astonished and interested. Some little time before the first body of light reached the ship, I was enabled, with my night glasses, to resolve in a measure what appeared to the unassisted eye a huge mass of nebulous matter. I distinctly saw spaces between what again appeared to be waves of light of great lustre. These came rolling on with ever-increasing rapidity till they reached the ship; and in a short time the ship was completely surrounded with one great body of undulating light, which soon extended to the horizon on all sides. On looking into the water, it was seen to be studded with patches of faint, luminous, inanimate matter, measuring about two feet in diameter. Although these emitted a certain amount of light, it was most insignificant when compared with the great waves of light that were floating on the surface of the water, and which were at this time converging upon the ship. The waves stood many degrees above the water, like a highly luminous mist, and obscured by their intensity the distant horizon; and, as wave succeeded wave in rapid succession, one of the most grand and brilliant, yet solemn, spectacles that one could ever think of was here witnessed. In speaking of waves of light, I do not wish to convey the idea that they were mere ripplings, which are sometimes caused by fish passing through a phosphorescent sea; but waves of great length and breadth, or, in other words, great bodies of light. If the sea could be converted into a huge mirror, and thousands of powerful electric lights were made to throw their rays across it, it would convey no adequate idea of this strange yet grand phenomenon. “As the waves of light converged upon the ship from all sides, they appeared higher than her hull, and looked as if they were about to envelop her; and, as they impinged upon her, her sides seemed to collapse and expand. “Whilst this was going on, the ship was perfectly at rest, and the water was like a millpond. “After about half an hour had elapsed, the brilliancy of the light somewhat abated, and there was a great paucity of the faint, lustrous patches which I have before referred to; but still the body of light was great, and, if emanating from these patches, was out of all proportion to their number.