Observations, December 19 — 25. 1843. 195 
Species of Clouds, &c. 
Observer's 
Initial. 
h. 
8. Scud. 
10. Id. 
18. Thick clouds. 
20. Scud -i— cirro-strati to SE., with a patch of reddish sky. 
22. Loose scud -h- dense homogeneous cirrous mass ; cirro-strati on E. horizon 
0. Scud : cirrous mass. 
2. Loose scud : cirro-cumuli and dense cirrous clouds. 
4. Id. : id. 
6. Scud. 
8. Id. 
10. Id. 
18. Strata of clouds lying ENE. to WSW. 
20. Scud to S. +- cirro-strati on E. horizon. 
22. Patches of scud -{— cirro-strati and cirrous haze to SE. 
0. Woolly and linear cirri. 
2. Patches of mottled and woolly cirri ; cirrous haze and cirro-strati on horizon. 
4. Cirro-cumuli and woolly cirri to NW. ; cirrous haze on horizon. 
6. Sheets of cirro-strati reaching from SSW. to E. 
8. Clouds on E. and S. horizon. 
10. Streaks of clouds. 
18. Scud -t— cirro-strati and cirrous haze to E. 
20. Scud and cirrous clouds. 
22. 
0. Scud. 
2. Id. 
4. Id.; clouds just clearing off. 
6. Id. 
8. Id. 
10. Id. 
18. Id. 
20. Id. 
22. Two currents of scud : woolly and linear cirri and loose cirro-cumuli. 
0. Scud : cirro-cumuli. 
2. Scud : two strata of cirro-cumuli +- cirro-strati to SE., having the appearance of an oblique section of thin layers of sandstone, slightly contorted. 
4. Scud -i— sheets of cirro-strati, cirro-cumuli, and cirri, in different strata. Ahout 4 h 20 m the cirro-strati to 
6. Principally cirro-strati. [E. were very red. 
8. Overcast. 
10. Id. 
18. Id. 
20. Scud. 
22. Id. 
0. Id. ; the slightest spit of rain. 
2. Id. 
4. Id., in two currents. 
6. Id. 
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8. Id. 
10, Id. 
18. Id. 
20. Id. woolly cirri, slightly tinged with red. 
22. Id.: cirri. 
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