LU^HNOSITY OF -TliK SliA. 



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slinals of tlie Tatter arose with nii aiulil)le rustling 

 uo\<o linfnro tlieir jmisuers, and tlii' rliasr con- 

 tinued as iar as we could sec, ' a uuiuber of 

 victtaaft 110 dowljt being sacrificed to th^ v&mctity 

 of their buiatei^ Besi^m €iiiiy eii6mies, they 

 Iiad to encounter, as they rose from tlu^ water, 

 booliiefi, o-anncts, aiul tropic liirds, wliicli luivered 

 aboiir. and in our view secured very many as 

 they sought refuge in the air. tt ym % Hovd 

 sight, and mt dflen ivftiiKe^d dpol^ re- 

 peated voyages, and afforded umch amusameat 

 and interest to tliose who lieheld it.* 



Occasionally our attention was excited during 

 the voyage^ by the remarkable luminosity as- 

 sumed by the ocean in evetj 4i3^&6tion, like 

 rolling mas>e> of liqtud fepe, M ito ^mres liroke 

 and e\hil)ited an appearance inconceivably 

 gTand and licantiful. The phosphoric light, 

 given out by the ocean, exists to a more exten- 

 siv« siHd litfllliiililr degree in tropical regions^ 



• It vvfiLiltl be interesting, hut at tlio sninc time difficult, 

 to ascertain where one particular species commences and 

 anethet tennintlfi«, find the ejEteut t*f iihrfM^ange* taiht 

 sLiiiinier season they are fouiul ufl' the Cape of (Jood Hope, 

 Port Jackson, and eveji on the banks of Newfoundland; and 

 I have good audtG^y Iblr asserting that in t&e month <£ 

 August, in even more fehan y€»r, th^have been $em 

 la Plymoutli Sonnd. 



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