Thursday, May 19, 2016

A Foot Note

"The fire in the sea: It happens sometimes that sea waves have such a luminous appearance, as if the whole sea were full of fire. If you cast any thing into the sea, it becomes luminous like a star; but you do not see this during moonlight. Wood having in itself no fire, receives a fiery appearance, after having been passed through the water."

From the notes of History of the Pirates Who Infested the China Sea From 1807 to 1810; [79]

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