New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-07-04
The WORLDS FISHANDFlShERY
DETAILS OF THE BERLIN EXHIBITION.


DETAILS OF THE BERLIN EXHIBITION.
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From An ,slovAL CORRESPONDENT OF TuH raIruSh
BERLIN. June 12-Pcrhaps that which will most
surprise the visitor 20 the International Fishery Elk
hibition row drawing to a close IN this city, Will be
| the cnmprchensIve definition given to tine word
"f,heryr nv the German FISHERY Society," under
whose auspices the far ~ the Invalden Strasse mas
been organized. Instead Of only mOnotonous mass
| Of stuffed and preserved fish, muddy aquarluWS
and the like. one finds III this new building. des-
tined to be the Agricultural Museum. q vast and
varied collection of objects. both animate ana IMAM
innate. o. ganic and inorganic natural and ariihcai'
all more or less Intimately related to the pIscatcry
science In some cases, however there are eXmD-
its which look rather ont Of place in n Fishery IN
position. A Berlin firm, for instance displays n
large number of nautical instruments, and several
countries have encroachcd upon the department. Oi
ornithology, the excuse being that the coliec-
tons which they send represent birds which either
feed on fish or serve ~ bait for the catch-
ING of fish. The cormoran;s, second only to
may be excepted from this criticism, aud richly de-
serve the place accorded them in the American, but
more especially IN the Chinese Department. Bat
what has CAPTAIN Boynion's india-rubbcr suit to do
with fish, unless sent over our bcst specimen OF
American fish stories \ captions critic night say
that the shrewd New Engander who, pointing tn
umphanty TO a broad band OF leather which cnt IN
twain has been SO firmly united again that 1t SUD
ports heavy mass Of IRON, asks ven 20 bny bottle
OF his Fish Glue" has about much right nefe rs
the sccre Of Berlin jewellers who selling neck
laccs cuh buttons. brelstpns. etc. because they
arc manuractur- d from coral, pearl or sen she'll.
AMERICAS GREAT DISPLAY.
But let Us glance for moment NJ some of the
real piscatory exhibits Of the American ID 'partment.
And in the very beginning let me say that AZ re-
CARDS extent, value and usefulness, the United
States collection shows second 10 none, and i'll many
cases SURPRISES even Germany herself. The special
catalogue Of our exhibit. large octave pamphlet
OF 2G3 pages. which equals IN size the eli ial cat1-
logue Of the wno, fair is not the least crcdltibe
feature of our display containing as it does an cx-
PLANTATION, often running into the smallest details
of almost every article III the American Depar ment
Then there is a model OF the purse seine, which IS
often over 800 feet IN length, and reaches down
for nearly 900 feet into the ocean, and which,
when drawn in, holds five or six hundred mackere
caught, as it were. III an immense old-iashl0ned
purse; q fine model of a menhaden guano manuIac-
tory where the oil is pressed from The fish aud the
residuc converted into manure. industry limited
almost wholly to New England, and increasing very
rapidly IN importance Professor Wards collection
of casts. many of which have been purchase by the
Vienna Geological Museum and valuable series
of models of fsh-breeding devices. The American
exhibit Is very rich in plscicultural apparatus. The
l.. IFs,aN AIafg ~
vented in 1851 by our earliest fish culiurlst DR..
Garlick, is pointed out an object of
historical value. But perhaps the most interesting
and unique exhibit in this branch OF
the science is the large model of the
National Fish Commissions steamer Fish Hawk,
sea-going vessel of 45S tons, which IS nothing more
nor less than great ocean clearinghouse. We
have large display of fishing boats of all sizes and
descriptions, from the COyn portable canvas boat
which can be packed away in space 81 inches
long inches wide and inches thick and can yet
carry six men, up to the fulIyeqnDped whale-boat
winch stands III of the annexes. ianked on
either side by Il stuffed Swedish whale. Perhaps
the prettiest and trmmest of these fishing boats is
the Shadow Canoe" built in Brooklyn and bought
by some admirng European for 1925. Hard by, a
large Indian bark canoe with two Indians standing
erect In it with paddles in their hands attracts
much attention. Six full-sized and fullrigged
dores are scattered about in different parts of the
Exposition.
Some of these models have interesting history.
There is for instance in the Holland Department
two-mased schooner now extensively used in the
Dutch herring fisheries 1t is very fast saler and
the foremost lots down and rests III crotch when
the nets are out. This vessel was introduced from
France in 1867, and suppanted the bugne.
clumsy sluggish sort of boat, very typical Of the
f+nY,f ft,roa
weeks returning home from the fishing banks. The
French vessel make the voyage in as many
days and as a consequence, the fishermen of Hol-
land find that the herring fisheries, which were up
to this time rapidly OH the decline. are now re-
muneratve.
In one of the rooms of the American Department
is an immense lcather-back turtle fastened high
upon the wall When the Emperor ard Empress
visited the Exposition, the former, who was asound
ed at the size of the reptile, waited until the En-
press, who was on Mr. Mather's arm, came up, and
then the aged Kaiser pointed out his discovery with
the ecstacy of q boy. Perhaps this common turtle
left a deeper impression on the royal mind than all
Professor Goodies wonderful maps showing the geo.
graphical distribution of fishes, or Mr.. Mather's
valuable inventions IN pisciculture.
The remarkable completeness of the American
exhibit is perhaps best shown in the space gwen up
TO angling apparatus. WING Ino EnRlIsn eAhlolt
in this department is limited to two cases. whole
room is scarcely large enough to hold what we have
TO present. 1t is about perfect. There tiny
nicke-pated reels, for use among our inland brooks
and lakes, and thence they run all the way up to
the large iron black-panted reels used on the sea
for haibut fishing Here we specimens of the
primitive Indian fish lines, made Of seaweed, strips
of hide. etc; there the delicate. strong lines of
braided silk. In another case displayed side by
side with the great clumsy wooden hooks of the
aborigines ornamented with carved point which
reminds one of the fgure-head of a ship. graceful
little steel hooks. with highly polished mother-of-
pearl flies and immense strong shark hooks. look
ing like anchors. In this same room is Brands
bomb-ance, for use in the whale fishery which,