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 



Sept. 9. Luminous. 



Nov. 3. Very luminous. 



Animals, &c. 



Thaumantias incon- 

 spicua, and other 

 Acalephae, Beroe, 

 Polyphemi, &c., 

 &c., very plentiful 

 and most active. 



Sarsia prolifera, 

 Lizzia octopunc- 

 tata, Beroe, &c., 

 &c., Dipliydiae 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 behind. 



Cyclops, &c., &c., 

 with Nos. 1 and 3, 

 PI. XIV. plentiful. 



So abundant were 

 several of the Aca- 

 leph8e,Beroes,&c., 

 but more espe- 

 cially the minute 

 Crustaceans, that 

 the water was like 

 sheets of fire. 



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- 

 dreds of porpoises in the 

 harbour making a great 

 noise. 



Before for several days 

 weather fine : porpoises 

 plentiful in the harbour 

 after the great shoals of 

 mackerel : strong out 

 wind commenced, with 

 dull weather and show- 

 eiy. 



Mild, calm and clear. 5th, 

 cold with heavy lashing 

 rain and very unsettled 

 weather. 



Objects observed in each month for Four Years. 



1846. 



1847. 



Jan. 

 Feb; 



Mai'ch. 



1848. 1849. 



Small Crustaceans, 



and some Opos- 

 sum shrimps. 



Nidi of Acalephae, 



skins of Balani, 

 and exuviae of 

 Crustaceans, small 

 Annehdes. 



