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XIII. Obfervations on the milky Appearance 
of fome Spots of Water in the Sea ; by 
the Same. 
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Read March 12, TT has been remarked by feveral na.yj- 
X gators, on their paffage from Mocha 
to Bombay, Surat, &c. that they had difcovered in 
the night fpots of water as white as milk, and could 
never aflign any reafon for it ; and many have been 
fo much alarmed, that they have immediately hove 
to and founded i but I never heard of any body ever 
getting ground. In my paffage aerofs thofefeas in the 
K-elfall, Idifcovered all of a fudden, about 8 o clock 
in the evening, the water all round me as white as 
milk (intermixt with ftreaks or ferpentine lines of 
black water). I immediately drew a bucket of it, and 
carried it to the light, where if appeared juft as other 
water j I drew feveral more, and found it the fame ; 
fome I kept till the next morning, when I could per- 
ceive no difference from that alongdde. We had run 
by the log 50 min. from the time we firil obferved 
it till daylight, and during all that time tjie water con- 
tinued white as milk, but at full daylight it was of 
its ufual colour. The next evening about 7 o’clock 
the water appeared again as white as before ; I then 
drew another bucket and carried it to a very dark place, 
and holding my head clofe to the bucket could per- 
ceive, 
