402 Luminous Wafer Infers, 
It feems not improper to fay fomewhaf 
in this Place concerning the fhining of Sea 
Water* fince, not without the Appearance of 
Reafon, it has been fuppofed owing to vaft 
Numbers of luminous Infers, of which pof- 
fibly in the Waters there may be various 
Kinds as well as upon the Land. 
A curious Enquirer into Nature dwell¬ 
ing at Wells , upon the Coafl of Norfolk , af¬ 
firms, from his own 'Obfervations, that the 
Sparkling of Sea Water is occafioned by In- 
feds. His Anfwer to a Letter wrote to him 
on that Subjed runs thus: “ In the Glafs of 
“ Sea Water I fend with this are fome of the 
“ Animlacules which caufe the Sparkling 
4< Light in Sea Water* they may be feen by 
“ holding the Phial up againfl the Light, 
“ refembling very fmall Bladders or Air 
“ Bubbles, and are in all Places of it from 
“ Top to Bottom, but moftly towards the 
s( Top, where they afiemble when the Wa- 
“ ter has flood flill fome Time, unlefs they 
“ have been killed by keeping them too 
“ long in the Phial. 
“ Placing one of thefe Animalcules before 
“ a good Microfcope, an exceeding minute 
its Feet gS (without including the Forceps at the Tail), that 
is, 48. Pair. - ,[• - • 
One Evening after Rain, fays Mr. Ray f I found a fmall 
Scolopendra of this Sort fhining like a G/ow-wom;’tvvas 
covered with a flimy Matter, which being wiped away 
Ceafed not to ihine. Vid. Ray } 'Hiji. Injt&iirum* page 4 5 * 
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