Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 January 1918 — Marine Peculiarities. [ARTICLE]

Marine Peculiarities.

There are two natural phenomena of quite regular recurrence which have given unique face in the Japanese bay of Toyama. The lightning cuttle-fish is a rather tiny species that emits a wonderful phosphorescence when, aroused, and while the fish is not confined to the locality, it swarms along the coast in April and May. As the fishermen seek them with special nets the alarmed creatures glow with ex-, ceptional brilliance. The second phenomenon is the Shinkero, or mirage. The mirage seen along the shore, begins as a faint mist and lhen develops into a panorama of forest, castles, bridges and marching men and horsemen.