Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1868-02-08
The Ocean Bottom.

Mr.. Green, the famous diver, tells sin
gular stories of his adventures, when
making search in the deep waters of the
ocean. He gives some new sketches of
what he saw at the "Silver Bank" near
Hayti
The banks of coral en- which my div
ings were made are about forty miles in
length, and from ten to twenty in breadth.
On this bank of coral is presented to the
diver one of theamost beautiful and sub
lime scenes the eye ever beheld. The
water varies from ten to ono hundred
feet ia depth, and so clear that the diver
can see from two to three hundred feet,
when submerged, with but little Obstruc-
tion, to the sight. fo ~la7 "HF'L
f- The bottom of the ocean in many pla-
ces, is as smooth as a marble floor IN
others studded with coral columns, from
ten7to one hundred feet in height, and
from one to eighty feet in diameter. The
tops OF those more lofty support my
Rad of pyramedial pendants, each form
ing myriad more, giving reality to the
imaginary abode of some .water-nymph.
In other places the pendants form arch
after arch, and, as the diver stands on
the bottom of the ocean, and gazes thro'
in the deep winding avenues, he finds
that they fill him with as sacred an awe
as if he were in some old cathedral which
had long been buried beneath old oceans
wave. Here and there the coral extends
even to the surface of the water, as If
loftier columns were towers belonging to
those stately temples that are now in
ruins.
There were countless varieties of di-
minutive trees, shrubs, and plants in eve
ry crevice of the corals where water had
deposited the earth They were all of
faint hue, owing to the pale light they
received, although Of every shade, and
entirely different from plants that am
familiar with that vegetate upon dry
land Oae in particular attracted my
attention it resembled a sca-fan of i'm
mense size of variegated colors, and the
most brilliant hue. The fish which iE-
habit these ''Silver Banks" / found as
different in kind as the scenery. was va
ried. They We're of all forms, colors and
size-from the symmetrical goby to the
globe-like sunfsh; from the dullest hue
to the changeable dolphin; from the
spots of the leopard to the hues of the
sunbeam from the harmless minnow to
the yoracicus shark.
Some had heads like squirrels, others
like cats and dogs, some OF small size
resembled the bull-terriers. Some dart
ed through the water like metcors, while
Others could scarcely be seen to move
at all. ''-. '-''''N '...' '..''
To !enumerate and explain all the va
rious kinds of fish beheld while diving
on these banks would, were enough Of
a naturalist SO to do, require more than
my limits allow; for am convinced that
most of the kinds of fish which inhabit
the tropical seas can be found there
The sun fish, star fish, white shark and
blue or shovel-nosed shark we're often
seen. rg
There were also fish which rescmbled
plants, and remained as fish IN their po-
si,ion as shrub, the only power they
possessed was to open and shut when in
danger. Some of them rcsembled the
rose when in full bloom, and were of all
hues.' There were ribbon fish, from four
to five inches to three feet in length
their eyes are very large, and protrude
like those of a frog. II 7.s
Another fish is spotted like leopard,
from three to ten feet in length. They
build their houses like beavers, in which
they spawn, and the male or femile
watches the eggs until it matches. | saw
many specimens of the green turtle, some
FIVE feet long, which should think would
weigh from 400 to 500 pounds. ta 37ad
There are at least half dozen lady
physicians III Philadelphis, whose incomes
seyerally exceed two thousand dollars
Rapid pre- tgress has been made in this di-
rection since Miss Blackwell began the
movement, in 1910. In New York, fe.
male physicians have been remarkably
successful. Many of them have large
practice. The highest income OF a fe-
male physician in that city is fifteen
thousand dollars. There are female ply
sicians of note in Boston, Utica Roches-
ter, Elmira,g Ithaca and Milwaukee. -
Opposition has been made, both in this
country and in England, to the policy of
educating women for physicians. In
France, however, the greatest liberality
has been shown to women in this regard,
and many Of our best physicians have
graduated from French schools. When
Miss Nightingale undertook to prepare
herself for the education of nurses, there
was no institution in England suited to
her wants, and she went to Germany to
study.
There is an ice bridge at Niagara Falls,
by which the "Three Sisters" inaccessa-
bic in summer, are now reached dry 7shodt
The bridge extends from the "Cave of
the Winds" as far Is the eye can reach.
The trees in the vicinity are covered With
frozen spray. 1t presents an effect which
is beautiful in the extreme, and the Falls
and its surrounding scenery now present
the most magnificent winter view known
in years. al
% Fernando Wood Is yot th 100000
-of course We do not mean morally.
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