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THE brief note from Alassio by Mr. Isaac Thompson on the extent and density of a swarm of Velella off that coast this month recalls to my mind seeing a similar scene on each of two occasions when staying at that place in April. On each occasion of the swarm there was, as I well remember, a strong wind from the east; on each the shore became so thickly strewn with the organisms as to become unpleasantly odorous from their decay.
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SHERRINGTON, C. Swarm of Velella. Nature 65, 586 (1902). https://doi.org/10.1038/065586a0
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