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perfectly alive and fresh, consequently the light could not pro- 

 ceed from any decomposition of the shell or animal — but must 

 have resulted from some other source. On submitting this appa- 

 rent j)hosphorus to a high magnifier, it was found to consist of 

 three different sorts of animalcules ; one of wliicli had no less 

 than forty-eight legs attached to a slender body ; a black spot on 

 tlie head, which was evidently its only eye ; and tlie back exactly 

 resembled that of an eel, when deprived of its outer coating. 

 The second insect Polypheme, had also a solitary eye, and numer- 

 ous feet ; a nose resembling that of a dog, and a body made of 

 several rings. The third was very different, having a speckled 

 body, a head resembling a foal's, with a tuft of hair on both sides. 

 Each of these extraordinary insects was beautifully luminous, and 

 altogether resembled a blueish star. 



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Xorforc'd, in eiile drear, to hide. 



The just Arialides ! 

 1 he Ostracism was a mode of punishment in Greece intended 

 for popular characters, who were supposed to have acquired so 

 much influence as to be dangerous to the commonwealth. Tlie 

 manner in which it was performed, was, by inscribing the name 

 of the obnoxious individual on a tile or oyster-shell, and he to 

 whom the majority of votes fell, was banished for ten years, if the 

 number of votes amounted to six thousand. 



The predominant virtue of Aristides, an Athenian statesman 

 and warrior, was unimpeacliable integrity, and, in consequence 

 of which, he was honored with the title of "the just." ^^■hen 

 the people of Athens were assembled to vote for his banishment ^ 

 an illiterate citizen came to him, not suspecting the person whom 

 he addressed to be that celebrated statesman, and desired him to 



