Observations, November 17 — 23. 1843. 
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Species of Clouds, &c. 
0. Scud -i— dense cirro-stratus ; light drizzle. 
2. Id. -»- fine feathers of beautifully mottled cirri pointing NNE. ; cumuli and cirrous haze to E. 
4. Masses of loose-edged cumuli. 
6. Scud to W. ; patches of cirri. 
8. Cirrous scud. 
10. Cirro-strati. 
18. Quite clear. 
20. Loose scud ; light showers. 
22. Id. : diffuse cirri -f— nimbi to S. with fine cirrous crowns ; cirro-strati to E. 
0. Nearly as at 22 h ; cumuli to E. 
2. Cirrous-crowned nimbi and scud, masses of woolly and diffuse cirri. 
4. Cumuli ; nimbi and diffuse cirri on horizon. 
6. Thin scud ; cumuli on horizon. 
8. A patch of scud to NW. ; passing showers and masses of nimbi. 
10. Cirrous scud ? 
18. Very dark ; a few drops of rain. 
20. Scud ; light rain. 
22. Id.; id. 
0. Id. ■+- homogeneous above ; light rain. 
2. Lines of patches of loose scud : woolly cirro-cumuli and cirri -i— loose cumuli to S. 
4. Cirro-cumuli, cirro-strati and cirrous haze to E. 
6. Scud to SW. 
8. Scud. 
10. Id. 
18. Id. 
20. Scud and nimbi ; passing showers. 
22. Masses of scud and loose cumuli : fine cirro-cumuli -i— cirro-strati on horizon ; cumuli on Cheviot. 
0. Linear cirri and patches of cirro-cumuli +- thick cirrous haze and diffuse cirro-strati; masses of loose cumuli to NW. 
2. Thick, woolly, and diffuse cirri and cirrous haze -i— mass of scud to NW. ; cirro-strati on horizon. 
4. Thick, dense, cirro-cumulous mass, like a semifluid. 
6. Light rain. 
8. Rain ; very dark. 
10. Light rain ; the wind feels very warm. 
18. Scud. 
20. Id. ; slight drizzle. 
22. Loose scud -t— large cirro-cumuli to S. ; slight shower. [much. 
0. Scud and loose cumuli. At 23 h 10 m the wind had shifted to WNW. blowing from 4 lbs. to 7 lbs., varying 
2. Scud, loose cumuli. 
4. Id., id. 
6. Cirro-strati on horizon. 
8. Thin scud. 
10. 
18. Sheets of cirrous scud ? to E. and S. 
20. Woolly cirro-cumuli : woolly cirri. 
22. Woolly cirri and cirro-cumuli •»— cirro-strati and cirrous haze. 
0. Cirrous scud, woolly cirri, and cirro-cumuli, all moving very slowly. 
2. Masses of scud -t— thick cirrous mass. 
4. Dense cirrous mass. 
6. Id. 
8. Clearing off from SW. 
10. Clouds to E. 
MAG. AND MET. OBS. 1843. 3 A 
