The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-11-30
COOKING UNDER WATER.
It's Easy Enough to Do When You
Know How.
A Diving Expert Relates an Extraordinary
Fish story Which Rather Takes tho
Cake; Also the other Fellows
Hundred Dollars.

az believe" said George w. Fuller, the
veteran diving expert, in conversation
with q Boston Globe writer few days
ago, "that ! was the first man to ever
catch n fish, dress it and cook it, all un-
der water, and then bring it to the sur
face in perfectly palatable and appe-
tizing shape"
''How did you como to do that?" ques-
toned the writer.
at was this way" replied Mr.. Fuller,
sitting back in his chair and half closing
his eyes. as if to recall all the circum'
stances of this most curious of diving
experiments. you see. had been talk
ing with some of the boys, telling them
about what could do, and all that and,
if remember rightly. | made the asser-
ton that ! could catch fish, dress 1T,
cook it under water and bring it up to
the surface in good shape for eating,
without wctting it a particle. OF course
every body was incredulous, and one man,
who was even more incredulous than the
rest offered to bet me 500 that could
not do it. OF course | felt sure that /
colld and, though itlooks strange toyou
now, YOU can see how it was done after
ha,c finished my story. AS thought
/ had Il pretty good show of winning,
and the man seemed very anxious to bet,
1 put up my money, and when asked
when | wanted the affair to come on
/ set a day about week ahead, as had
some preparations to make. The date
was agreeable to all parties concerned,
and other things were talked of. So the
htyn I lv n
of days to wait for the trial Then, taxi
ing couple of my men, got boat and
went quite distance out into the har-
Dor, stopping over place where l
thought should be able to catch a fish
easily. j had broughta u weighted bar
rel along with me and my diving suit.
The barrel we then proceeded to sink,
having the open side downward. Put
ting on my suit | went to the bottom
and securely fastened the barrel to some
rocks with ropes to make sure that 1t
would neither rise to the surface nor
float away. Mind you, l had the barrel
raised about three fcetfrom the bottom,
and at this time, as a matter of course,
it was filled with water After l had
secured it stopped down and crawled
up into it, standing erect upon the bot
tom. When crawled in the barrel was
full of water, but as staid under there
minute after minute, the water began
to be driven out little Ly little, this
being caused by the air which was issu-
ing from my escape valyo rising to the
top of the barrel, and not being able TO
20 any farther it, as matter OF course,
kept forcing the water down. Soon my
~ N
my chest was out.
Then / unscrowed my helmet and
stood in the air under the barrel. AS it
was being fed constantly from the pump
above. the watcY lowered until there
was not drop in the barrel, and l was
standing in only three feet of water.
had one of my patent lanterns with me
so 1 could see what ] was doing, and
taking hGmmcP, nails and small
board which ! had brought down with
me, proceeded To Iail up small shelf
at one side of the barrel of the height so
that when my lantern vas set upon 1t IL
would be convenient for me to look down
on the top OF IL. This done, put on my
helmet, got down from under the barrel
and went up 10 the surface once more.
All my arrangements were complete.
and all had 10 DO now was to wait pa
tcntly for tho day Of the trial to come
OF.
at dawncd at last, bright and clear,
and u considerable party OF gentlemen
embarked with us to either see this, as
they supposed, great feat performed, or
~ see me fail in my attempt TO mako
good my assertion, i impressed it upon
the mind Of the party who had bet
against me that to perform the feat 1t
was very essential that should go un-
der water at place where ] could be
reasonably sure ai catching a fish, and
he left it with mo 10 select tho place.
or course / STORED for the spot whore /
bad the barrel anchored, and stopping
near whore / thought it wonld be, put
on my suit and prepared for the descent,
I took With nle my lpn'Hrp asDa'l steP