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fish, alive or dead. And Mr. F. D. Bennett discoveied 

 a new species of Shark, wliicli he named Squalus 

 fulgens, from the whole surface of whose body pro- 

 ceeded a greenish light, which rendered the animal 

 the most ghastly object imaginable. But therf; can 

 bo no doubt that the main source of oceanic elful- 

 gcnce is to be found in the countless millions of 

 minute animals which throng the sea, but which are 

 invisible without the aid of high microscopic powers. 

 And, truly, when from a lofty station on board a ship 

 we survey a space of many square miles, and see 

 every portion of its surface gleaming and flashing in 

 living light ; or mark the pathway of the vessel 

 ploughing up from fathoms deep her radiant furrow, 

 so filled with luminous points, that, like the milky 

 way in the heavens, all individuality is lost in the 

 general blaze, and reflect that wherever on the broad 

 sea that furrow happened to be traced, the result 

 would be the same ; one can scarcely conceive a more 

 magnificent idea of the grandeur, the unimaginable 

 immensity of the Creation of God. 



" Lord, how manifold are thy works ! in wisdom 

 hast thou made them all. The earth is full of thy 

 riches: so is this great and wide sea, wherein are 

 things creeping innumerable, both small and great 

 beasts. There go the ships : there is that leviathan, 

 whom thou hast made to play therein. These wait 

 all upon thee ; that thou mayst give them their meat 

 in due season. That thou givest them, they gather ; 

 thou openest thine hand, they are filled with good." 



