428 Mr. C. W. Peach on the Luminosity of the Sea, 



1849. Sea. 



April 26, Very luminous in- 

 11 P.M. deed. 



July 1. Very luminous. 



July 20, A glorious display. 



10 P.M. 



& 1 45 



Weather. 

 Splendid and calm. 27th, 

 a gale of wind with lash- 

 ing, cold rain. 



Day fine, night bright 

 moonlight ; 2nd, thick 

 fog; 3rd, strong wind 

 S.W., thick rain. 



Showery, but warm and 

 fine seasonable weather ; 

 22nd, gale of wind; hun- 

 cbeds of porpoises in the 

 harbour making a great 



Sept. 9. Luminous. 



Nov. 3. Very luminous. 



Animals, &c. 

 Thaumantias incon- 



spicua, and other 



Acalepha;, Beroe, 



Polyphemi, &c., 



&c., very plentiful 



and most active. 

 Sarsia ])rolifera, 



Lizzia octopunc- 



tata, Beroe, &c., 



&c., Diphydiae for 



the first time. See 



Plates XII. and 



XIII., new ones. 

 Diphydise by thou- 

 sands, Acalephae 



abundant, — those 



figured in PI. XIV. 



from 1 to 8 and 



11 and 12 equally 



so. So sheet-like 



(caused by the 



very small ones), 



that when the 



larger ones dashed 



through them they 



left a meteor-like 



train 1)ehind. 

 Cyclops, &c., &c.. Before for several days 



with Nos. I and 3, weather fine : porpoises 



PI. XIV. plentiful, plentiful in the harbour 

 after the great shoals of 

 mackerel : strong out 

 wind commenced, with 

 dull weather and show- 

 ery. 

 So abundant were Mild, calm and clear. 5th, 



several of the Aca- cold with heavy lashing 



lepha;,Beroes,&c., rain and very unsettled 



but more espe- weather. 



cially the minute 



Crustaceans, that 



the water was like 



sheets of fire. 



Objects observed in each month for Four Years. 



1846. 



1847. 



Jan. 

 Feb. 



March. 



1848. 1849. 



Small Crustaceans, 



and some Opos- 

 sum shrimps. 



Nidi of Acalephae, 



skins of Balani, 

 and exuviae of 

 Crustaceans, small 

 Annelides. 



