Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-11-08

MYSTERY Of THE SEA
DIR. EvERMANN OBTAINED
MANY UNKNOWN Fish
SIX MILES THE DEEPEST SOUND.
iNo-FisH WITHSTAND TER.
RlElc WATER PRESS.
uRE-LiGHT.

Washington, d. c., Oct. 25.-(Spe.
thyologist OF the United States Fish
Commission. is on his way east from
San Francisco, with the collection OF
fishes made by the Albatross expedi.
ton In the Hawaiian Islands during
the past summer. DR.. Evermann will
spend this week at his home in In.
diana. and arrive In Washington the
middle OF next week.
The collection he brings with him
contains many new and rare specl.
mems. and there are many specimens
OF the fishes discovered in the expedl.
ton of last year. Many of these are
remarkable curiosities. and the color.
ing of the entire collection is more bril-.
liant and more varied than that OF the
birds of the world combined. The
specimens themselves do not retain
their colors in the alcohol in which
they are preserved. but drawings have
been made which show the beautiful
and varlegated colorings.
Some OF the varieties were found at
the bottom of the sea. at a depth at
which any land animal or fresh.water
fish would be crushed to death by the
pressure of the water At depth OF
four miles the pressure of the water is
5000 pounds to the square inch. and
the Albatross made some discoveries
at that depth. A fish ten feet long at
that depth would support nearly 5000
tons. The water at that depth is dark
and ice.cold
Many of he fishes have porous bod.
les through which the water passes,
the weight of the water being thus les.
sened. Some OF them carry phosphor.
escent lamps. with which they search
for food. On account OF the expansion
OF the air these deep-sea fishes burs,
near the surface of the water. and the
more delicate specimens especially dis
integrate entirely. II is not among
these specimens that the beautiful col
orlng Is found. Below the light leve
the color is dark and but slightly va
ried. The fact that many varieties
have phosphorescent light has suggest
ed to the scientists that there is much
phosphorescent light at the great
depths OF the sea. and as all of the
fishes have eyes there Is certainly
some use for them. Experiments with
Photographic plates prove that the sur
light penetrates but short distance
so that II must be upon some othel
kind OF light. or a new kind OF X-ray
not known to science, that the fishes
OF great depths depend. A thousanC
varieties have been taken below two
miles, and of these little is know
since the collection is so small tina
none has been dissected on account o
the value and rarity. Half Of the be,
OF the ocean lies below this depth, s,
that science has wide field for study
II Is not likely that the larger fishe
have been caught In any of the dredp
ing, being powerful enough to escape
or wary enough to avoid the net.
The trap invented by the Prince @
Monaco. for deep-sea fishing Is som,
times used, but that too, would hardl
capture a monster OF the deep. TIL
| fact that science has discovered
thousand varieties OF life In all thi
expanse of sea indicates that II is
fish world OF Itself OF which man know
/ little or nothing. so that the stories {
sea monsters and sea serpents ma
have some suggestion Of truth, even
I. they are In themselves the result OF In