The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-12-27
CANE BORERs IN
BRITISH MUSEUM
(From Mondays Advertiser)

j (From Mondays Advertiser.)
DIR. h {. L. Perkins. who is at tn,
head Of the department OF ensomOlog,
at the Hawaiian Sugar Planters Ex'
pertinent station. returned by the Ko.
res from an absence Of about sever
months, mostly spent in England.
'slt was seven years since l haS
been in England said DIR. Perkins yes
terday. ''bas outside Of London / no
tieed no striking changes. In Londor
the entire intramural traffic Is revoiu-
,ionlred. The tirne-honored omnibus has
given way TO the motive power bus
The underground railway has beer
electrified. SO that the smell of smoke
and coal dust which used TO make the
air 50 unpleasant Is entirely done away
with. And there is now the new sys-
TEN OF underground electric Ways call
ed the steel tube system.
81 spent two months aud 3 half in
study in the natural history museums at
the University of Cambridge and the
British museum. I was studying par
ticularly the cane borer, trying TO find
cut among other things its natural
habitat or place os origin. as that is
one OF the problems we have here in
our search for its natural enemies.
While 1 did not find that exact thing
I found much that throws light on it
and viii doubtless prove of very great
value l found many varieties of cane
borers aud much literature on the sub
jeet.
''While was at q snbridge a con-
gress of BIOLOGISTS was Ns:ng held in
Boston. and most OF the natural history
professors and instructors were there.
so did not see much of the University
life. However. do not regret that,
for it gave me opportunity to pursue
my studies without interruption.
cit is q satisfaction to study in
places like the natural history museum
of Cambridge on of the British museum.
They have such complete libraries and
collections Everything that has been
published on entomology is there. and
there are collections from all parts Of
the world that have been gathered by
the industry OF collectors and natural
lists for years In many directions of
study, one can accomplish there in a
few weeks what it would take years
to do here. because here one is in
such large degree cropping in the dark,
without the complete libraries and col.
leetions.
'sOne of the most interesting things
that happened while was in Cambridge
was the world s congress of Esperanto.
There were about thirty different ma
tionalities represented from all over
the wOfld, and great numbers of them.
They were all enthusiasts too. Every
where in the streets you could see Rus
slams talking TO English and Hungari- !
ans talkpg to Swedes. The language
is simple. There are no IL
regular forms. All verbs have the same |
kind of an ending and nouns another
kind So really there are no intrica-
,ies OF grammar or idiom to learn, and l
earning the language is little more than
vocabulary, and even in this
here are aids and helps in every Ian
yuage. For a talking language I think
Il might prove quite convenient; but
can not see that it can ever become
! useful written language
''The time did not spend in study,
spent fishing. l went everywhere in
England Next TO New Zealand the
inest trout fishing in the world is found
n England 1t is the result Of stock
ng the streams with good varieties,
nd care in propagating them In New
Zealand It is an entirely foreign erea-
ion Originally, there were no trout in
Jew Zealani- But they have been i'm
orted and now the finest trout fish
ng in the world is there Trout weigh
ng twenty pounds are not unusual.
''Crossing the continent the wealth
: was very bad. 1t was showing and
old In New York and Chicago, and ,
ad weather continued until just the
ther side Of Sacramento"