The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1884-11-21
TALK WITH A DIVER.
Some Singular Experiences in Dan.
gerors Life
Down Among the Sea yyecds-DIm.
entities Recommendation Con-
yersation Is Carried on
Under Water.
TLondon Telegraph


"Can yOu see under wateri' GVcry sell
dom remember years ago going down to
have look at the wreck Of tie Forfarshlrs
the vessel Grace Darling and her father
pulled to, not from windward Of the island,
as the story says, but from the lee side
where the cable lay ready, and whers the
water was smooth. dived just out of curl.
osity, and saw the old hooker plain enough
OF that same coast I've been down in water
so bright that I've stood among weeds az
tall as this room, beautiful garden of them,
and watched EN- with delight, almost for
getting the job | was down there for, and /
saw all kinds of fish swimming about and ap-
pearing quite close through the glass in my
helmet, though il put out my hand to them
found them to be fathoms away
"But as a rule you can't see no more than
IL you were looking through a London fog.
And then take ship Suppose you were to
come into this room at night without light
you couldn't see. So it is with a ships
hold and cabin under water. It's pitch dark.
A man can only grope."
ut must be dangerous work moving about
among cargo under such circumstances
"Why, not when you're used to it A bit
Of a sea on above is often inconvenient,
by making the vessel on the surface roll and
tauten the tackle for heaving up the cargo,
and 50 running up mass of dead weight on
a sudden before you're ready, and then let
ting it come down crash again. Il ground
SWELL mean the swell at bottom-is also
troublesome, for it'll swing a man to and fro
b a distance of seven feet and more But
this is only on deck It's quiet in the hold"
Suppose such swell should dash a diver
against anything"
at wouldn't hurt him, sir The dress
makes him so light. / have fallen through
many yawn and hole in "A ships decks, fit
to break mans neck and back, you might
think for the depth of it, and have gone very
softly and have come up again very quietly"
"Can you converse under water!7
ayes: but very few know how It's done. II
you were to stand up fGco to face with
another man. each might burst himself with
yelling without producing the faintest sound.
Now, how do you think You can hear!"
IL can not imagine"
"By lying down You and your mate must
lie down on your breasts-head to head or
side by side, close, and in that position you'll
hear one another aS easily as you and can
hear each other in this room"
IL suppose the sound is conveyed by the
deck or sand, or whatever you lie upcn!"
POSSIBLY. l only know it is true When
found this out l spoke to another diver
about it, and nc would not believe it. Well,
one day we happened to 20 down to wreck
together. | told him beforehand what posi-
ton to put himself in: and, after we had
been ut work some time. we came together
and both laid down, aS agreed, and | said
Jim, are there many M jre casks left in tn,
foreholdF Heaps he answered right OF.
AND so you can hear men said l. 'Ay,' he
answered, wonderfully plain:' and with that
he laughed, and SO did |, and we both heard
each others laugh just as we heard eac'
others words"
"How deep down We're You at the timer
I'm about eleven fathoms."
Once on a time, as for my fair
A wreath | CHANGED To Irvine,
caught Young Love amongst the flowers
And plunged him in my wine:
Iplunged him in, and drank him up
With such delicious glee.
And now the urrhin with his winrs