The Natural History of Selborne

The sky this evening, being what they call a mackerel sky, was most beautiful, & much admired in many parts of the country.  * As the beautiful  mackerel sky was remarked & admired at Ringmer, near Lewes, London, & Selborne at the same time; it is a plain proof that those fleecy clouds were very high in ye atmosphere.  These places lie in a triangle whose shortest base is more than 50 miles.  Italian skies!  Full moon.  The creeping fogs in the pastures are very picturesque & amusing & represent arms of the sea, rivers, & lakes.