The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-01-14
NIGHT IN 1HE ICOUIR UNI.
seab tho Only Creatures There That Really
Go to bed and to sl-ep-Many Fishes
Always on the Go-Rats Occasi0nal Night
Xiaitora-Sounhs of the Night.

seam tho Only creatures There That ft6HJly
Go to Bed and to sl-ep-Many Fishes
Always on the Go-Rats OccasiOna al Night
visitors-Soupds of the Night.
The Aquarium closes at 4 p. n, daily. Az
that hour a whistle is SOUNDED as a signal. and
the visitors begin " stream toward the door. The
last Of them has scarcely gone before tho sweepers
begin on the floor they go over the whole build
ing ground floor and galleries, daily.
Meanwhile, the seals are being ied-ths New
Hampshire seals, In their pool, on one side Of tbs
Aquarium, and tho big West Indian seal. IN its
pool, on the other; and the West Indian seals
bed that is TO say, the stone platform at one end
OF its pool, upon which il climbs to rest and 70
sleep atnights-is now warmed by playing upon
1t warmed water from a hose; the stone would
otherwise be too cold for it,
At this time, Immediately after the closing
hour, the great building, empty, looks bigger
than ever: and It seems, where but Just before
was heard tho swishing OF thousands Of feet.
now strangely quiet And, while +, never seems
other than strange and fascinating, tho Aquar-
ium. with it, great. round room. with a circle
Of big oblong pools Sc, in the floor. surrounding
the great round pool at the centre, and with It's
walls lnoi iva tiers high with glass -ironted tanks
filled with fishes, seems, seen in Me DIM light Of
scattering gas jets lighted here and there-early
at this season, when the days are hort-stranger
and more fascinating than ever.
The last work done at the Aquarium daily,
after the closing consists In looking after the
circulation Of water in the tanks, a vital point
The men IN charge Of these things 70 ovA tho
tanks separately, one after another, seeing that
the intiowing water is coming in viii the proper
volume, and that the surplus water IL running
of all night through the overflow pipe; the TEN per-
allure Of the water hos been looked after previously,
The big Vest Indian seal has already, very likely,
Climbed out on tho warmed platform at the end
Of Its pool and snuggleI IN under the slightly
oNerhanging coping stone that runs around tie
top ui thu pool ana So turned IN tDr the night TO-
gone to bod, very probably. before the last u the
day men leave the building, and likely 10 shy there
I'LL morning.
in The boiler tuum-there - a force there Alunvs,
day ana llEht The TEN pcraturr II the build
ing must he Kept uniform, and there are pumps
agping always 10 keep Up tho water supply. And
tins suggests lhat, strangely quiet as the great
building seemed when II was first rmptIed Of
visitors. II Is Wesenuy discovered that there is
10 be heard Nler" one sound that, III one form
OF another, - really luC"s-nut there. and that il
the sound uf running water Tins may reach
the enr trst IN the gutEilng how Of the surplus
water running oil from one 81 the pools through
its overflow pipe. II any door leading into the
corridor hack Of the eShIhiuon tanks Is opened
the sound 81 running ,wctet Is heard there In "A
Nh'F' ''' 49, '". 'h'N - ~ Chdll .NdfI'
fan. ever gulng The w2i"r, both salt and fresh
as 1t ls run INTO III" various big supply tank.
from Winch tme pods and the smaller tanks are
lIlCd. - run from big Iln"~ that are cut o! each
Il loot ~ two Uboy" the tank level. Failing
through that 'NIc" tn" running water t,Apsln
aud o ,rrs WItH Il mora or less air aud the de-.
tu-bNn'' II IN" N4'"~ ~ q tank. caused by the
stream y ilUugl0- into IT, Helps also IN the AGRA
uun e ill., Wopr These small catarnctS are
always Sounding In TACT the sound II running
waters IL q ,ht.'''"'t'ur a. The place. but, "a
the great public room of the building this sound
- heard il l"'nl' H" ,SuhlG"d that 1t scarcely
seems e. break iho stiffness. and itSnl Srurr would
be- ta- murr ho'u," 'ord thHnI II, presence l..
but ac-l,s thI- p"y-,UuE sullii',, there comes
oC,cI siona,l " ~ The c'ur," Of the night, some
Il the w., India" ergl. tais being a sound that
~ sprlrl'.i' between The hGTk II q dor and ~
gtun, u: o riE, But the West Indian .sa1
y, ihr alt"rroun. whon It - waiting Tor IL, dinner.
The "ih'f seals, The New Hampshire. or harbur.
seals commonly 'iimo np ur Their rIatform and
sleep at night a. the West Indian .rnl does an
its platform. but the horlut seals duul 70 Ia bed
s""1dy. an! they may We heard. prrhaps, splash
InE hIlul IA uu'1r pou! H." sp!ash.ng = water Is,
90 ''Hf.''a '"iln!u aEd 'hl'sCt 'rs'ic sound in
the Aquarium, where thrt" Hrt many fishes.
\ sound that is likely - b" almost startling TO
one hcNrEC II tor w." FIRST time il q loud sm-cL
mat can 'c distinctly heard all over the greRt
room. mat snlIrN IS made by u stt-pel hass.
ana II n"nHs That o." uaS, has Just taken m y
klliIr from the Sufiarc q the water and hy the
'uEr " 'hc tanE; IN taking IA" Lu!", in these Cr
cunlNiunC"s, N" bass ul"u- and closes it- mouth
patuN nh"Nc wit"t ami takes in cir and wctpr
an" ~ lie Al together. making m the uurta,un
That u!. Nrlack!rT sound. Md this sound
NAV j." hrrr, 81 Irregular I~ut"-NNlS through the
IN; { 'h"Hlnr that their tp''GNeS are good md,
Nll.r' E'iHg uN"' 'l'rr iu IuuN. that Tie striped
bass AHNr not ru'' ~ bed. nut RE- ny and AROUND
Tie -nmc might b. said 4 doc van ms fishes
IN u" greo' ccurfci pol, Including he SHARK,
WHICH MAKE" l'rr' 10 Geo Hlr-~ r uHdS hy nigh
NJ v"lI ~ lv do' EEulIrE slow, waving lis
tail dis way rna uEHt like a srUll with JUST force
enough u give 1t Storage wa, % ir,umnayirnu
the pool, inc atPr time, stand any shere az the
pools edge nj any hour and yOuU see him come
around, hour after hour. all through the night
There Is q big channel. or spotted bass, In dis