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In 1810, M. Suriray showed that the phospho- 
rescence of the sea in the Hnglish Channel was 
owing exclusively to Noctiluca miliaris, a very mi- 
nute Rhizopode, which has since been studied by 
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M. de Quatrefages, of Paris, and Dr. Verhaghe, of 
Ostend. (Fig. 14, Noctiluca miliaris: 1, The animal 
