Chapter II: Of Truth of Clouds:--First, of the Region of the Cirrus

Sec. 1. Difficulty of ascertaining wherein the truth of clouds
consists. 216
Sec. 2. Variation of their character at different elevations. The
three regions to which they may conveniently be considered
as belonging. 216
Sec. 3. Extent of the upper region. 217
Sec. 4. The symmetrical arrangement of its clouds. 217
Sec. 5. Their exceeding delicacy. 218
Sec. 6. Their number. 218
Sec. 7. Causes of their peculiarly delicate coloring. 219
Sec. 8. Their variety of form. 219
Sec. 9. Total absence of even the slightest effort at their
representation, in ancient landscape. 220
Sec. 10. The intense and constant study of them by Turner. 221
Sec. 11. His vignette, Sunrise on the Sea. 222
Sec. 12. His use of the cirrus in expressing mist. 223
Sec. 13. His consistency in every minor feature. 224
Sec. 14. The color of the upper clouds. 224
Sec. 15. Recapitulation. 225