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sea presented a beautiful appearance
being lit up with a brilliant phosphorent
light, which contrasted with gloomy
appearance of the sky, made a strange
and wonderful sight. About half past
ten the rain commenced to fall
with great violence which drove
us below. I retired to lea and was
soon lulled to sleep by the roaring
of the tempest without. This morning
all was bright beautiful and clear
and all signs of last night's storm
have passed away except a very strong
westerly wind before which we are
running beautifully, and before which
the sea is running "mountains high."
Some of the passengers who were on deck
during the early part of the storm
tell me that they observed two or
three large balls of fire in different
parts of the rigging; and now that
I think of it I remember seeing the
same phenomenon, which at the
time I took to be one of the sailors up

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