The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-03-25

the wonderful perfume that warned
the iuhiIuut sailors uf their prize float
ing miles uu.ud. are ulI exploded. AS u
matter of faut umhurlria De- found not
floating uu the surface. NOT Boo the
whales head, like the tolds fictitious
Jewel but boz the stomach. while its mys-
FERROUS raNishing udUr only occurs after
the fatty uoNious smelling substance
has hardened in the air.
The wonderful design of the equip
ments that enable fishes tu successfully
compete with the other myriads Inn the
struggle for food. the living bait of the
angle fish. the noshy colander of the
whale. stirring IT'S food, the markings
that allow the preyers to lie unsuspect-
ed I'm COOntguity with brilliant sea-
weeds and coral or enable the pursued.
the vegetarians of the sea, to lie hidden
under the very eyes of the hunters, So
wonderfully do their markings conform
to their surroundings. The rock fish
that can look like an inanimate pro-
lection of the rock, the sea balloons that
live i'm the volcanic riffs and burst be-
fore they reach the surface, the mys-
FERROUS organisms half animal half
vegetable that increase without eN-
ercising any appreciable functions, all
these wonders are but the alphabeta of
the wonders yet to be discovered and
the finding of which makes the thrall
that entrances the men aboard the AL
batrOss i'm their pursuit of knowledge.
The Albatross is of course fully equip
ped with the latest devices for obtain
ing the inhabitants of the sea and
preserving them. Gallons of alcohol
and fOrmalin, cameras, deep sea dredges
and nets. instruments for recording
pressure and depth at the same time
every thing that the heart of the ma
turalist can desire. one thing alone
#a..H 4 rnn IH.. q Ia.
but year or two will probably pass by
before such an arrangement is perfect
ed, the practical apparatus for photo
graphing the zoology and botany of the
deep.
Louis Berndt, local government mar
ket inspector, was invited by President
David Starr Jordan of Stanford Univer-
sity TO join the present expedition of the
Albatross but was unable to be released
from his local duties. He will be how
ever an enthusiastic helper and has
already sent many rare and unknown
speCiments 10 the Fishery Department
which have been acknowledged and
appreciated by the scientists there. His
assistance locally with his knowledge
of the native names, peculiarities and
habitat of already known fishes, in Ha-
waiian waters, will be valuable.
President Starr Jordan will himself
come to Hawaii later on this year, while
the Albatross is still cruising in these
waters on his way to Samoa. where he
viii be accompanied by b. L. Kellogg Of
Stanford College, entomologist who will
visit these islands in May before the ar
rival of Starr-Jordan. 1t will be a dis
appointment to Kellogg to find that the
territorial entOmologist, Koebele, is in
Mexico but the disappointment will be
tempered by the meeting with r. c. l.
Perkins the English naturalist who
win be here to greet his brother scient-
list.
The Albatross came here, minus her
full complement of officers, but expects
the arrival of the needed men on the
first steamer. There are also vacancies
on board for four men who will be re-
cruited, preferably from Hawaiiaus.
The services of a first class native diver
are also I'm demand for work i'm the shall
lower waters of the lagOOns.