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PSE OF THE I'lIiE-iai'. 
nUS on ths 
fnndnpf H r ‘ March. I he miinxcipalitv caused us to b 9 
conLio r.n ? 1 “ »"<1, t» «<il to oui 
8uh of ?i X tl'e poet of the place, habited in a 
^reyiousl2ipd2owlJ,VsJe"^ 
n ith that *^® trees, all shone 
nteisSfat £ '-“ries in its 
intensity at tlie xvill ot the animal by uhich it is produced 
savST^ Tn 2""^ finuament reposL on the 
coimtrx ^ ^ t '® poorest inhabitants of the 
tn a calabash pierced xvitli 
he niSr Tfrr/e -'vtVinrduring 
leces^ar-y to excite tlio animal to increase the intensitv of 
leaay lighted. Ihey arc, in fact, only e.xtin<ruislied bv ti e 
HttTX‘ fne' °V’" -■® Sa 
told ,,rfw ? • "t 'rrii^dacl de Cuba 
ii2a land sho'^al’'"^ passage frdm the 
mam land, she alivays made use of tlie pliosphoreseence of 
SptSr'oK'th-"^*^ ^Tf flight; the 
'“ ‘’'■’“‘ion of north-eait, 
we sought to avoid the group of the Caymans but the nuvl 
rent drove us towards those islands. Sailino-’ to S a S E 
we gradually lost sight of the palm-covercd riiore the hills 
rising above tlie town of Trinidad and tl.« ur? ’ »oe 
of the island of PnK.. 'Cl . ’ the lofty mountains 
^yoct „i- h„d from wW;!, tlm “iTml rtSh 
losoos „„k„,g by 
* Coci>i/o (Elater noctilucus). 
