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pling apparatus, called the mouth, arranged in front of 

 the individual. From this idea conceived, they would pro- 

 ceed to build this fishing apparatus. This is what the Al- 

 bastross Expedition has to say about him : 



"The potency of light in attracting wanderers of the 

 deep is seen in the equipment of the Lure fish, a gro- 

 tesque creature with a huge mouth that hides its black 

 body in the mud, and waits patiently for victims, dan- 

 gling before them a phosphoresent bulb that shines at 

 the end of a long filament a self-grown and self-baiting 

 fishing rod, curving forward from the animal's head and 

 hanging temptingly before its hungry jaws, ready to 

 snap open at the approach of a curious visitor. These 

 Lure fish are found at the depth of three miles or more." 



Mr. Muffit gives the following interesting description 

 of a few of the enormous number of different kinds of 

 individuals found in the ocean : 



"Another danger lurking in the tow nets is the possible 

 presence of a strange crustacean, related to a crab, an 

 uncanny creature about three inches long that is invis- 

 ible, literally invisible, owing to the fact that its head 

 and body, its arms, legs and claws are quite transparent. 

 The presence of this animal in the receiving pan is usu- 

 ally indicated by a disturbance among its visible neigh- 

 bors, the shrimps and fishes, and when it is lifted out with 

 a pair of tongs it appears like the glass model of a crab 

 with slowly moving glass legs and glass claws. When 

 killed this crab loses its transparency and reveals itself 

 in a dull white coloring like the white of an egg. The 

 'Albatross' encountered many of these invisible wrigglers 

 while fishing in Japanese waters. It is well known that 

 very young fish and tiny eels are quite transparent except 

 for two black dots, which mark their eyes. 



"Each haul of nets brings up some deep sea wonder. 



