Page 135. _Fire-flies._ I have often noticed a peculiar movement of the
fire-flies;—they will collect in a body and fly off, from a common
centre, into innumerable radii.
Page 135. _Therasæan reign._ Therasæa, or Therasea, the island mentioned
by Seneca, which, in a moment, arose from the sea to the eyes of
astonished mariners.