New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-04-27
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! ,By . AIGss N eIe atlantis Monthly sor Ssy ;
On q lovely day IN June. 1872, We were
| approaching Charles Island IN the Gaapa
! COS group. 4 marvellous school Oh PROPOSES
| to be counted BIZ hundreds, or perhaps by
! thousands, formed our escort. 1t was i'm
! possible to count them; but the surface Of
: the water for half mile around. was
| broken into foam by their antics. Crowd
| ing about the bows of the ship, spriDging
| and jumping yards at tune, tunbiIng over
| one another, turning sOHer5aults, they seem
| to be having great Jubilee. one must De
very familiar " tn the ocean to recognize
| the fact that there Is as gay, as tumuItuous
| as enjoyable lite For animals III tho sea as
| on land. | once passed many weeks IN the
! Gull of Aexico; and there, as we Heated for
} hours III our -boat over the coral reefs
/ lying tathons below Us, and with the heip
! of our Water-giaes watched the floor of that
| transparent sea as we night have studied
| a vast and eSer-changing aquarium, first
! became aware that hfe full II physical
! enjoyment and the mere delight of living
! was provided for the renants OF she SEQ IA
. well as for those Of the forest
J Among the purple and green 1eKioie
T.; coal fans. as they stirred gently with the
| movement of the water. were swimming
I sright-coiOred tshess sometimes singlys
| sometimes following each other IA zigzags,
! as If they played Q game OF hlde-and,see
! between the branches, sOm etlmes III large
schools advancing all together, as with .
! special purpose. TOWARD q green point.
! Occasionally . barrasuds or huge garuPa
BOuld COON us in ths neigh borhOod 0G aueh
| a crowd OF email try, and instantly sheE
, WUuld dispense and be gone among the
| Thousand hooks and crev!C.s "t coral
growth. There they would be hidden fnt!
| their enemy had disappeared. y heb shes
would come out again and Vesurs. eheL
| play The fishes nladeo however. but n
small. though the more active part ~ :his
submarine popul alton. Lovely sea ane-
| mones. crimson q: pale green. opened
/ themselves to size waves, or perhaps 20 the
! light. for do no the creatures who i've III
| those limpid waters enjoy the broken. soft
ened sunbeams a. shey come shlmmerlD.
down to them Star fishes without 1Gn-
! Der and brilliant ophiUrans. all arms and no
| disk. "EIIJs0O, purple and yellow, cra~ifd
! over the huge masses Ot cora! These mad"
| up the living. glowing picture As you looked
down into the water; but the drrdge brought
up - ~ maDy beautiful things which
. cNrsorT glance from the surface failed 20
; reNea!-eing lie Ccrai. SD like flowers you
woutd say q CoEyClvuiu. cup lad crystal
, ;zeG under tkc sea. and exquisite shells, by
aiiuss dtliCat. 40 blown glass. glossy mar
giuellas, and hundreds OF Others equally
| pretty. Even shells. witch w are wont t"
consider very !1saimate ave quite active
aad busy N their Tativc element. ! have
! seen q Ettle DIVA troIu Che Rio .Iata told
back the edges OF the foot upon which moi
! Iusks drag themselves along, and tapping
them with quick, wiugtke uo'i"n. dart
| through the Wste: Hltn the ;':."ty ii
! light
! StIli NOR" move ard Ha"x2'"t"t - ~"
; than az tins vivid lie among she e:nal. :
| marine animal. vas the play sU!ne,. and
/ activity ct the huge monsters Cf the deep,
| such a. whlles. or their less ,oHsplCC"t.
fellow citizens, PROPOSES. stHis, ana !i,''
| like. Seeing these animals IA numbers, ss
one meets them in she Pacific ocs an 81
about Cape EC'n. vou can not :e-lsT the
Impression that :hey ave an excellent
! ;sue - tueir Say: HAT they Temp ..d
iroliC and oaj0y lite ana each "taes ~.
ncnsely.
But - return I" .hs Galapagos sh" s':-
! iius OF Charles island 10 pictuie-pus. rising
I, into several abrupt heights, Che tott;e5e OF
which saemad TON the .i"ok OF OUr vessel,
! 80 be u broken crater. s low shruboy
, growth mingled With cactus covers u. ~
seemed strange that .hsse islands, wing il
JIG llit Va inc lALp@rt IL due NUS Si-bAN ~
destitute Of verdare. We cast anchor II.
| Postcfice bay, SO named because there Was
! formerly - settlement upon the lslanS, and
= small mail-bGN stood on this lonely sbOE"
= .siue vessels dropped their letters int" Il.
anG sGey were collected with those OF .he
see eusAt, aud forwarded from time TO
! lin, The box seems ~ have disappeared
vii he C0lOry. as least W. saw Ro traces
! Of .. tg,
- vent on shore ..tev IN :he dag; soJao
%. az the seine, otGuEo 10 geologic, other.
! g. .h,u', others to botanic az collect IA
! W. riDu. Says. On landing it was my pur-
q. e - reach q SINAI hue very symmetrical
crater which seemed not more than mile
from .he shore; but tuAltj tAcbvamb ics SO
thAk. and che Gsc+us 90 thorny, thai was
soon Il discouraged, end, changing my plan l
Saudered along she shorS Tor an hour oT
too. Xhe whole island. ss Par 30 could
Sc, tCsDkeG like hgTna! outtuPnace. hu9e
NJ sses of alag. like ths alag ~ an !'tH
f"4ndvy. ~ere shattered ssery shsrs. Tie
beach ritges Wpre bud. %. the same sub
: stance broken into fYagments. and che sGi'
vac but . Erero a"r~ pUtve!iscG Hs't-
rsi OF like character. Arid and
.coGi.ef 10 size srOaI0 locked t"S
Bl.ncrs% &rees had found toOthold
alCne ths ehore. ant. thre~ine dove
their long stiI--liAe sOUr. BAD bordtGeS she
y
shade Under sUCh = sts.'s ! sst OF .
gnarle8 sIneP.vs rot. and s!,sf aE.aS
She time Ia vatchies M armies ~ brilliant
.eo csSos eWarnIn: Oh ttss s0cks and sast.
until oup cslieC Tvs a.r.sbIe1 ~ The b"tts
. agai-. We setussei TO ti.s ship laden with
a. MANY specimens 10 could Vsi. DE tAstA
OK IA enc 6as. At'es G:anes Ve s'stt1 .
COOKERY u ~ StiOfis whose hsareS os'es Mad
attracted aa from tiIne 10 time d uHlns ttF
"a Hiul1 shaIR tVIfl D E6lHie
\. q N quarter of . u.:' t;G.a she ship or
49, a. aspreaheG them ws found sh"Is
uuslb.ps musA greater u n ere hst suD
po."d. Shey sers s.'s. distinctly OF ~"
white sAsG but se ve a~arSd the sh"'s
tht. raets .: PosSs rAanin. Out f1oIa "5hff
.pt 4 ,Ge beach gr.s alive vIth !h-sn
hume r.d glo.~g. aLeoutA sHap"s Hf'ti
themselves .r"W eli" o.4ck rJ-kr e.; se'h
They ss~ seemed . past ana g2 : -; ns.
rs,.rIuy their strange. S!G1. G"fts1' ar1t's
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