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oci; AX. luinated moving In the fea, ;' fome came along-fide of the fhlo, and 



ilood on along with her ; others moved off from her with a velocity 

 iuhiiofl equal to lightning. ' The fliape of thefe illuminated bodies 

 difcovered them to be fifhes. Some approached near one another, 

 and when a fmall one came near a larger, It made all poffible hafte 

 to fly from the danger. I had a bucket full of this luminous fea- 

 water drawn up for examination. We found, that an infinite 

 number of little round luminous bodies were moving in the water 

 with amazing quicknefs. After the water had been {landing for a 

 little while, the fmall fparkling objefts feemed to decreafe In quan- 

 tity, but, by fllrring the water again, we obferved the whole to be 

 again entirely luminous; and leaving the water undiflurbed, we 

 ^ law the little fparks moving very brifkly In different diredlons. 

 Though the bucket with the water was fufpended, that it might be 

 lefs afFedled by the motion of the flnp, the fparkling objedls Ml 

 moved to and fro', fo that this firfl convinced me, that thefe luml^ 

 Bous atoms had a voluntary motion, quite independent of the agi- 

 tation of the water or jQiip ; but, at each agitation of the water by 

 a flick or the hand, we plainly perceived the fparkling to increafe. 

 Sometimes, by ftirring the water, one of thefe phofphoreal fparks 

 would ilick to the hand or finger. They were fcarcely of the 

 fize of the fmallefl pin's head. The leafl magnifier of my micro- 

 icope difcovered thefe little atoms to be globular, gelatinous, 



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