1 807? fyr- Maj. Jun. 10$ 
mine one of them by day-light with a strong 
magnifying glass, and was astonished to 
perceive a sensible motion within it: And 
being somewhat in doubt as to what I saw, 
I turned it about several ways to be satis» 
fied, by placing it on my nail in a drop of 
water. But how greatly was my surprize in- 
creased when on surveying it atten.tively, I 
perceived it to be surrounded with anbrillant 
liqvor, which every one in the room saw as 
well as my self. Another of theese small 
Insects, by the help of a pair of corn-tongs 5 
I fixed to the side of a Glass-cup ; But this 
pressu^e, though very slight, was evidently 
too powerfull for so delicate an Animal; 
For nothwith - standing the light: af Two 
Canelles, we saw issuing from its body a 
blueish and luminous liquor 5 the glare of 
which extended to the distance of two Or 
three linés into the water. I took it opon 
the point of the tongs 3 and it was no sooner 
under the Micröscope, than it yielded again 
a considerable quantity of the same azur 
liquorj nothvithstanding I had the Satis* 
faction of seeing it still full of 4ife, and 
moying with much vivacity. 
(Härefter följer Ritning Öfver Djuret ©ch Beskrifning ock 
Förklaring öfver Ritningen.) 
Utdrag 
Sjö-laäk, som år o inneslutna tit i en Må gelée* 
aktig oformlig -vätska, hos feYilka jag aldrig 
iunnat uptäcka något sken, 
