p. 37.
EFFECTS OF RAIN IN MOUNTAINOUS DISTRICTS--THE DISTRICT OF MORAY--THE
GREAT FLOODS OF 1829--COMMENCEMENT OF THE RAIN--THE SWOLLEN
RIVERS--DISASTROUS EFFECTS OF THE FLOOD--MEANS ADOPTED FOR THE RESCUE
OF COTTAGERS--KERR AND HIS BRAVE DELIVERERS--RESCUE OF FUNNS AND HIS
FAMILY--FLOODS OF THE RHONE IN 1840--OVERFLOWING OF THE MISSISSIPPI.
CHAPTER III.
p. 74.
VARIOUS FORMS OF CLOUDS--THE CIRRUS, OR CURL-CLOUD--THE CUMULUS, OR
STACKEN-CLOUD--THE STRATUS, OR FALL-CLOUD--THE CIRRO-CUMULUS, OR
SONDER-CLOUD--THE CIRRO-STRATUS, OR WANE-CLOUD--THE CUMULO-STRATUS, OR
TWAIN-CLOUD--THE NIMBUS, OR RAIN-CLOUD--ARRANGEMENT OF
RAIN-CLOUDS--APPEARANCES OF A DISTANT SHOWER--SCUD--CAUSE OF
RAIN--FORMATION OF CLOUDS--MISTS--HEIGHTS OF CLOUDS--APPEARANCE OF THE
SKY ABOVE THE CLOUDS.
CHAPTER IV.
p. 107.
ON HAIL--THE HAIL-STORMS OF FRANCE--THE DISASTROUS EFFECTS OF
HAIL--THE HAIL-STORMS OF SOUTH AMERICA--THEIR SURPRISING
EFFECTS--ORIGIN AND NATURE OF HAIL--PERIODICAL FALLS OF HAIL--HAIL
CLOUDS--HAILSTONES--THEIR VARIOUS FORMS--EXTRAORDINARY SIZE OF
HAILSTONES.
CHAPTER V.
p. 117.
METHOD OF MEASURING THE QUANTITY OF RAIN THAT FALLS--THE RAIN
GAUGE--METHODS OF OBSERVING FOR RAIN AND SNOW--EFFECTS OF ELEVATION ON
THE QUANTITY OF RAIN--DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TOP OF A TALL BUILDING
AND THE SUMMIT OF A MOUNTAIN--SIZE OF DROPS OF RAIN--VELOCITY OF THEIR
FALL--QUANTITY OF RAIN IN DIFFERENT LATITUDES--EXTRAORDINARY FALLS OF
RAIN--REMARKS ON THE RAIN OF THIS COUNTRY--INFLUENCE OF THE
MOON--ABSENCE OF RAIN--REMARKABLE DROUGHT IN SOUTH AMERICA--ITS
TERRIBLE EFFECTS AND CONSEQUENCES--ARTIFICIAL RAINS.
CHAPTER VI.
p. 137.
THE RAINBOW--DECOMPOSITION OF WHITE LIGHT BY THE PRISM--FORMATION OF
PRIMARY AND SECONDARY BOWS--RAINBOWS IN MOUNTAIN REGIONS--THE RAINBOW
A SACRED EMBLEM--LUNAR RAINBOW--LIGHT DECOMPOSED BY CLOUDS--THEIR
BEAUTIFUL COLOURS--EXAMPLES.
CHAPTER VII.
p. 157.
REMARKABLE SHOWERS--SHOWERS OF SAND--OF MUD--SHOWERS OF SULPHUR, OR
YELLOW RAIN--LUMINOUS RAIN--RED RAIN, OR SHOWERS OF
BLOOD--SUPERSTITIONS CONNECTED THEREWITH--EXPLANATION OF THE
CAUSE--SHOWERS OF FISH--SHOWERS OF RATS--SHOWERS OF FROGS--INSECT
SHOWER--SHOWERS OF VEGETABLE S