Arizona republican., 1902-05-23
sCIEN rIFIC RESEARCHES
Wonderful Result of Experiments in
 Piscatorial Investigation


 without doubt one of the greatest sci entists of the age. It is regretted that through his natural modesty his re- searches have been carried OF so quicc- iy the world has heard little O. his work and is thereby the loser. Perhans the most important achievement Of his career was the evolving through nat uTaI methods. of a remarkable game fish lt would today no doubt be fcuHl il every fish market. only that the fruit of bis labors was accidentally r. slroyed in the moment of success. The story as related by G-r Webb is an It. terestinS ore.
 Tn the latter 'sos Mr. Webb was in charge Of scientific expedition en- gagged il botanical study. The par1ic- ul3r subject Of investigation at that time WAS the deep sea fora of the .i!- Gi2.: ocean. While thus engaged Ee Was brough; in contact with many wonders; of the deep. but what most at t."cted hie attention was fish frcIl one to two feet in length and provided with rudimeltar! legs. each fish having siE of them. Mr. Webb captured several specimens and placed them on exh;5i ,ion in a London aquarium where they aroused great deal of curiosity. No ole but Mr. Ncbh. however. realized tke possibilities of the fish
 Years afterward Mr Webb found h;m4eI; engaged ia the manufacture oG h-cycies in W2liham. Macs. The finaa- ,.al packer of the enterprise was c gentleman f great means and quite g notable inventor. having later achieved g:c.ireHCo in the manufacture of ri.J- bcr e.: elestic glass. He had q rcsneil.;- c5i1 tact in working out difficult prob .er:s oGd Was also ny nature 2 great sportsman. I!rr ting ant fishing were his chief aHiusen7 2Ir. Webb told "iM ;,"Cut these siN-Ia:r@ed fish and le H.te' out an expedition. rlaoing IIr Webb n charge. and sent hin, after ;.s many e them as he could net In due i.'aa he returned with -oodly num- beg and together they ai'tered upon tnc most remarkable experiment in fish culture mat was ever undertaken.
 They first socgre.i a large but shal- loE- pond fed bV little stream of ru.. "2tcT that Was kept running from the Madden dam. some miles above. Tn. pond covered several acres and to be- gin with ar immense quantity Of saI ':%s put into i' to prepare inc wat"i fci- inc ocean fish. 1v tha time .he salt supply had been disSiputeG. t1s pi sce~s bci1@ .cr. gradual. 4i course th" fish had become accustomed [, fresh "%ter. Then q number of tr1ut were added. and in the course uf {: couple of years tho crossing ci IL, varieties produced fine specimen O zane fish as large 2s t1e shad. as ie- i .e~ table j,s the trout and with six ri :i- ! llcnt-,i.. Ios5-'.
 To develop these legs was the neV' problem that confronted the natural lists. but it was easily solved. Gralu ally the pond was drained. the wat being lowered Q little with each sucr=s sive season. The fish frequently ind ing themselves on high place in tn mud began to use their legs to as~ls l in navigation. As the pond was low cred this process became more an, more necessary till eventually th water suppl, was practically cut Y:: I leaving the fish in sort of swamp c loWIanG with bG, little more wat than was necessary for drinking nlir ! poses. a real bath being available onI, when il rainod. The former pond w" next seeded down to clover as well :.
  worms vas tiresome so he fish gradu ally began ni55iins the clover. r. an other season they were able to subs $; almost entirely on clover and their ie. were showing wonderful developmen; Some Of them were quite fleet Of foot.
 While this vas going on Mir Webb partner was also experimenting in aa ether line. Ho had crossed two J-aria of Bttr, q, the other q retriever. producing ;,a Ee named his shadhounds daefgnc esneciaIly to hunt down his six-ie.r2 . fish. some of which were now as iivel aS jack rabbits
 For some time thereafter the gentlg men enjoyed themselves greatly hunt ing fish with their fine pack of shad hounds. The sport was not made pub lie. however. for the fish had not ve become sufficiently acquainted wit their larger environment t0 wande frvm the place of their nativity .r the owners naturally maintained
 closed season to every one but then selves. But it was just at this import ant stage of affairs that disaster ovcI took the enterprise.
 One day the big Maiden dam aboy suddenly e@ve way and the vat , ri:-hed down oyer the bottom land so great vnlume that every fish OF ii IIe=erve was drowned save two V-h.. vel" Vashea into the foliage of q IT, . where they ciunG to ,he branches. |, , fore either air. Wrrh OF his par5n ; could get to them the shadhounds ;a frightened them out Of yh, tree ;-l tom them t1 piece.
 When interviewed by q Ecpuhi.1 | reporter it WHs suggested to Mr. Weu that he should have introduced son specie of the flying fish into his gu tures- Had he done sn the two in Il
 tree at least could have got away. Il