120 LIVING LIGHTS. 



rain. He jumped into the boat, and when the boatman had 

 pushed off, he remarked that every drop of rain hanging 

 from his hair, beard, and clothes was luminous with white 

 light, well seen, as it was very dark at the time. He after- 

 wards learned that the same appearance had been observed 

 by several pilots exposed to the same shower, and he attri- 

 buted the occurrence to a species of St. Elmo'^ fire. 



