Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-09-28

the slightest doubt but that in a few
/ years a photographer can 90 70 the DOT
| tom and take negatives Of wrecks TO show
/ the actual position, etc. Not only this
| but fishes and all marine animals can be
| reprOduced exactly. How can it be done,
/ Well. that is my secret, but Of course the
! electric light viii be prominent feature
I Of such an undertaking"
ssDid you use the electric light in YOU
/ studies!" asked some one.
Certainly was the reply, Il made &
number Of descents BY night"
VISITING WRECK.
ssIn this way / could catch a great man!
fishes that could not be obtained IN AM
other. I carried a small metal-handleC
net with me and secured number O
forms and, though l have not compared
them vet. are. am sure, new 70 science
One Of the last trips that l made on the
reef was TO an old wreck that had beer
/ living there for perhaps 50 years. Wen'
| down TO il at night, and when turned on
/ the Ugbt I found myself in a curious
/ pIace. The hull Of the vessel was seem
[ ingly complete, but not single part Oh
/ the surface but was pierced with holes
made BIZ the ship-worm (teredo). L az
/ tempted 20 step on the wood, and, though
/ looking solid my weighted foot sank into
! il like paper. and with a slight push
threw over a large portion Of the old hulk.
The worms had eaten into the wood and
lined their holes with lImY Secretion 50
that these tubes were all there was 10 hold
the structure together: the wood had dls-
appeared. In the hold great masses OF
branch coral were growing out OF pile
that was once the cargo
III might have been treasure snip,
suggested a listener.
Eyes. il might" replied the scientist,
but il wasn't, and. 70 make sure, 1 over
hauled her well, and the plleI spoke OF, as
far as could make out, was made up OF
balIast-old rock, probably"
How about that fish thatcrawls out on
dry land. asked some one.
The fish, continued the naturalist, rs
a little fellow that looks very much ike
what we call a sculpin, although II has
none Of the barbels and curious appen-
dages that characterizes those flsh. trst
noticed them in the Spice Islands, when
was there in 1872. / was walking by the
shore one day at low tide, where the
beach was formed Of dark mud and weed
covered rocks. when my companion said,
pointing 10 some small objects that were
hopping along shore. near the water:
Isn't il rather queer Tor frogs to go with
salt water@ It's so queer that l never
heard Of il before l replied; perhaps it's
something new so we determined 10
ind out what they were, and. taking OF
our shoes. we waded in and along the
beach. so as to drive the supposed frogs
ashore. But all at once one started right
up under my eyes and gave hop Of about
a foot. and 10 my astonishment il was
fish: and so announced 10 my friend who
was behind. He wouldn't believe me, but
when he came I'D, there the little crea-
tura -vas. high and dry, resting on stone,
hat
prominent pectOraI inns. I made Jump
Tor il. and my friend did the same, but
away it went, hopping just like a toad.
and for several moments there was 4 race
between man and fish. We coon hemmsd
II IN hover. and 1 have it in my cabi-
net now. The side fms are almost arms,
and are strong and powerful, and on
them the fsh rests and jumps. In Aus
tralia some years ago some geOloglsts
found some fossil bones that were pro-
nounced 70 belong 70 a large tish. In
1876 some one discovered the Identical nsn
alive.
the way they did so is somewhat curl
Gus. They were on hunting trip up the
country. and one night camped near
small stream. II the middle OF the night
one Of the party was awakened BY curl
Gus barking sound, and. thinking II
might be some wild animal after their
horses, he slipped on his clothes, took
rife and went out. The noise came at
regular intervals from the river below,
and. taking a narrow path, he started az
ter il. The moon was bright, and when he
got down 10 the level Of the water heard
the bark. and saw a large glistening OBJ
iect. and then saw it leap along or
founder through the grass. Upon this he
fred, and TO his amaZement, found that
he had shot flsh. The shot awakened the
rest. and the creature was brought into
camp. 1t was about feet long, had a
small head and enormous scales, while
the body ended not in I'm, but in point
1t was found that they breathed both air
and water with perfect ease, and that
when hungry the great nsh, which was
vegetable feeder, would come TO the shore,
expel the air which it held in its air blad-
der. thus making the barking sound, and
wander over the fats in seach Of food.
THE PELICAN FISH.
The other day they dredged a fish that
was all head, and its mouth had pouch
large enough TO contain seven or eight
bodies Of its own size. 1t had no eyes or
fins. and its gills were more or less upon
the inside. II was taken from water a
mile or more deep. Another fish found,
and related to the cod, had a stomach
that was so like rubber that il could sWal-
low fishes over three times its own size.
Its laws worked exactly like those of a
snake, and in swallowing the monster
pulled itself over its prey like glove"