The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1880-11-18


sasPioes ~ the uailea staaaa Flsh ga,s
~ mission, proved nsosl saoeasslal ever ssu
X ont by ihIa er a1y other conatFy ln thre.
: days mere alseeimena we're slsaAansa thas
q 10y ans s'hsr eKpeditlon IA a. man,
Eonths- ladeed. the Enghah e1pelislOa
on the Challenger, winch was "A wota q
sea dredging for fse ypGrs osntinuoasly
. dad not accomplish more er grs larger
collection
e The aIs'lging was doas irom rs 10 lla
niiles south VI Newport in tho rusioa
) kneSn A. AAok Island Soundinss. the
! dept Of The water l,eisg troni oas quarter
p ihrse-qaATters ei a Taile The specially
! constructed steamer Flsh Hawk. atlsd Mp
With tl's meai approved scisntlae Ap,,li.
Ancos, S@ used. aud the s1 rsdition was
under ihs hreebon ol Pro4. Hard of
Ma"aangtoa- Tassroaasl wA4 especially "a.
Norablfs A peculiar beasa trawl waa used
Tor aerApiag the bottom oi ths aesan, Ii
vas . net forty OF hfty fsst long. The
mouth Of q was spread opsn By "a och
beam fifteen feet long and aiH inches ia
diameter. The bean rested npoD heavy
iron runners, 70 keep the bag about two
feet OIL the bottom. The lower side Of the
mouth ol the net was formed OF a reeeod.
ing rope. weighted wish lead. The rope
dragged along the bottom, and scrApca
the Shelltish, shells. aud what not, into
the net Fiah swimming al that aoptA
We're also scooped IN, aud once inside they
were entangled IN pockets that prevented
their escaping. This trawl would be
thTovn out and drawn along behind the
steamer, making swsth half mile long
and twelve or fifteen feet wide. Than :
powerful hosting engine would be set 10
work and the trawl aud its contents hoist.
ed aboard the steamer, As many as a0oo
pounds weight OF stnf would be taken
from the bottom al the ocean each time
the trswl Was holsted Two barrels of
alcohol a day were used in preserving rare
specimens. To put them in shape will be-
the work OF weeks. To thoroughly arrange
and classify the thousands OF specimens
obtained will occupy the Commission all
winter. Most Of this work will be done
by Prof, Nerrill and his assistants.
Elghssen species Of fish were cansht
heretofore unknown and undeseribed. be-
sides others know 10 Greenland and north.
ern Europe. but not TO our coast ; also |
wonderful variety OF crabs, shrimp. and 9
lobster like creatures some Of them very 9
and forty species Of them en-.
tireiy new. One hundred and fifty five !
Inherent kinds OF shells, l25 OF them not
before known on this part OF tho coast, A.
ly'five not known as inhabitants of Ameri. .
can waters, and thirty wholly unknown to II
scientists, heretofore, were obtained. In y
addition, two new kinds Of devil fish one D
'bout foot loong 200 specimens OF new "
md pretty kind Of squid, and twonty new O
lnds OF star fish were taken OF these n
tar fish, thousands ofspecimens are net. b
ed' some OF exceeding beauty, Quite v
lumber OF new species of corals were "
aught, some OF the being brought up by u
ne Dushei. on fan coral somo beautiful OF
peeimens were obtained, Hundreds Of Ca
ca anemones, brilliantly colored, some OF el
hem measuring a foot across, delighted s'
nc eyes OF the men of science, One "a
trange discovery was worm inhabitine Ia
ulll like goose quill The quills were el'
bout foot long, aud soon after being m
ken out OF the water grew 80 hard that 10
ley could be aud were used for pens Of
hey Atood up in the bottom Of tho sea Ia
he worms inside were opal eolored and iln
heh takon out OF their strange tene. US
ents glIstened and presented rather N
city appearance. SO far as color was con. du
rned They were raked up by the Inc
ouAands, aud none OF the scientific men ah'
er heard Of them before.
he discovery was made that the tilefish 4
plentier than the cod 4 Gloucester 10
herman last winter hauled in the frat ora
eiish. Since then few have been caught. wal
OF Verrill, however, caught three with un,
'erpendicular trawl line. on opening sait
ar stomachs he found therein some OF stat
rare crustacea that abounded sed
'reabouts, and he knew il was a b.
m feeding ground He is satisfied thai his
y are plentier there in season than cod. Tie
OF Block Island. One Of the tbre, too,
caught weighed fifty pounds. The pee
fish, as described by Prof. YerrilI is a real
gnihcent fish of a light yellow. brown adjc
or, shaped like sea bass, aud spotted then
over with yellow. 1t is fine eating the
he is convinced that II is destined 10 him
ome fayorise market fish now that Il he
nown whore it oan be readily caught but
IL Of the fish caught by the dredges state
gone TO the headquarters Of the Com.
sion IN Washington. The other spsci. !.
ls came 10 New Haven in many bores
" days ago and the work Of arranging - -
n ~ now being pushed for sard. A.
y as 100 series of the various speci. -.
Is wili be made up and distributed
'ng the Museums Of the country, the
choice going TO the National Museum - -,
Washington, the second 70 the Peabody ~ ~
sum. at New Haven the third 10 the -,
nI.,e and ae,n,Ia1 -. ~ w +" ing IL
!, bv the co,na,;..;a. -''o "S They
ie records II the temperature At differ. 49,
depths we're also made with great ~
At depth Of fresn 100 to I42 "a .''A'is
,s,s the ..o,,v,,..,.a - frighl
n 5a= P.b,s,L., r.. 80 "''" other
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