Of-course, Gwen and I were very relieved to have found each-other. The question was how were we to get back up the precipice over which we had fallen? It was very dark because we were so much deeper in. the sea. We wandered through the growth which carpeted the sea floor and suddenly we saw a most wonderful sight. Gwen always says it was quite worth falling over the precipice to see. In the darkness swam two strange fishes, but the strangest part about them was that they were illuminated. One had luminous spots and the other a luminous head. “Well,” said Gwen, “if that doesn’t beat it! Fishes carrying their own lamps.”
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 19 December 1936, Page 13
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113Of-course, Gwen and I were very relieved to have found each-other. The question was how were we to get back up the precipice over which we had fallen? It was very dark because we were so much deeper in. the sea. We wandered through the growth which carpeted the sea floor and suddenly we saw a most wonderful sight. Gwen always says it was quite worth falling over the precipice to see. In the darkness swam two strange fishes, but the strangest part about them was that they were illuminated. One had luminous spots and the other a luminous head. “Well,” said Gwen, “if that doesn’t beat it! Fishes carrying their own lamps.” Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 19 December 1936, Page 13
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