5906. The Spiritual were indignant at its being so said and shown, and supposed that they saw quite as clearly as the interior angels, because their light appears equally clear to their eyes and not at all in shade. But this was illustrated by comparison with birds of the woods, which see and sing at night, and which then see clearly, but in the light of day shrink away, because, then, they do not see. The nightingale* was instanced: possibly there are many others; - but infernals were compared to night-owls, horned-owls, bats** and the like, which see clearly at night and nothing by day. * Swedish, nactergal. ** Swedish, laderlappar.