Show THE PERSIAN GULF phenomena which to the might appear incredible in his address as president of tho british institution of electrical engineers sir henry mance said it was in connection with tho cable to india by way of tho persian gulf that his association with the submarine telegraph commenced in the persian gelf one occasionally casio nally witnessed natural phenomena which to the might appear incredible in the midst of the mountains near Muss endom hohag seen during a thunderstorm such displays of lightning as baffled description he had at certain seasons of the year observed the water in tho bay which was large enough to hold all the fleets of the world present exactly the appearance of blood ilot many miles from mussen dom he had witnessed mysterious fire circles flitting over the surface of the aea at a speed of miles an hour a phenomenon which no one had yet been able to explain while steaming along the coast of ho had been called from his cabin at night to observe the more common phenomenon of a milky sea the water for miles around being singularly white and luminous in the same locality tho sea was for short pe as if putrid the fish being destroyed in myriads myri ads so that to prevent a pestilence measures had to be taken to bury those cast up on the beach this phenomenon was doubtless due to the outbreak of a submarine volcano and the liberation of hydrogen in these waters jellyfish were as large as footballs and sea snakes of brilliant hue were met with in great numbers on one occasion a swarm of sea snakes forced their way up one of the creeks in karachi harbor apparently for the purpose of having a battle royal for the ground between high and low water mark was thickly covered with their bodies in positions which betokened a deadly struggle boston transcript |