The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-02-08


It We saw several Of those waterspouts, popularity
designared ssblow-holes." caused by the rush
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breakers came IN Jet OF water would be thrown
up a. some distance Inland apparently with con
ward. irregular. nat island. without any great
elevation, although It like most OF the Others Is
sight OF Guadaloupe, or the air chambers OF the
feed pump BROKE and we were compelled to direct
to trust for any length OF time to one alone.
The sea and wind continued very nigh, and we
we1s not 70 sight bs a. about
We ran down along the west coast to Carlisle Bay,
on which Brldgetown, the capital OF the island, is
p. M. the next morning the necessary Try
repairs were commenced ana were not
During this time numerous excursions were made
into the surrounding country, and specimens OF the
ns W. HsG butterflies &C. were obtained
OF the most densely populated localities In the
world, anu we had that fact fully impressed upon
fers OF assistance at st. Thomas mad been rather
embarrassing: but the st. Thomas negroes were
quiet, modest ana unobtrusve when compared with
the Barbadiens The streets were nlled literally,
with hundreds who seemed TO have no other occu-
patton than TO coax, calole or intmdate strangers
into best0wlng upon them some gratuty. mo.
menps pause In our progress through the town
would bring down upon us swarm OF men and
boys and dozen or two dilapidated cabs, drawn
soRRowFUL LOOKING HORSES
and surm0unted by vocllerOus negroes, who seemed
TO nave absorbed the spirit and energy which
should have belonged to their steeds. The greasy,
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equipages particularly uninvtmg and we usually
adopted more primitive method OF progression:
The island itself Is very beautiful, Its surface
being diversified by succession OF hills and val
leys, gorges and ravines: Narrow streamiets dig
than nine-tenths OF It's area Is under Guilt
walton, The principal products being sugar, cotton
and arrowro0t. 1t was settled about two hundred
and tiIty years ago, Dy o London merchant and has
ever since oeen ID the possession Of the British
character nave frequently devastated It's FIELDS and
Lard low It's cities and forests The last great one
was 1881, and caused the loss OF upwards or five
thousand lives and $50 900 worth OF property.
On the 9th Of April, 1917. an eruption took place
eighty miles to leeward. which was followed on the
succeeding day In Barbados BY shower OF I'm
By Cessation Of Tie strong eSsteriy trade wind
that prevails there, and by subsistence OF the
surt on the shore these lasting ios sew
sternau0n among the inhabitants. detailed and
highly graphic account OF this explosion and It's con-
sequences Is given by the Rev. Charles Kingsley In
his "Chrstmas In the West lndles' lately published.
Barbados offers many Inducements to those who
spending their winters In the tropics. The air ls
clear dry and invgOratng, the temperature not too
cost Of living Very sralna, and altogether Il is
spot which should be more widely known and ap.
preclated BY nyaids ny tnelr medical ADVISERS
bath houses have been erected at point where a
coral reef forms
A NATURAL BARRIER AGAINST SHARKS
and encoses VIDE seml-circular basin In which the
water Is 80 clear, the peach firm and the sand 80
men or pans purpoes On the
the 10Th, the repairs to the machinery having been
finished, we ran five or Blk miles up the west coast
to sandy Bay, where we spent the rest OF that day
and the whole or the next.
Wnlle there some most novel and interesting OBJ
servatiOns were made on subject which has
hitherto been involved In doubt and conjecture and
which has been absolutely destitute oil any scentnc
data from which to reason. The question OF the
presence or absence of light in the ocean at great
depths Is one WHOM, from the mystery which sur.
rounded It, from the apparent impossiDity OF mr.
and especially from the intrinsic Importance OF the
subject, mas Always stimulated the minds ana ex-
cited the imagination OF philosophers.
Various unwarranted assumptions have been
made, but should always have been considered as
raphy Of the Sea-" speaking OF the Ioramenirera.
calls them sunless wrecks" sunless treasures
the bottom Of the sea. because "tney would have
had no lights" but ne has no authority for any sucf
positive declarations, and made the mistake com
mon to many scientific observers or
ADVANCING OPINIONS AS FACTS.
The drst and ony really Logical ana Truly sSien
Is the one invented by Dr. Thomas an, ex.Presi
dent OF Antioch and Harvard Colleges. who accom-
panied this expedition as chief physicist. His ap
paratus consists OF o pair Of porcelain plates
one white, the other lead-colored. Before w
room and Illuminated by ray OF light
passing through q lens. they were tnen moved
untll 20 the eye OF an observer they became Of ex
course. the further removed. The difference De
tween their distances from the focal point OF the
the amount OF light which Was rejected from either
taking the otner as unity, was determined.
as fOllows:-The plates taken out In one Of the
SHIPS p0atS on the afternoon OF December 80, and
were lowered INTO the e water, each supported BY 9
always presented their nat surfaces upwards.
Tney were then observed through marine
Sas snoy or sxaciS the ssSe
shade. me difference between these depths was
light the white plate renects than does the lead
COlored 0ne It becomes evident that mat amount Of
gn. y absorbed 10 passing througn the distance
back again TO u level with the upper one.
series OF such observations madelat different
levels, and II was found that the apparatus could
be worked with ease ana accuracy. A greater
numDero Ut experiments mast he made, especially
set forth, but enough was done on TINS occasion "a
demonstrate the entire practicabllity oil acquiring
in the future some definite anu satisfactory knowi
the dredging operations at Sandy Bay we're very
successful, resulting IN the acquisition OF large
NUMBER or specimens. There Is u pleasure In this
kind OF work, derived from the element Of uncer-
tainty which necessarily enters INTO IT, and distinct
from the mere sclentnc interest The dreage may
return to you empty. or 1t may bring up, dislodged
from their refuge thousands OF ieet below. mol.
@s the ike Of were
NEVER BEFORE SEEN By HUMAN EYES,
or sponges or corals, cataogued IN some museum
as unique and regarded with envy BY all natural
lists. In the present instance the result amply CON-
pensated for tho labor, as may be seen by briel
MENTION Of some Of the contents Of the dredge in a
nall d6zeh hails, made at various depths, ranging
from twenty to one hundred and 1fty fatn0lis.
There we're some very remarkable Sb0nges akin
to those Of the cretace0us or chalk period, when
their sIoeous spicules probably formed the nuclei
Of the flints found IN that formation There were
few small c0ras Of various species-ocuitn0 p0Ttes
nc. and madreDOro found alallOwpr or
The crinolds were represented BY fragments
OF pentocr!nites, by one oomatula and BY q
species probably entirely new. There was Greaj
variety OF extremely beautiful 0phuiTdns ana a few
genuine star fishes. Among the EChini OF which
many were obtained, was new species OF the fam
iiy Clddris, anc one OF the Sp0tang0ids also allied
to those OF the chalk deposits A great number Of
shells was obtained, among them REPRESENTATIVES OF
genera, very rare IN museums and, unexpected
OF ali, living pieurotomaria. In addition there
was host OF crabs, shrlmps. &c, the Pagusus, OF
hermitcrab, excelling In point Of numbers