, 1876-10-14


Schooner mud In q Railroad. Car.s.IIuw lie
frcat1,es, What IIs Eats, ami How Ho uo-
'''' Stp FORT Erntn, rp,t. OCT. 10.
Tho expected whale has ssriyed at the A1ua-
RUM on Thirty-afth street, after weck's Jour-
MY from TIC St. Lawrence 10 Quebec by scnoo.l-
or, and thence to ths city by rail-. tic il white,
fr!eky, and weiglla 1,b0o pounds. And lis cap
ture was In t'Aa wIsc:
81. raul's Bay and druvu down piles on the
Shoro 10 NJ to make large inc!oBurc, with =
narrow cntrance, in tho region where the whales
como up to calve. Tho tflc there is sixty feet,
oi sight thirty fcrt below tllo surIaco. Of the
sea, II WIS two months, however, before q
wha1e accepted the invitation extended to hia
tribe, and directed iis foolish course into the
1blowtng" revealed Ills presence where he was
wanted Two small boats hurried to tile entrance
OF the !ncIosurc, and stayed there until the tide
reccdc1 and left tho captured 8nltlat hopeless
or hts belly n c!ghtse, inches , Of Of water :n lo
probably, to give expression to hts emotions
is l1c folt the ropu lashed around Ills
tail to keep him from "aopptng,", and found
himself rolled over md over into ting box which
h!s enemies had tlgatcd Into tho fnelosure from
their schooner. When. the water began to riso
again this schooner itself was brought In, and by
tic help Of derrick thc boz and ita eontents
wcrc lo!stcd successfully on board. There the
Of tic box being removed ID order 70 secure for
| him plopty Of atr. There he STAYED, with man
constantly by Ills side to keep lits " blow-holo "
| wet, elso he could have revcneril himself by
! dying; and when the vessel reached Quebec The
| express company and tho ralronts took Charge
Of him, the futl,fu attendant still remaining To
dampen assiduolsly Tie ali-lrnpor:ant "blow-
hole" On arriving In this city. tle derrick
apain Was called Into rc9ulsitton;; tho heavy box
| frnNdforrr6 IN n ErAv. NnI thft1rN Tn t1tt1
! largo central tank Of tho aquarium.
No sooner did Tic cov0riess box sln!1 to tho
bottom Of the tank than the wha}c, again In hia
native clement, stretched nseit, snaswam out u
soven days. And nll that time he llad fnstel,
also. I1e Is still too excited to cat anything, hia
nourfemcnt bet1lg derived front hls bInbber:
But when lila feeltngs cool down little, TIC VIII
little cells which his keeper Will dailY offer him.
| Every day, ton, four tnrgc hoERheat1s of aea.
watcr, cach eu.taing goo gallons, will be brought
to Ills tank from, the East River: Ills pcrso,nl
c1pedicnt ehange Of water every ,twcnty-four
lluuss; bit It would not do 10 let oil the watol
out at q time; lie would founder violently and
hurt himself, 50 only onc-half OF tAe contents
q MS tank Eets changed aa no a,n 1UoR ae
all tile time-ncycr still MI Instant. Thi
sclool-children's Biographies sometimes renrc
ecnt Him with his head ten feet out o. water
anu "SQOullIlE' pIulubtl5t uut llt uEfel
reaches up 20 high, and he never renllT spouta
In tho oceatl ho comes just up TO the surface
every faw minutes In order 70 breathe; but a.
he sometimes unintentiuually docs not scthigl
enough, but strikes the top Of sen, he forct
to "blow )" the atr from hia lungs through tl'
wnter, which gives lin the appearances o
"spouting" III tic aquarium tank, however
he never proschtA the phenomenon OF spolltnE
he comes to the snrfaco every little while, cx
lalcs, inlla1cy, attl then gocs down. About tw'
inches below tic upper end of h's blow-llult
there Is 2 Glnpper like pMmp-valvc-. til!
incest llttlc thing you ever EaW," says FFo'
Butter; when ho comes up to c1halc he ol,cll
Il; ns soon as llc has inhaled he shuts II, an:
tho blow-hole is water tight Beneath the vnlr
arc two openings, onu leading to the right lun
blows under winter he blows two streams.
Whether this lively white whale will live lont
or not Is somewhat doubtful. Ills perls ar
five in number. In the first place, lc ts liable t
injure hlineelf asalnst tho columns In the side
of tho tank, fhese columns, however, ar
i lined with Bpouges, md the rest Of the side
consist OF plate glass and Portland cement
which makes u surface 1s sniOOth is Il lnarhl
tablet Next, any imWlrity Of tho water wi
speedily show its effects. Thirdly, too Innr
warmth Of water will tnlurc tile nNtn,al. Whale
are found only In cold ruElora. Tho tcmpcratnt
mist be kept at loast under forty degree
nMitnGl, tho atmosphere Of the aquarium. tnu.
bo attended to. Trof. Ih,tlcr has nlrcad
. captured two wlnlcs which died Of pulnonas
consumption. Therefore ventilation Mttst III
he neglected. And, fually, rs thu aniinnl ts tu
epicurcan IN Ills tnstcs to like dead tisll, cas
particular eel In Ills dlilrnal blshel NEd a In
must be nllyc mud 61uirmtng.