The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-10-02


for when away I secured some valu-
able works. Another thing purchased
and which with the books I Taught
will be used in the Bishop Museum un-
til the aquarium is ready. is a mag
nificent microscope. the best that could
be obtained in all Europe, and one
which was exhibited al Berlin. With
il I can make a cholera bacillus appear
as big as an eel"
About the tanks, Professor. Will you
have them in position where the fish
may be observed by the public?"
Yes" he replied But really I do
not care q snap for the exhibition part
OF it. Naturally the public viii wish to
visit the aquarium, and arrangements
viii be made for the people. There win
be enormous tanks that viii contain
hundreds of different species of sea
life. OF course care would have to be
exercised in the selection Of the spe-
cies: we would not want TO put into a
tank one of a species that would eat
the Others up before morning. There
is an endless variety of life in the Pa
cific. and our aim would be TO secure
a number OF specimens of each species.
We would not confine ourselves to
those found only around the Islands,
our search would extend all over the
Pacific. To accommodate them there
must be numberless tanks, even though
there might be two hundred different
species in one tank In crabs alone
there are hundreds of varieties And
in the waters around Fiji there is a
crab with body not larger than your
hat. and legs six feet long. We may
never get q live one, but We win most
surely have one of the shells.
To keep these tanks in order and
/ have the water always at the proper
degree of temperature and clean, viii
require the greatest care Fresh water
must be constantly pumped in, and the
/ fish watched, so that if one should die
il will not be allowed TO remain in the
tank long enough TO poison the others
There viii be much of interest TO pro-
/ fessors and students as well as 10 the
! general public, and they will have op-
| porrunities for viewing what they
| could not under ordinary. and I may
/ say natural, conditions. II would be
/ interesting. for instance. TO see 3 crab
/ shed its shell and take on q new coat.
and still greater 10 watch the growth
Of coral. These things will be possible
! once the aquarium is esta blished. as
/ provisions will be made for keeping
some Of the tanks supplied with them. %
Prof. Brigham is already at work on
the plans for the great undertaking.
and they will be completed by him from
ideas obtained during his visit abroad.
Besides the designs for the various
I buildings. there will be the piping and
arrangements for more than thou
j sand water taps TO be used in the large
exhibition tanks as well as the smaller
/ ones in the students rooms.
4 There are many things 10 be con-
sidered." said the professor. and I
want the details perfect I 90 not think
l overlooked any of them. even TO the
accommodations of the faculty, in my
] conversation with Mr. Bishop. In En-
rope the men rent a house and employ
a cook and divide the expense pro rata.
IN the design for the building I includ-
! ed a space for sleeping and dining
] rooms for the professors. but Mr.. Bish-
I Op objects 10 keeping q boarding house.
1 He may think of 2 better plan, and It
}. viii be carried out, but I am sure il
I viii not do for the people connected
with the aquarium to live in town and
50 out TO Waikiki TO give instruction.
While away I found some valuable
relics OF Cook and Vancouver in the
museums, valuable because they are
without duplicates. Some OF them are
in Berlin, London and Berne. and quite
2 number in the British Museum. Elk
I eept al the latter place had no diff
fieulty in securing photographs The
trustees and curators OF the European
museums are liberal. and when they had
no photographs they did not hesitate
10 have them taken. These are OF
many different articles. including Tea
4 Their helmets different from those We
have n the museum But in London
+ there Is the greatest difficulty. Il they
want 10 purchase q specimen il requires
Z an Act Of Parliament 70 get the money
Tor il
I offered 10 exchange photograph
Tor photograph OF specimens with the
curator OF the British Museum, but he
informed ne regTetfully that they had
none. and no money TO pay for having
them taken. They were valuable 10
me and I needed them for the museum
here. ! was in q Quandary what TO DO
until I found one Of the young men
employed in the museum who had z
{ camera They arrived on the Alameda
and viii cost three times as much as
would have 10 Pay for photographs
here
The arrangement II the museums
abroad Is not 10 be compared with
those al The Bishop Museum. The
f. proper care seems not 10 have been
given 70 light so that II Is impossible
10 see the specimens they have there.
Thousands are packed away in draw
e-s and the public Il refused permits
sion 70 view them, and even those
. open 70 the public are half hidden BY
1 dark shadows The best one I found
"