light drizzle. 
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MAG. AND MET. OBS. 1843. 2 O 
