Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1865-04-22
The ocean -Rotton.

"a Mr.. Green, the famous diver, tells singular
stories Of his adventures when making search
Ia the deep waters Of the ocean. He gi
some new sketches Of what he saw at Ihe
ltSiyef Bark" near .Hayti;
The banks of the coral, on which my div
hings were made, are about forty miles in
length and from ten to twenty In breadth.
On this bank OF coral is presented TO tho diver
one Of the most beautiful aud sublime scenes
the eye ever beheld Tho water varies from
ten 10 one hundred feet ia depth, and is so
clear that the diver can see from two TO three
hundred feet, when submerged with but little
obslruction to the SIGHT.
The bottom Of the ocean 10 many places is
as smooth ns a marble floor; in Others, IL Is
lstudded with coral columns from ten to one
hundred ieetin height and from one TO eish.
\ ty feet In diameter The tops Of them more
lofty support myriad OF pyramidai pedants,
each forming myriad more, giving the reali.
| W TO the imaginary abode Of some water
nymph In other places the pedants form
arch alter arch, and as the diver stand on the
bottom Of the ocean and pazes through, in the
deep winding avenues, he fnds that they fill
! him with as sacred an awe as IL be were in
some old cathedral, which had long been bur
lied beneath old ocean swave Here aud there
tho coral extends even to the surface Of the
water, as il the loiiier columns were towers
belonging TO those stately temples that are
now in ruins. 81 iei lea ura
There were countless or diminutive trees,
shrubs aud plants in every crevice of the
corals where the water had deposited the
earth They were ell Of faint hue owing 10
the pale light theyreceiysd although Of every
shade, and entirely different from plants that
lam familiar with that vegetats upon dry
land. One in particular attracted my atten,
tom it resembled a sea fan Of immense size,
OF varieRated colors and the most brilliant
hue The fish which inbabt these "Silyer
Backs, Ifonnd as different in kind as the
scenery was varied. They we're OF ali forus.
colors aud sizss---from the symmetrical pony
TO the globelike sun fsb; from those of the
dullest bue 10 the changeAble dolphin; from
the harmless minnow 10 the voraeIous shark.
Some bad heads like squirrels, others like
cats and dogs one Of small size resembled
chs bull terrier. Some darted through the
waters like meteors, while others could
seRreeiy be seen TO move. To eanmSr.
ate and explain all the various kinds Of fish |
beheld while diving on these banks, would
we're enough OF a nRtoralist to do 90, r..
lquire more than my limits would allow, Tor /
an convinced most OF the kinds Of fslrwhich
inhabit the trOPicAl seas, can be found lhore.
he suu6sh, saw6sh, white shark blue or
shovel nose shark, were often ieen.
There were also 6sh which resembled
plauts, and remained as fixed in the position
as . shrab. the only power they possessed was
TO open and shut when 10 danger Some ol
them resembltd The rose when In full bloom,
aRd we're Of all bues. There we're the ribbon
6sh, from fonr or fve inches 10 three feet Ia
length, their eyes are very large, and protruds
ss those Of frog.
Another ten was spotted like leopard
from three 70 ten feet IN length, They build
ther houses like beavers, 10 which they spawn o.
and the male or the female watches The eea
until II hsiehes. iaiso saw many specimen,
OF the green turtle, some OF them Eve feet
loeR, which, shoald think. would weigh from
400 10 500 ponnda q
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