The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-11-06

~Can You see under watsr2 :"

"Can you see under watsr7"
very seldom. I remember years
ago going down to have look at the
wreck Of the Forfarshire-the vessel
Grscs Darling and her father pulled TO,
not far from the windwsrd of tho island,
- the story says, but from the leo ode,
where tho cobble lay resdy, and where
the water was smooth. I divsd Just out
of curiosity and saw tho old hooker
plain enough. OF that same coast I've
been down in water 20 bright that I've
stood among weeds Is tall q this room,.
. beautiful garden Of them, and watched
'em with delight, almost forgetting the
job / Was down there for, and I saw all
kinds Of fish swimming about, and ap-
pear1ng quite close through the glass IN
my helmet, though if I put my hand
out to them I found them to be fathoms
sway"
"But, - rule, you can't see?"
"No more than if I was looking
through London fog. And then take:
a ship. Suppose you were to como in
to this room at night without Light
you couldn't sec. SO it is with . ships
hold and cabin under water. 1ts pitch
dark. A man can only grope."
1T must be dangerous work, moving
shout among cargo under such circum-
stances"
"Why. not when you're used oit A
bit of sea above il often inconvenient,
by making the vessel ON the surface roll
and tauten the tackle for heaving up
the cargo, and 30 running up mass of
dead weight on sudden before you're
ready, and then letting it come down
crash again. A ground-swellI mean
the swell at bottoms also trouble
some, for it'll swing a man to and fro q
distance of seven feet and more. But
this is only on deck. It's quiet enough
in the hold"
"Suppose such swell should dash .
diver against apything?"
1T wouldn't hurt him, sir. The dress
makes him so light. I have fallen
through many yawn in o 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 just as quickly"
"Can you converse under water?"
Eyes; but very few know how it is
done. If You were to stand up face to
face with another man each might
burst himself with yelling without
producing the faintest sound. Now,
how do you think you can hear?"
II cannot imagine"
"By lying down. You and your
mate must lie down on vouh Draasts-it
must be on your breasts-hezd 10 head
or side 50 side, close, and in chat posi-
ton you'll hear one another as easily Is
you and I can hear each other In this
room.
II suppose the sound is conveyed 14'
the deck or sand, or whatever you lie
upon?"
POSSIBLY; I only know its true.
When found this out spoke to anoth-
er diver about it, and he would not be-
ieve me. Well, one day We happened
to go down to g wreck together. I told
him beforehand what position TO put
himself in, aud, after We had been to.
work for some time, We came together
and laid down as agreed, and said:
Jim, are there any more casks left IN
the forehold?' Heaps he answered.
right off. And so you can hear me?'
said L Aye, he answered. wonderful
ly plain; and with that he laughed, and
SO did I, and we both heard each 9TH
er's words"
How deep down we're you At the
time?"
I'm about eleven fathoms. "-London
Telegraph.