The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-09-07

Dr. w. r. Dali, Of she U. .. Coast Sur
vey. On the ffnney Inhabitants ei the
Northern Seas.

At o recent meeting of the San
Francisco Academy of Sciences, DIR.
w. +. Dali, of the u. S. Coast Survey
Expedition, related some of his ex-
periences aud discoveries In the Arc
tic regions, and stated that he, in
company with Mr.. Bean, had left the
city one month later than usual last
Spring, but owing to favorble winds
they had been able to sail over q larger
extent of surface than they had ever
before done, their journey being nearly
1900 miles in length. They. had
sailed over the North Pacific out of
the Oregonian Arctic and into the
southern part of the Arctic Ocean.
They had found the fishing to be SIM
liar on both the A merican and Asiatic
side. A large number of California
fish had been found north of Sitka,
and the Goldfish and halibut were nu-
merous, In fact, they formed large
part of the food which they had in
those regions. Among the important
things which they investigated was
the determination as to whether there
were
DIFFERENT SPECIES OF SALMON,
Or whether all salmon were of the
same species In different grades of de-
velopment. They found the Colum-
bia river salmon throughout all Sec
tions of Alaska, and at first came to
the conclusion that all of the salmon
belonged to the same species, but they
finally found salmon which had to be
classed rs a different species; for in
stance, the king salmon, which fire.
quently weigh 100 pounds, and the
hump-back salmon. A large number
of trout were found on both sides. The
common Pacific brook trout wasfound
on the Asiatic side aud have been
caught In salt water. After exami-
nation into the merits of the cod and
halibut, DIR. Bean became convinced
that the Pacific cod was the same as
the Atlantic, and there wss no reason
why the Pacific cod fisheries might
not become as important as the At
lantic. A large number Of smaller
fish had been found, among which
were some new species. One man
had represented to them that he had
caught sea serpent, but upon inves-
tigation they found the animal to be
a worm, such as are sometimes found
on the coast OF Norway, ana are OFTEN
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AN AMERICAN BIRD.
| The only difference between the
northern snipe and the one which Is
| found here 10 its bill, which Is broad
aud flat 1t the extremity like that oi
| . spooublll. Several other varieties
were obtained, but none Of much i'm
portance. They had found much diff
hculty in obtaining chronological