The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-02-27
TIE TERED0 AND HIS TOOLS.
,,,,cr>>iNG THE HiBITS or AN tx
,,rujNGLI DESYHtC1iTE ANIMAL.


,tihc grooming OF the second days session
=. n.. American Fish Culture Association yes |
.l..o..rn.r.. thrrr WAS discussion concern !
...,t.. various insect of the beetle Kind that |
f...uat,c tu fish. aud "a paper WAS read |
,.... S.,plrl Page ON animals destructive |
r..I in water IN which especial attention
va. Drawn To- the misehievous marine worm.
w.. ,rclo Mr. Page exhibited numerous
fan of holes. lie also showed
.r..ul 10 tha tcrcdn. and gave n dcscrp-
,,.,th. tools with which he performed his
ia.r boring apparatus. MIR. Page said is
.tot,.Is character. First and foremost sce-
tr.tat ID i- a projection from the front OF
.,...I,c head. is his augcr. with which he
.,..t.. Hn entrance INTO the piece Of wood in
,.l.. t... trut,~ cs On dwell side 10y side with
.r..t-nr.usc and ON the outer surface n file.
TI.t.r,Io Fam cut i'm any direction. He If sup
r..t ,ftl double siuhon. with one arm OF
r,t.h Nee helps himself tn animalculG when
Re is AT work. and with the other elects
H. savm-t through his body into the
v.,.r- behind him. When he enters the wood
almost uGnucsimM in length. breadth.
eplliranoss hut after he has lived for n short
traar,rs the nOrOus shades that give him
l.fn.anl '..i. he has grown to the length Of
f.rriu.ir- and is stout enough To warrant the
sutu...r.u that he has Toasted upon fnrina-
caous food from birth. The teredo Is particu-
lar, troublesome at the Battery hut much
NOR, so at Hohokcn. whore he has destroyed
ins.xmoufhs the piling Ola pier that cost thou
sirl-o dollars. Among the specimens Of his
lcadwosS exhibited by Mr.. Page was block
cnt fr.n. % mahogany log In the harbor Of As
tnWII Docs ruirgurr DolHs made 10y the little
-tuil bis fellow hOgcrs wer' hardly yiSihl" to
n.u.o.I nte. bat tle p"rloratlons on the on
N.| d mo fsN
lar f. .f. N..I l.rt h.urvcouihrd hy bullets
Tlnt rp ' was -o destructive To the piliug of
H. VI 1000. ~ Orleans Railroad that tho
u ..I.u- thr damage done 10y the worm
nuI VS. hNt until cr"osote oil WAS used IN I'M
lr.Eu .'Ins thn wool thW they were ahl to pay
al, end This creosote oil. one of the many
Ir0lu II OF coal tar. Is tho only sui stance
L .,,rf,ut will check the teredo. Fresh water,
/ ~ N.r. Wti nIi him. and "Vnry year ~racoing
vessels that have been railed upon 10y the worm
ar ia.ru up the Hudson. 10 knndout and other
4 .itts. where iu few weeks, no trace OF the
Tor remains except the holes he has mado
Hfi ihe culimrnous material with which he has
lined the walls OF lis tubular dwelling. Two
y'Hrs ago MIR. Pag" continu. vessel iadcn
WIN marble was wrecked III L re- Island. Some
marine animal. akin. perhaps. t. the teredo
but supplied with moro aiamauiine implc-
through II rs though II were nothing harder
tIan soft pine. Jieoe Of the marble was
shown. IL WAS completely hourycnmh"d.
Dr. Trinihlc-Brunel. the grrnt Eugl III cngi.
pe"r must have taken lesson rom the trredo
wen Uf Nult tNH names tunnel nc khl~o
ned the walls Just Us the worm did the walli
O. ms wooden home.
T0e Hon. r. b. Roosevelt reud a paper OF
Tho Reproductive Habits Of the Eel. THE con
tinu1tgn of his paper ot last year He sal,
That Nr. Mkyns, Prof, Baird, and especiall'
The I~soVery IN such n way that no onr coul,
douN' II. are due the credit u being the fret per
sln- who TO- the course OF 1000 years OF eNp"ri
mont htv" discovered thetwo provocative meth
ol- aui orsaus of the eel.
S.'l Green spoke against the destruction o
youu-. white fish. md Mr.; Refine 'kc. a pound
n'i fisherman. said that he was willln to en-
lr.. ihr mr-he- ~ his nets t. five inches. 81
uat nome hut tle larger iish should be taken.
Avn point the eel question again came NJ
ST Gre % said. Il never pretended to know
much about the eel. Tho subject is yer
l. G.. Blntkford-Sinco the first Of Octohe
trfwn have been found in a large number Il
er.- think that before long II Will be discoV
eri that the male Is much smaller than III
VI Rooseyolt-The lamurey is probably tn
female. CORES pnndrnt writes me that h
watched amprcy IN q shallow stream in hi
meadow. Size carried a sort 81 fringe ahou
her neck This turned out 60 be cluster q
young rrs. which a. soon as the lampre
reached a sandy spot, detached themselves an
WI soon out ~ sight.
Mr. Fr.d .ther read a paper on the con
f'ru on aui managemn mt OF pubic aquarii
s. ~atr. Dee SAID. soon becomes cloudy ~ Y
tiuk Water ln Is marine aquarium should o
cr'ula'ei FOR six months before fish Is pla,e
~ H. Marine yogetat on Will soon alpear
light shade and sometimes gloom are aHprd",
A. the spores are always abundant n sea wate
The longer the water is used the better II d
A % wants Is proper Heration. Aqunria shnui
MT depend Tor success upon the additional "a
trl IONS of the snow hot even musi' 10 H'
turh % thoughts II the student OF natural /
tory. Mr.. Nathrr submitted plan for nm "l'
Vai-d reservoir. whereby weeks supply
Wircouid he pumpri W IN one iny. Nc al,
suggested new system ~ heraton, whic
would make "a small quantity oi water do u
o1'I@ ten TINES " quantity now used -,
aquHrla. and his close study OF them both hel
aud abroad have given him exceptional iacil
t"S Tor observation on tins subject ana u
aquarium Is ever butt upon scientin princip
III America. this plan is well WORTHY ~ consi
Grafton. II is to be hoped that New York W
on lay have such an institution. which VIII
@. ytue not only 10 4 sh culturlsls. but TO med
ca and all other student
The Chairman read an invitation from Charl
hrtner Go. TO examine the plates 10 M',ol
Imy Their firth eoming work on the Gan
she's 90 the United States" The work Il IA
."i under the sanction Of the Smthsonii
IH~Ituilon. i Is illustrated by 5. A. hiIbourn
an vii cost $50 COPY.
M barnet Pnlllips rad paper on Prehi
tori Fishing and Fishing Implements. J
Swiss hikes hundreds Of years Hgo. the sam"
thr Jun hook belonging. Mr.; Phlillis suggest
o. o." ltrustiHu small boy. WHO sioi" I
mothers lair pin and crooked il 10 suit !
IN y. There b. nothing new under IN" sur
Nj. Phillips said. 90 ~ least in h-hhook-.'
exhibited other implements ~ moro primiii
Construction. amonS whirh was a slns1g inh
AMI + 'Ie oldest SHOWN. Another WIS pc
o. r. jock ia tho shape 81 two spear heads pla'
end O.. end. This was the primitive ll~hhot
-'ullur INSTRUMENT 10 still used IN France
IT, 'uf 'hiug ~ coils.
Mr. Roosevelt That eel subject will come 1
Wasn't ihut cecil hook Seth Green's patent
SetN Gr'eu-l un,e invented a hurul"-s hoe
but. on my honor. have, not inirns"d w
any ntncr mans patent. never in NY NE h'
any conversation VIII the Inventor oil tAat
hook.
Mr.. Fred Mathor gave q short h story Of
FISH Cultural Association. The first meet
wns in 1870 in Albany. uni II WIS I'm Albany
1872 that the first steps We're taken 70 oif
legislation oOking toward the establishment
fish farms. The movement had III inerlt on
solution offered boy George shepard Page
Mr.. Page. on behulf of the German fls'i
Association. extended nm inviiutonto his iell
rrnhors 10 send % the Berlin lnternatlo
ENuO- ton In 1880 exhibits ~ American fS
and fishing implements. Tho German A.
cation VIII pny an rNpensrs the annual 81
tlnu of III r. resulted IN the choice OF the II
j. b. Reos welt for President. j. q. Blackl
FIR Treasurer. and Barnet Phillips and Jan
Anulu iOr Secretaries.
The dinner in the Metropolitan Hotel
cDu"luiod the annual meet lug ~ IN" assoc
I. 20 WIS such an one ms NV nrkcrs seldom
down to. US the menu Will show:
oysters ON halt shell Plue Points
Hucheimer
GrelnTurle ala Ponichartrain.
Ol Res rfe.
p0uNre.
BcOuups Ell couuille 10 ueohtur