26o BATHYSPHERE DIVE THIRTY-FIVE 



each, other showing that they were lights on different fish 

 in a school. 



Certain o£ these lights stand out above the hundreds that 

 I saw. Thus a single very brilliant one first showed itself 

 on the opposite side of the searchlight's glare. As it passed 

 through the lower edge of the beam I saw quite plainly 

 that it was the brilliant light carried on the tentacle of an 

 anglerfish or sea-devil. As the fish passed beyond the 

 bathysphere's light its tentacle still blazed forth in an at- 

 tempt to advertise itself to the other inhabitants of the 

 watery wastes. 



Two ghostly green lights, followed by a dim, colorless, 

 tapering body and attenuated tail, showed near the right 

 hand window through which I was looking and passed over 

 to the Director's window. As the light went beyond my 

 window I heard the Director describe it as "Two cheek 

 lights on a macrourid-like fish about six inches long," this 

 description fitting perfectly what had passed beyond my 

 quartz lens. 



As far as size is concerned, most of the illumination was 

 rather small, with, now and then, brilliant spots or a suc- 

 cession of beads. However, here and there in the blackness, 

 a larger light would appear. One light, especially, stands 

 out as it slowly blinked three times before disappearing, 

 each blink at least half the size of an American penny. This 

 must have been on a fish of considerable size, larger than 

 any we have ever brought up in nets. 



