The Moon

this city," says the Virginia City (Jïev.) Enterprise, 'has been experimenting for some time for the pui-pose of ascertaining what eff-eet the inoou has upon fish, and the result of his investigation goes to substantiate what old flsliennen have always said, namely, that it spoils them. The rays of light, or sometliing oarried in the rays, cause the fish to decay very rapidly, Even catüsh, all a live and kicking when exposed, were in a bad state in a few hours. Professor Légate is a firm believer in the iniluence of the nioon on all things mundane. The atmosphere being attracted by the nioon the same as the waters of the ocean only toa much gieater extent, he is of the opinión that effects are produced by the aerial tide whieh are generally attributed to other causes. A gentlemap in this city, hearing of the lish experimenta, says that some years ago, wjile on the west coast of África, he iie üight slept on the deck of a vessel under the rays of the f uil moon, and the resnlt was that he was totally blind for three days. The bad effect of the rays of the moon appears to have been known, or at least suspccied, ages ago. In the Bible, in Psalms, we read: "The sun shall not smite thee bv day, or the moon by night."