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their bodirs,) I>iit by moviiifi' tlic'in uhout it could 

 be T'r|>r(Hltic€d for f^omc l{'nji,t1i of tiiru' after. 

 As long as the luminosity of the oceaa was 

 visible, (which continued most part of the 

 flight,) a iMUlife^ of i^4m^ Mi6m^emi Iwo 

 species of Pkylhsom^ aa kaiio^ afpsff&itlly 

 allied to Leploccphaluf^, as well as several crus- 

 taceous auimals, all (d' which 1 had before cou- 

 .^idered as inter-tropical species, were caught and 

 ^feset^^ At half-past ten^ ^. m. the tempera- 

 ture of ^e^lmospherc ou deck was 52", an4 tfajifc 

 of the water 51^". The lumiuwsitv of the water 

 gradually decreased during the uight, and to- 

 wards morning was no longer seen, nor on any 



AlbiCQ(re@>t bonitos^ itixd ^ven n colossal whale 



* Mm wni tlik acooFd with the g«ogi»t|3lficiii^ distrlktlioit 



ol' tlio molliisni by PtVon and I-eseur? Aftor stiulviii^: tlu- 

 Holothttria Medusa^ and other cangenersi of delicate and 



kind lias its place of residence deteniiliiud by the ii>mpe. 

 fature necessary to support its cxisteiice. Tims, fur ex- 

 «iinp1e» iSts&f fbnnd the «^ode &f Plffmawmai^iem^ntm to be 



confined to one piu tii id.ir rc'ij:ioii of the Atlantic Ocean. 

 — Vo^. aiw Tirrcs Atist, torn, I, p. ■Vd'Z-, quotvd m LyeWs 

 Ft^i^^^^fEi^^f vol u<. 0, ill, 112. 



^ Albicores, bonltoa, SUItl flolphins, often ibUnw the ship 

 &iV severikl doy^ in sticcesjtei we imi occ&siuu to nott: 

 fin ^^(SprK #al: mricet} <!tn tf^ Imcis V s*"^ is)i»r|) In- 

 sirum^t, leaving It large sentby^ich it coukt neatTHyl)!* 



