, 1884-09-26
WITH a DIVER.
Some Singular Experiences in a Dan
gerous Life.
Down Among the Sea Weeds-D:m-
eultIe- Recommendation Com
ver-ation Is Carried on
Under Water.



Can you SO under vaterf' Very ssl-
dom- Ifemember years ago going down 10
have a look at the wreck Of the Forfarshirp
the vessel Gracs Darling and her father
pulled to, not from windward Of the island,
Is the story says, but IRON tho les side.
where tie cable lay ready, and wiers the
water wns smooth. dived Just out Of curl
osity. and saw tho old hooker plain enough
Oh that anne coast I've been dIwn Ia water
% bri sht that I've stood am ing weeds as
tai as this room. a beautiful garden OF thom,
md watched EN- with delig. / almost for
,etting the job l was down there FOR, and l
aw al kinds OF 6 b swimming about and APP
,esring quite close through tho glass In my
helmet though II l put out my hand to them
| found them 70 lie fathoms away.
But as q rule you can't so no more than
II you were looking through a London fog.
And tea take a sup Suppose you were to
> ne into thls room at night without a Light
You Couldn't see. 50 1t Is with 4 ships
iold and abin under water. It's pit h dark.
\ man can only grops"
1T must be dan serous work moving about
among cargo under such circumstance"
why. not when you're used 70 IT. A bit
II q sea on above Is often fnc~onvcnient,
by making tho vessel IN the sur u q roll all
-auten tic tackle for heaving up the O. rgo,
AiA - iuIAAnE up q uli-7 pi ueuA Mel1Hl on
sudden before you're rea ~, AMI then let
ing it come down crash agaia. A ground
WE'LL mean the SVEN at bottom 3 also
troub'e~ome, for TIN swing a man 70 and FRI
- a di t1nce OF seven feO- aud mOrs. But
this l. only on dsck- It's quist In the hold.
"suppois such q swell should dash a diver
against alythingF7
at wouldn't hurt him. sir. The dre,s
makes bin 81 iign-. I ! fallen through
many a yawn and hole In a ships decks, tit
o break O mans neck n back, you night
hink for tho depth OF Il. and have gone very
softly and have some up again very quietly
Can you converse under waterf
YES. bnt very few know how us done. T.
you wers 10 stand uD facs 10 face wi b
another man. each might burst himself with
yelling without reducing the faintest sound.
Now how do you thiak you can heart
Il ,an not imagine"
BY lying down. You and your mats must
lie down on your brcasts-hsad 10 head or
SIDE by dle, Close, and in that position yourl
hear ono another rs easily a. you and 1 can
Lear each other In this ROOM
II supro . the SOUND IA conveyed by the
deck or sand, or whatever you lie upcnf
Possibly. Icn'y know It IS true. When
| found this out | spoke 10 another diver
about Il, and he would not believe It. Well,
one day We ~happensd to go down 10 wreck
together. l told him beforehand what posi-
ton . put him4aif In: and, after we had
beon at work some tins We came togsther
and both laid down, as agreed, and / said:
Jim, are there many more casks left in thu
foreholif 'HeaTs' be anIwered right oil.
And - you N hear msf said l. 'Ay,' h,
nn,ve ed, wonderfully plain and with that
he laughed. and 80 iii / and we both heard
each others laugh just as We heard each
,tIer's words"
How deep dow wsre you at the timer
SIN about eleven fnthoms."