The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-01-05

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+,ean ms connected. and at at the word the
nrofassor Who wished. as the invention
Vas his tbe honor of going down first,
| o1,+arod .nd tho caea was lowered out of
siobt In inst FIVE minutes he telephoned
mo that he had reached the bottom and the
cage was resting ON huge rock in most
adyar,ageous position 7 then descended.
~ VIC nv fret exnerienoe in a divers suit.
80 Voc snrnr;sad at he clearness of the
and az civ Inconvenience was a
nnoino in NV ears T landed by rhe side
10 caos onenedtae iron door. and
-. ,,.aoa,, ~, Kol15ober
rrba s;,u.tion was an novel that for a few
,nonts 7 GOT il, hewi1derad contamination
=. -. soa,,a could 900 for twenty or
| .o;r+v foot IN aitbar side distinctly. ana
aho,a No avery ubiect could be mainly dis
4;.,,nisbed. tho daI;cs re- tracerv of the iellv-
ssh az f.irv-lita Farm of The v.leIla. while
snail tisbas seemed no,sed above us in the
-. to,,,, 4, ,oosnbere The rock uron which
NO r.stad wac q huge block that stood tan
,aat from the bottom. and from it to the
nora ,vas a Gradual rice for 400 feet over
,oLs nd nshbles covered with short weeds.
VOC racaIIed to NV senses by word In
w., ear from the professor. and by simply
49, ming NV head in the helmet I opened the
s aa+ion ond conversad with INV con-
50 He had attached the phonograph
80 X a broad 1eceiver. and now arranged a
49,, mar of Ynirrors. and in few moments
~ +ba camera on it's stand and the cleo
49, 1iubt hnlh bv which niotures were to be-
| - ~ n,.oa He then handed me- a slate
| 7oordino ohsarvations and onening a
| -. ca++ered a LOT Of crawfish about. AS
~, &. ,o++1od oroY,nd re VIC sat in excited
| 60. alton and remanied perfectly quiet.
| onr q I'd vent had undou bit edly alarmed the
| e.o,,,,., ,1ars ,f the rock but they soon be-
g. collect A bip white fish rose over
- do . of the rock. eazed at us with its
H. o,,ss FIR a moment. then took a niece.
| ~ h cit This gave others COURAGE and
| coon a n 7mber of tbse fishes surrounded the
go n, hon came bip strined fellow. vel
lo,-, I'D black. that must have weighed ten
| ,ornds who swan about with the others
,,ith on .ir of suneriority. recognized the
fsh &c N, reddish. and the professor tele
nhoned m, q that he was about to try his first
axnerimen l. with the ingenious contriy-
onees fo, + initiating the sounds of fishes.
Tha redti n was supposed to be an ally of
tho drnmti,, h. and Kolllcher selected wood
| ~, ;nstrurc. inf that uttered when manipu-
| a4.a oros ming nnrm,,r. this he handed to
| pv GOV efullv distributing the bait. the
H., fab and several others rose higher anu
| h;abar and we're soon onposite our faces
| 1,sar tho NJ, ,fessor turned the great receiver
| dirootlv ar 4 ia fish. while turned the lever
| - 49, t.Iki,, ,.maehine. We could not hear
| of course VIII ether the sound was discern
| .ble and it " ,as AN anxious moment; but
| suddenly we ,oticed the fishes start, roll
| nm thar eves u In mournful way, and turn
! awav: then on q returned.
..Keep it up. - shouted the professor, and
| 7 could hear til g ecstacy in his voice as l
turned the leye. q again. The fishes now APP
nroached the II eceiver, which was mirror,
| and they saw what they supposed were
fishes of their ind and then we saw their
mouths open an IA numerous bubbles ascend
to the surface.
"We have it,'' said my companion; ''they
are renlving.'' But to me the rolling of the
eyes suggested :.nguish.
We could not test the monograph into
which the fish had spoken until we as
cended The fish continued to come. and
now noticed that many strange forms were
climbing the rock and the bars of the cage,
attractd by. the meat OF a dozen crawfish
Great crabs rigwled slowly along. The
whips of cragfish waived to and fro. and the
tentacles of pig octopus cams .insinuat-
ingly up and around the bars. followed by
the uncanny bodyt.' A long slender head
now protruded th rough the bars. and my
companion called 10 me that it was an eel,
and to try the ma chine that initiated the
sound of the eel. l did SO, and the snake
like fish stopped at once. raised itself