106 1807, Apr, Maj. Jun, 
Utdrag utur Philosoph. Transaktions Vol LXIl 
A:o 1772 pag. jtf. 
X11L Observations on the Milky Appearence of 
some Spöts of Water in the Sea. By 
Cap. Charles Newland. 
It has been remarked by several Navigatörs 
on their passage from Möcha to Bomba yy 
Surat etc, that they had discovered in the 
night Spöts of water as white as milk, and 
could never assign äny reason for it 3 and 
many have been so much allarmed 9 that they 
llave immediately hove to and sounded; But 
I never heard of any body even getting I 
ground. In my passage across those Seasl 
in the Kellsall, I discovered all of a sudde» 
about 8 o' clock in the evening* the water 
all round me as white as milck (intermix'd 
with streaks or serpentine lines of black 
water). I immediately drew a bucket of it 
and carried it to the light, where it appea- 
jred just as other water. 1 4rew* several 
more, and found it the same: Some i kept 
till the next morning, when I could perceive 
no difference from that a longside. We had 
run by the Log ?o min. from the Time we 
first observed it till the Daylight, and during 
all that time the water continued white as 
milkj but at full daglight it was of its usual 
colour. The next evening about 7 o' clock 
the water appeared again as white as before; 
