, 1876-03-04


accidents of the submarine landscape Herr
we no longer tind the charming rural re-
treats (it the expression he allOwab'e) 0I
the hlppocInpi, those qu lint hyhrIds 0l
the creation; hrrcnrr none Nf those republics
OF stone built up through agt succeeding
a!e by armies OF ins, ct workman, Mature
seems to have reached the end nf her re-
sources. The beings condemned To these
gloomy sDlltudcs are not tnc creatures OF II
single element, hut pass thrlr lives alternate
ly in the air ami in the water. Tncy are
like II link hctwcen the aerial AMI tine sub
marine worlds. The sea. covered wih thick
masses OF ice, suppl them with hut llte
n"urlsllmrnt in winter. During this SO Ison,
thcrcl0rc, tny hunt surh land ANIMALS aS
chance may thrnw IN thc;r way; they even
prey upon on another, and VIZ know how
dangerous their neighDolrlo0d is to the
SAILOR VINO IS compelled to winter in these
inhnNp ia 'lc regions.
| Thus neat on the one lmnIl, and cold on
the Ut~r. arrest the eXtrnSlon Oi lie be-
meath the . can.
IL Is MT necess Try tu descend far hel0N
the surf ,Cr uf the srA to find the limits 0f
/ that vital zone which seems Ia Us ut first 50
| inm nscly rXtcn led. AT slight dcptllscvrry
unduutmn of the slrlacr acts ns ms urn-
/ ing cause, and obsrures Wis IN by RAPID al,
tc.nt.un, y, light amt sIm,l'. Son the
silence AMI the larkn ss are not more tIhln
moncntarly troubled by the sinking 0t n
cable. Or t"e broken remains Of wrecked
rrssrl. Before arriving ut these proound
'irp ls there ARE rrg ~ Ia which the hglI
o day but rIr 'ly m | with dili'uIiy pen
trItS, and which vet are mh I'D tel Ivy h'
| gons 1T living b il =. + ON what Slar I'M.
known Ia IT, ,O they borrow their hight
CIR docs their sp Cinl nature permit them I"
Substitute for sight II sens more llcatr
still No rhrs. anmls see clearly, and
one Ot their functions is to ind lSht Tor
cm.clyrs-they are phnSp Sphorrsccnt.
Frrdol serves: We are now aware
that hc inus Irir ARE MT the only animals
which cause tue phosphpp>ccncc of th
sea. THIS II autiIu phenomenon is dc
icrminci als1 by the mrlus.U. the asst raS,
the mollus's. the ncrciIs, un 10y some rrus.
iac,nns and fishes. Tltsr animals vngtnder
light n the gymnotu~ rngcndrrs electro, ,ty.
rnry cv,n multiply and develop the ell cts
OF tue phenomenon, The isht which tncy
produce rapidly changes from II rreinsh 90
II rc,lh 81 tingr. At certain moments, the
darkness is iIh'ed ~ hS rrll IN p" nts rua'
ning into starry fat lr's ~ grs Oi light
So vast is the II mI or hc>e phos, ,JhOrrscrnt
animals. tht they ape ar 1t "a HdlStlnce Ike
metallic MASSES heated to whleneNs, or like
bouquets ot fire formed of myrlals OF gilt
trrug p 'inta; ar, again, thy may be com.
pared lrr-,tstOOns Ot Cn,Ourel lamps sucn as
are us Il in pdbhc ilIunnatlO 90, yet
Hgi ~. 10 urning mrtrOrs, elongated ar
gubulr. Mnghng aud grouping, APP
pr0nChing and sep rating, ascending and tG.
s,rniing these wonderful wreath, nt light
describe thousand cLp'Icru- curves; an
II chry Indc away o. seem to he eNtIn'
gishrd, It is only 20 be r,klndlrd The next
moment, nn to pursue again tue same IAN
tilStiC course"
1t i, IN TIL waters of the warmer lit,tu,lrs
that the II. tsh,s display all tLcIr ordinance.
fh' finest illumination UL the 0tcIsi0l u. II
public .tste can scarcely give an Idtn oI tdis
>u marine sp rrucr. ll,s tie Reader seen
on a line sumnnrr evening thc INliidg Splcn.
luur uf the II yriuls uf nrrtlGs whcu SPORT
away their brrf existence ~ the valley, ot
Italy or at Corsica. nnd which Tor their I'M.
N II e mum rrs may hu justly compared lo
lhe spIrks issuing irIm cOnh ignlion (
ltts lie rrlnIrNcd IN the hlpSNolnIuS heritage |
hOw the pretty little glow.worm spreads
around 1t II brilliant red or green light
Imagine then, CLAW worms AMI 6h fl.cs I
mingled together IN all orns ami colours,
ami IN such i'm cnse numbers rs u extend |
over many hnlreds at square leagues
a,Ii to tins that every nook or tht vast re.
gIon which thry illuminate has Its own
proper light that what seems o. lis brown,
luStreless, anil uniformly duh when We UD.
s,rve It 10y the llgnt at day, acquires IN the
alb, s3rs uf the Ocean those rlch tluts and
gleanls wth which the
Arab story teIers have gloritied their dreams
OF tnrylanl--, YOU wall have II faint idea
OF the wonderful Np' ctace. presented hy the
Otcan u ile dv r wuo dnrc> To brave tue .
innumcrh"e dangers of II submarine excur
sioL !--B,ttJm ot the Sac.