... fine, and very mild; yet a stormy.looking sky, as for some days past. Dark electric clouds at 8 p.m., in small detached forms, in zenith, very conspicuous upon the open portions of Istarlight sky. Fine night. I MONDAY, April ?? wryneck piping this morn- ...

... STARS.- YoU hvave no doubt frequently observed what ace ealied 'shooting stars, as they appeg to emerge from the dark sky of night, pursue a short and rapid course, burst, and are dissipated in shining fragments. From the velocity with which these bodies ...

... p.m. and during the evening, so that after sunset it became only a gentle breeze, but during the night rose again, with a mild air and cloudy sky all night, and shows for rain at hand. TUEsDAY, Maarch 31t.-Cloudy, mild, and breezy all the morning; gentle ...

... the variety of forms and of colours which they are able to produce in the upper sky. We shaU therefore only notice that they added a new sign in the sky last -night in the sbape of the 'Sphinx in the Desert. After the fireworla the Palace was illuminated ...

... mountain peaks of that remote and lovely spot. But, though the sun had sank, the rich orange glow remained in the sky all night. There was no night, and when at eleven o'clock we passed Fair Island, which lies half way between Shetland, we could easily see ...

... Icisihiorti, who steel op?ceaite, is I said-'' I icave lalceured in this leon from stiiirise until the stars were in the sky at night ; I have - lahonred in the ditch and in the bog Take it all, ciad let me leave the country for ever. B3'kas lug ? tIne ...

... second, as to the state of the elements ; anCd, third, in providing for so large a colony of children for a field day. The sky the night previous gave signs of rain for the followiug day, but happily, -dismal prognostications were not realised, t for although ...

... sometimes a sort of mountain trout. (As the sun sunk the hills gradually became glowing red and then faded away into the purple sky of night.) Here we enjoyed the Alpine afterglow so well known to all acquainted with the mountains. The vivid green grazing land ...

... 'outinto the dhk, ax~st dsensm tokdti ~df.'the~ violence 'of. ?? storm',~ ~bt 'in- most criteslit looked hin vain;-''4 The sky-all night, a , ldhthe, -qatly hours' Of the> norningi was~ v'-black- with; darkness. Now and- tlieiir the, blast' rwould siv-p; ...

... the wind calm at N.E., and the baro- meter slowly declining. Beautiful sky scenery at sun- set: small rocky clouds, crimson and gold coloured, upon a deep greenish-blue sky. Fine night, frosty and foggy. FRIDAY, November 26th.-Frost and fog all the morning ...

... throughout the night, in readiness to resist any injustice to Ireland in the direction of counting out before Sir J. McKenna had brought forward his resolution on the Peace Pre- servation Act. Four attempts to count out were made during the night, the series ...

... Peter a gar- ment given her by.Dorcas. Above is shown the roof of an Eastern house, one brilliant star in the dark sky suggesting night, and in the upper portion of the window appears a well-drawn figure of Dorcas draped in white and fleeting up- ward ...