STAES OF THE SEA. 9 



man newly arrived at one of the places on the Pacific coast 

 proceeded at night to take a bath, and, upon rising from the 

 water, was astonished and amazed to find that his entire body 

 was luminous, seeming covered with a coating of light, which 

 he found originated from innumerable minute phosphorescent 

 animals, which clung to his garments, and changed the water 

 all about to a golden hue. 



A distinguished professor at Keil was, perhaps, the first 

 to discover luminous microscopic animals. 2 



The largest of these minute creatures is about one-eighth 

 of a line, the smallest from a forty-eighth to a ninety-sixth 

 of a line in size. 



Giglioli has made some interesting observations regarding 

 the phosphorescence of the lowest class of animal life, the 

 protozoans, and with his colleague, Professor de Fillipi, 

 intends publishing the results of their observations. 3 



