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without noticeable color markings except as they were associated 
with phosphorescent organs. Many of them, however, had a 
silvery sheen. | 
This translucency is carried to the extreme in the case of the 
so-called ‘‘ghost fishes’? which were also caught in abundance 
by means of the electric light. These are the young of certain 
eels and are ribbon-like in form, being extremely compressed and 
three to four inches long. Their most remarkable peculiarity, 
however, is their extreme translucency while in the water. 
Even when there were numerous specimens in a glass dish, we 
could not see, but had to feel for them. When out of the water, 
however, they are not translucent, but pallid. 
Another interesting form secured in this way is probably one 
of the ‘“‘snake-eels,’’ small, very slender, worm-like creatures 
that fairly swarmed about the electric ight and were taken in 
great numbers in the dip-net. A small fish shaped like a pump- 
kin seed was remarkable for the size and number of its phos- 
phorescent organs that were seen to be brightly luminous as 
these fishes swam around and approached the light. It seems 
to be characteristic of forms that are attracted by the electric 
light that they have proportionally large conspicuous eyes which 
are often almost black in color. 
The fishermen here use fish-pots that are smaller and seem to 
be less skillfully constructed than those at Barbados. Another 
method is to use large seines set across some channel such as that 
at the entrance to English Harbor. When the net was to be 
hauled, a large boat propelled by oars came from the town of 
Falmouth loaded down to the gunwale with men, women and chil- — 
dren, the latter in every degree of undress. Everyone took — 
hold of the lines and helped to haul in the huge net. It was 
certainly a lively scene, as all were wildly excited and there was 
much yelling and dancing around, especially when a big tarpon 
appeared in the net and flung itself savagely in all directions, 
finally succeeding in making its escape amid the lamentations of 
the cruelly disappointed blacks. 
A style of boat is used here that I have never seen elsewhere. 
It is made of ‘‘may-poles,’’ which are the great central flowering 
stems of the century plant, perfectly cylindrical and wonder- 
fully light and buoyant, being filled with pith which the natives 
