The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-21
THE ENGELBR KIT IN PORT.
Capt. Eckman still Collecting Marine
Specimens for Upsala.

Capt. Eckman still Collecting Marine
Specimens for Upsala.
The Swedish bark Engelbrekt, Capt. Eek
man u aster, arrived up Yesterday from Ty-
bee roads, where she had been at anchor
! since Sunday night last, and is moOred at
the Savannah, Florida and Westerns rail
way wharves, where she Will discharge bal
last, and afterward load cotton for CrOn-
stadt. See will bs in port for several
weeks
A MORNING NEWs reporter called on
Capt. Eckman Yesterday afternoon to learn
that the learned mariner, whose nets have
a4gnt so many specimens OF marine life
Upsala University, his alma mater, has
himself been caught in a net, for a kaOc6
at the saloon brOug 1t a bright-eye1 Swedish
lady to the door, who proved to be Mrs.
Eckman, whom the captain married In
June last, upon MS return to tathsrlaHd.
Mrs. Eckmau accom- oan.ed her husband on
the trip across, which they aY was a some
what rough one, but haVly made without
any accident to the stau, ca bark AMI its
crew.
Capt. Eckman. in answer to an inquiry a
to the result of his deep sea explorations
for marine life On his voyage homeward
last year, says he added many more rare
specimens to his collection for
Upsala university, which were received by
the faculty and students with the highest
degree Of satisfaction. but to the prefer of
remuneration Capt. Eclman entered and
| maintained a positive refusal, and il ad Ii
ton proffered his service for still further
| Investigations on lis present voyage, wh Oh
were & ably accepted and increased fac IL
ties afforded him for a more extensive
| system Of collecting aud preserving speci-
mems
Capt Eckman has a very fine collection
OF crustaceans taken along the coasts Of
Africa and Spain, and many rare speci-
mems obtained in the Gulf stream. On hi
former voyage he hal but one iron reservoir
for the larger size specimens of marine
life, but for e presen5 voyage the CDSala
University provided him with three res or
VOIrS.
An Their mission was given me, - sail
Capt. Eckmau, land that IS to take back
samples of the soil of the rice field fr N
both the Georgia and South Car Dina sides of
the Savannah river. l prasume it is the
intention of the faculty OF l psala to analyZ9
the soils, but for what purpOse | did not
inquire"
Capt. Eckman says that on the way over
to Savannah he has collected from l30 TO
| l4O rare specimens OF marine life, and four
| or five species of cru stacaaus very rarely met
! with, which were taken from the waters of
| the Spanish and Afri al coasts. These are
! preserved in walls and bottles of alcohol.
! Some specimens collected OU the present
voyage are 50 minute that without exami-
nation under the microscope they do not
appear to be anything but sedementary
matter. Others still more minute develop
life upon the application of acids.
The fact that lie D sea Dire iging5 brought
up evidences of marine life is at variance
with the theory that at certain depths the
! great weight of The water preclules life, is
| it not z" Capt EClman was asked.
Indeed it is, the captain repid, 81 have
| found at very great depths abundant evil
dence that many forms of life can be and are
| sustained
Capt. Eckman will collect many speci-
mems of reptIlian life in this section to add
| to his marine collections