The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-08-22
FISHES ~ a ntG STORM


HOW Th"y Sex sh,l cr From iHr Fury
of lhr Waters
THy nEh W.Ar m.rk ,4 flt h.,,hc-
aud mauHcs alpaR ia, Auenuc ocean
always au Interesting study after %
l'ayy storm 1i frA The wind and
waves waeh everything thg' HDat- up %
tho coast, and the rcr,dHg ,h- leaves
them stranded high and Try. forming a
long .rr,falar mark fhu. may i- followed
,ag mlc. 90 either direction. 30 eur-
pslty-uhop over presented moro varied
rad curious COLES tom ~ articles Thing.
th.' rolt upo. thr .ca Hni fhnl lifr
uaIrr .tS waters. birds OF the air. ari-
rn1ls " tho land articles or manu;oc-
turr ard commerce products ot every
par Of tho glohe. are iambitd tosethc.
up1n ,ac rauIs or twisted ana wound
1gpgrI amans ,ho drifts 10 oa.wo d..
a more uaaJ.rtM elFh could no' h.
imagined
rhr. ar. msrlno eun.sllrs washoi
up uom th, lower depths OF the rea
during heavy storms hat excite tre All
m!rpuop ami wonder OF ,scleutsts and
thousands of fishes msct their aca.H
turiug every rrcu disturbance of the
-,s. oa o., approach % 10 storm the
s,-biris ny anlward wit. warning
yrr- hui somc Hrr ralrh, hy the WiuI
ana dashed merruc-sly upon tho waycF
tu i,o washed upon th- coast Thousand.
of bird, arc killci and drowned In this
way every summer and winter. snI
lur,ng succession oi heavy sea-
torma fhr mortality nmongt he ,.a.
fowls 3, 20 grcai rhu, .por,sm,n wonder
nt their sudden d.ppp. .afancr But the
mortality among the fishes o, lhy iycn
rs almos, as great md among the
marine curloducs that are ,,rewn along
ti- b.,cn nr. huutr,,ls Of dep-s.a
fishes The like OF which were never
brourh, 20 tho surface by hook and lire.
when the surface lreomes mitch RULED
the fishes always seek the deep watet.
or run up into -hclN.red bays and covcs.
They have ways or rr3d nE the weather
as we'll ns the birds OF The n,r and
they are not slow 10 avail themselyes
NJ their knowledge. II caught IN shallow
water along an eNpoe,l beach, there
would Dee lGtlr chance Of th,ir escape.
rnr heavy swcus ard BROKERS would
dash them upon the sands,
nt rorr.. r,v nr, ,Ivays ,,ugtt
10, ..,,,, 3,o..rous pln.,s ,n5 oi,rs mr..
,orrlcl tserc NV for,c Of the tide hu,
.,. .r,, n,io,jr. sock IN, glr,,..
waters. f,r,hcr ont from IN. shore. An
,,.lt,,r,.. storr, r.,f,.. only. fr.. ..rf,,. a.
.r. ...,, ,ri m. rsb,a p,3 a r,fa
place by sinking q moderate distance;
hrt Cur.nE the progress OF tempest. tn
ari,ntcd condition ot the ocean descend
In direct prop,rt IN TO the -,vull s. md
l.~so ~ the disturbance.
~, ..,,.I "a. 5a,p.r tho as1.s sink
l,v.sr striving %, scan, from IN, hsov,.
swell ,nd rush or IA, wo,.,s Th,r,
.,r, ,.ros VIII, r,.v copnot ,srap, An
,.I v,r Tn. pr,sur, of ,.hc wRirr no
co,,,s so ero,, ,b,, thsv cnnpo. 90
.5.,n,r ,,,l live, and tbe og.totI,p = ~,
v,,.r ,,rr,,s ,ner along In the direction
.. storm
T., r,oc,. c,s.. tb, Io,,.r I-,ths ~ ,n,
.... .., .t..,..l h,. tho = rn rbot ,l a
.,1.r,,,,,, fishes tbo.,. t,,, l,,.. ooI, FAR
i,,,o,, ,b. sprf,,, md IN total 5orl.oess
,r. v,,sb,a mn p,ru ,,r,cr. ir n.,.
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