The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-07-19
ROBBING THE DEEP.
Work Of the Young Natural
lists Association.
THEyAae STUDYING MAs'nE L,FE
Rare Crnhs, Shells sa1 starGishs With
Drschiopodn, TuEicafes ana
oxhsr Sea specimsns.

rxa a.usrst rrsarfns sxpe1aftor 81 tae
Yossnx Saruraiisssf Asscr@stS1E % s-a1kae
a INCREASING ssslzfAEoprSly. Jn ;as
evening cs tae frst day cat. @AAy =.
~,fsrnst a Temporary camp - an open s'Ay
stsussx haaf wxy between Peri f>ssssow afsf
Ns.s Mas Bay Here NE fossEd q nssss-
sssa1 stream % excellent safer. assd sEfsr
rrnspectt1g fer better o-1@rfsyz Ns CUB
<ss5<d % make ire temporary quarters
permanent. ana - ne IND ourselves
sssere than consorszbsy iocats1,
Oar view % the ofasr Sor4c = aE foa-
sozxs 70 TIE sostasxst Eay De sen
ro5sx<ather tl1sg ard LatsoS bead. Xxx
s.~,a.nx along TIE east. over a stretch q
Of Pare. sogn6 rsne or tea niles vice.
ssex Wildly sslEza- To tie ucFta ana
wxs. na< far from szzore. are four Or I'VE
large ro<xs scrae os which are covered =
xs.A tie bss AL q them are Fscn ne4ass
fer sA@ naturalist Around poia. 90
STE nortb Of TIRE cs-np IL Asus MAS pss.
ThEs 10 peculiar pccket-saAsed bay. tae
enf<xnes 70 which j. very narrow saS
eo<,xuhas bidder from yisE ~ fne dense
<azare Of sae reznte. Through tfsas en-
france IRE tide rsszes win great fafaa-
SIR. TIE Interior OF the bay II wide ara
efxller- For shase reasons we tx2sst
some r.ch frds AT Mas Mats bay
For IRE lrst fossr days fns sntafe *
n~d1tsoa ~zs kept buSy eita The steamer
ss.crx4s Cast. Thomas Davis. AZ an ar
ranremxr.s Rad been made Before leavinS
Seattle 20 use the steamer for fssF GAS
ar&dxsnx The bottom Of Puget sound
srhfs wnrk proved nsoxt interesting aHd
Sxate xaeeesHfuI Some ten or twelve o.
zhs "drx ~ proved 20 be water saass.
that ID. the dredxer came up empty. oss
~e mace In al come fortssessn success
81 asrsxzs ard Obtained xre2t amount
- material. sorne OF whsch Will uadDunitd-
So &xrxre neR 70 SCIENCE.
On July II We mzf3r fourteen casts o.
en@ dreaRs from fxsiI0E head. AROUND
ard a,neng The group OF Ludlow rocks.
NE had . variety Of aspfhs OF aatsr. sron
Twelve ia twenty fsshtrns. tn fact, nearly
al or dredging was done IN similar
N.o,h. Auonw the more interesting
mssertafx obtained IN this fTst DAYS
dredging were some large specimens o.
hyas Iyratus q rare crab found only ~
hretrtnx: \ number OF rare shells found
only 10 deep watoT. such 80 hennesha.
Yosea. L~onnx. MstslinserssL nesting
auohx TIE t9nicstes. a few small bTscfaio-
notx. n large vuiesy OF nudaoF@h1hs,
treat quantities OF tanicasss. bFAzosns
ard n few rare sArnsh. sAriu1Ir we're
obsasned in untold quantities snd forms
Ore particularly BOD haas OF the dredgs
~as made Immediately In front OF the en-
trance to Mats Mats bay.
On JAY Il ten hanls OF the dredge we're
made on Mats Mas bsv and north isto
Oak bay The quantities OF materials
nAtaanek were similar 20 those obtained on
ffe day sYefore with the addition Of Nd
rer. Mouiosaria Ealims. Plnfareals- four
genera OF interesting desp~zater Shells
Large masses OF coral. and three or more
Minds az caiearssus, geiatinous and sala-
cious sparwes- There were also obtained
great numbers OF caprelRa. most curious
n,t,e crusfaeesn found clinslng to the eel
80 sxs5fh "a
little relative OK she crab ts about an inch
and q hair long. very slender. with slender
hooked feet The way II gets over tbs
grass and clings 20 your Singers In a COM
pssse surprise to the unIniastsd. This Is
she first time this animal has been taken
IN Puget solnd In such quantities TIE
mint FAR OF the caprella preserved In for
snAiir looks isks q Jar Of heanlIful ssA
rnoxs.
on July n ffsaan bsuis we're made
from Hoods head. near Port Gamble.
sround Ludlow head aud Into Ludlow bay.
In addition 70 representatives before men,
toned wc obtained Leda. Gynseacs. t3s-
mensss. Cailiostoma variegsturn and MI
cuia tennis. Ave shells obtained only by
dredging.
on July "a, tia Gay our steamer was 10
leave for hnsne. we steamed down into
sIooa canal ana made seven naais- TIE
principal find on this day WAS several lsse
specimens 90 pentalium. tire shell former
~ used b. the Indians as money and CON-
raonly called wanpsam Besides the other
rare shells found IN TIE mud. Scra and
Safiea Pnulda wsre obtained. A few
pycnovoni1.a. . marine crastaeean allied
20 the spiders. were chained.
Thsse were shoas Iso specimens q ma
rsne worms dra3gsd. 1-sey aTe beautiful
On form. various ard In all probability en-
slrety new 20 science. The discoveries of
sh~ scientists cf Naples were used 20 coed
advantage In preserving al these forms
sor future STUDY. The worms. sor exam
pie. are expanded and slowly killed n
magnesium suiehase Dyson saitxl. then
hardened ana anaiiy preserved "a FORM
aiin.
We were very fortunate IN the number
CT fsh nroaEht up with ihs dreige- On
accom-, OF ire nner msshss q the net q
shs arsAre wc obtained rnany more ecep
se. nshes than were obtained ~ last
eesr's expedition. Last year ten new s9e-
eses Of Asa-s were ootaired. and IN many
cases cniy a Single specimen vas tskfs.
These are therefore extremely FaTe. ard
nc count ourselves particularly Fortunate
a having taken On this years expedition
y number OF additional specimens az ;hese
ncw forms. Among these rarsT ores we're
sslpsris asn8yi. Iofhotreguus vtBoloasns.
n large specimen 81 AvcrYuacWs esasne-
60 ether rare ana Interesting nsAes we're
rreseea small aEenoia fse VAS Gis-
covered en- Puget seund 10 u.s. ard es-
ecygnet BY Gunsher. ard Row bears tae
name % AHp.iaphovosaes intrFniA~ Here
fofare there has existed eut tse ore type
speclsnen taken in issi. One ane sreet-
mea 81 salS very rare hsa vas dresEs1
near r.udiow rocks.
last year a ssngsa specimen q Fsyeero-
,uses Zebra WA 1reage4 This was TIE
rrrt time thiS fsa VAS taken Or rs~eorfc5
from 50 Tar soatA as flEst sound. tAotxa
q IS common ia Alaska. Thss war TITS
sssA was found quite natnesossiy sraUn4
T4aalow rocks, ana Ia TIE shallow water
aiong TIE ss0ges.
TIE selua n beins freely drawn alons
she s'sar~ NTH good success. Amo1g TIE
fishes csstalned % vsias n selence are
several iarKc specimens C. Arsc1ichthyS
fas<sitss and several specimens - SleAass
tcrnA. the PIPE fish
specimens we're taken of ofEceo3taS esa-
trynrn. which was discovered and nszses
~ last years expedition.
The work : net yeg finished. 50 the ~
terror of Mats Mas Bay = "a zee ",sFya
sacosssta." Ne NIL 80 en- a voyage 80 as
eosegy . that eay torsoTToW.
THE werk On Ludlow rocks has ret
Yroved a. abun3snfly satisfactory as wss
that on Channel recks ta Tort orchsFa
last yesr. Howeves. Ne ebsainca aeeat
ssa specimens e hatAestaa tuahata. =
clifton never before t4kcs a sura aasan-
stiles and several isFsa sp~c snens -
zytiiiss< caiif0FaicS. an e3se9e nassel. Nes
sauaa near Seattle. Great nHmhsgs sE =
email slx-gayes ssartza Were collected
Thcse are thought 80 ~ rev g sc4eoce.
They were never colivcfed Ay ouF Vxae-
agtlcn< sa the past Aaenx tse usarlne
worms taken frasa the rosSs wsTe I've
sne large specimens % tss Neaeertsne
,-,,.ss, ana saxaral ane-.La.eas u : L.