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extensive slxct of |)}ios[)li<n'fS('('!ice, ('\tein.rnig 

 in a direction t'runi east to wc'^t as iar as the eye 

 cotiid t^&cli ; the luniitiosity was confined to the 

 range of aaiiinala in this shoal, for there was no 

 similar light in any oih'SV fymi^m* 1 imme- 

 diately cast the towing net over tlie >tevn of the 

 ship as we approached nearer tlie luminous 

 streak, to ascertain the cause of this extraordinary 

 and so limited a pttaicmenon. The ship soon 

 cleaved through the-l^flliant mass, from which, 

 hy t]iv disturhance, strong flashes of liglit were 

 emitted; and the shoal ( juLlging from llie time 

 the vessel took in passing through tlie mass) 

 may have been a side in tectdtb i the passage 

 of |h© vessel (jhijougli thm* Increased the light 

 around to a far stronger degree, illuminating the 

 ship. On taking in the towing lU't, it was found 

 half filled with jj^mwwf/, s^atlanticum wJjich 

 abope^ a b^Httful pale greenish iigi^t^ and 

 thisre ^e9a» also a few small fish in the im^ m th& 



-ame time ; after tlie mass had heen passed 

 thnnigli, the light was still seen jistern until it 

 became invisil>le in the ilistance, and the whole of 



fore this took plaee. Th^scesae was as novel m it 

 was beaufitid and interesting, more so from having 

 ascertained, liy capturing tfie luminous Hnimals, 

 the cause of the phenomenon. 

 t*he second was not exactly similav lo the prtt- 



