New-York daily tribune., 1858-07-17
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OE enc cI kLS AcstSts cNc-Ibn VI 49,
Of June, 1859, pad v::it 70 my friend Pro'essor
s., st lie residence On G street, Washington.
DO 20. know tlss ~ fr.e,d lad any regular or
ofica. claim 70 the Ill. OF Professor. II Was con
ferred upon him, ike 80 many oi our Auerlcip
title, Al, natter of conversational conTenencs 0y
he officers Of the Moth PA:ifc Exploring EIpeii-
.iop. of which be wss Naturalist. They d1b5ei
him Professor Of Marine Geology IN recognition Of
be ski! in the knowledge Of 81 'Lat pertains = tle
creatures that inlabit the great deep bat especially
Of the noIlu,ks. crus,aces s1d Invertebrates gen.
srslly-s krowedre sbuodaotly shown 10 he trea-
t;ses ON "Tbe Shells Of Nsw-EngiaDd," Tie
" Jnvertebrs.. OF Grad Msn.D," " The Marine
d" Zoology Of the Chinese and Japanese Seas,
"Jte Crasts.ea and Echinodermsts Of Cs..fjrhia
and Oregon" and in other publications. Tie
s,1dy Of tie ocean and IL inhabitants bad baen s
ps,,ion with lin fro early boyhood, s,d WEE pur-
,ued With such success that nearly ten years ago,
in ls49 while yet youth, he had discovered the
principle Of the squsrium, and had number o.
aqusriums in successful operation long before any
tbiog was heard Of the kindred experiments Of .ae
EDslishDan Warrington.
twas Z fearfulIy hot night; one Of hong sue
ces.ion Of bot nights and days through which rad
patiently snetered ald sweated, in tie VAN eI-
pectAtion that liue and endurance would grsdu.ly
sccustorn me 10 being brol'ed and parbcile5, as
they are said 20 render ee.s tolerant Of If pot az
quieeceut in the process of beng skinned alive.
But frame scclpated 10 the moderate hea.s snd
inyar.sby cool nights OF the sea coast of 1sssa;nu-
sets could not readily become insonsioe 70 the IL
nnebce Of an atmosphere which at midnight, as
well az at MONDAY, maintained hest greater than
the average heat Of the torrd zone. lsoughT ref
uge a. the Professors, because his house, though
not materially cooler than The rest of the city, was
Intellectually and msgnativey cooler. 1t aoounded
in objects suggestive of refreshing ideas. There
were crabs and shells that bad been dragged RON
the sunless depths of the Arctic Ocean, fishing
lines and dredges that mad explored the cool abysses
of Manifestation and Siberian seas: drawings Of ce
bergs and glaciers; aud, what particularly was wont
10 give an agreeable chill to my fancy, Il picture of
the prodigous snowy cone of the great japanese
volcano Fusi- Yama, made by native artist st 81
moda, where the Professor himself purchased IT,
The Professor, with nothing on but "A shirt and
the thinnet of possible pantaoons, was stretched
on sofa, with cigar in bis mouth. languldy
smoking, aud contemplating through his gold spec
tacles the ungainly proportions Of mOnstrous
dsw.bug be had just captured. Our conversation
opened, of course Oh the weather Il cannot
stand it any longer" he said; " / shall start on
cruise on the coast Of Maine next week, and you
had better come along, if you do not want to die of
a fever. You look horribly bilious already, ard
few days more OF this heat will use you up entirely.
Let us 90 aud cool off at Grand Manan. ] spent
two months there some Summers ago, fishing and
dredging, and can assure you that it is the finest
place on our whole coast.
"For crabs, suppose, Professor. AL places
are classified by you for good or bad with relation
TO their production or n0n-prOduchOn OF crabs.
"For crabs, yes-but not alone for crabs. Tne
scenery is superb-grander than anything you will
see this side Of the Saguenay. Huge, rocky cliffs,
thousand feet high, rise right out of deep water,
and are broken into the widest and most romantic
caves and nlets that you possibly imagine. They
are the haunt of nearly all kinds of birds, from
the herring gull down to Mother Carey's chickens.
We shall catch there and on our way down the coast
every species of fish that swims In our seas.
Including the whale ~
1.-The whale is moi fish, responded the Pro-
fessor grayely, overlooking the evity of my inter-
rupton in his scientific sense OF IFS geological III
accuracy but promise you we shall see whales
in abundance. We shall also catch sharks and Kill
seals and porposes. But, in short, if you will come
along, we will run into every harbOr from Prov
incet0wn to Eastport and fish and dredge till you
have seen at least one specimen of every creature
that swims the sea or dwels on the bottom. Then,
if you will, you can write book about the aqua
rum which shall be little more reliable than that
trumpery thing Of Edwards's whica you sent me
yesterday"
What is the matter with that ln s,ked. 1T
seemed 10 me a clever and entertaining book.
n L. III.
ergetic criticism, the details of which cannot now
recall and to which must confess paid little at.
tentOn, for the amount of it seemed TO be that Mr.
Edwards had transferred few species of molusks
from the English seas TO ours, and was not very
careful in the spelling Of his scientific names.
intimated that the photography Of these un-
couth appelatons was of little consequence The
Professor shook his head The young men and
maidens who were going with such enthusiasm into
the formation of aqusriums would be led into
shocking confusion of names and species. Besides,
some of the plates were wrong. ION plate No. ),
for example, species of Lymnea is figured as
Physa Heterostfopha, and Oh"
THAT will do. give up Edwards, on condition
that you do not utter another of those awbreakers
during the entire evening. But how shall we 90 10
the Grand Manan ~
The Professors hint about my bilious appear
ance had privately decided me TO take al abrupt
leave Of the National Capital. already felt a fever
in my Veins
II have written to my friend Tufts, the aquarium
maker and stocker al Swampscott-you have heard
me speak Of him l-te engage me good, clean,
stout fishing smack Of from ten TO twenty tuns and
also two experienced boatmen, one OF them, if
possible, old Capt. Widgez, who went with NE on
my cruise last year. shaH hear from Tufts in
day or two, and you had better get ready at once
for shall be off like fash The moment can
get away"
In reply to my inquiries into the nature and ex-
tent of the requisite preparations for cruise Of
months duration, the Professor sad: