New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-12
CHAINS
DR.. Townsend, Director of the Aquarium,
Uses an Otter TraWl With Good Results
and Days Catch Includes Wide
Variety of Specimens of
the Fu1ny Tribe.

wa.cr. Soon seaman standing near the hosting
engine with hand or the cable. calls out "F:sh-
inc. sir
THAT means that the d-ed-c o. :he bottom
says the sLippc~ "Ic can tell by Inc feel Of The
cable when it begins to DRAG and whether there
arc any rocks. # it cauch: OIL al, rocas things
would begin 90 20. Leadsmaa TO the cha 0s'
sailor carrying lead and line. obcyire me
order. climbs ovc~ the rail into Il small c2n?.';-
rcat that q iaadsman would probably style "a 'al.
cony Il extends over he side just uodcc ID"
bridge. Secretary Daniels. having Substituted
left" ard right" for port and "sto~boa-1' ."i
Grape juice for cocktails. oaGht TO introduce ".-
other reform ard order the use Of the term dead
IAN 90 the balcony" in place Of the anachror'-"
which custom has brought over from the cra I'D
the sailing vessel
The leadsmaa engaged i'm making SCUM z
irgs. and at intervals the quiet is broken by
the stcntorian cry Quarter twelve" or Dep
six" as the case may be.
The motion Of the Fish Hawk so slight u..
one can hardly the ripple that flows PACK
from the cable Of the dredge. yet somehow -ne
seems to be steering arrow-hkc course.
DIR. TOWNSEND DONS OVERALLs AND
RUBBER BOOTS.
In the mean time Dr. Townsend has drawn on
overalls and exchanged his shoes for "gumshoes.
a. he styles rubber boots. For full fifteen min
utes the Fish Hawk loafs along, hardly a fees OF
foam in her wake. The shcaves groan again. The
oily surface Of the water breaks. Like Venus. TIE
beam followed by the net rises from the foam
There is no other resemblance TO Venus howercr
A barrel Of blue mud in the bottom Of the net
soils the water The traw swings in toward ;fe
gangway stream Of water shoots out from 'hc
Fish Hawk and Kisses against the clay-like slime
As it dssoIves into the water wriggling and flap
ping things slowly emerge to view. Does the net
include any surprises? What strange creatures
arc hidden within its depths? DR.. Townsend and
Dr. Osborne. the assistant director Of the Aqua
mum, stand at the gangway looking out with eager
eyes az the streaming dredge.
The sailors drag the net into the ganGway with
boathook, whore it is lowered into big rec
tangular box with coarse mcshcd bottom. This
ia turn rests on low tray with bottom Of fine
meshes The stream Of water continues to play
over the mass of mud. II suces along the deck i'm
food that explains the value Of "gumshocs.7 1he
photographer, anxious to illustrate all the steps
of the process Of getting acquainted with tho n
habtants of the sea. is duly grateful to the sea
who laid down the wooden grating for his
benefit. There he stands safely island
or the top Of Mount Ararat
DR.. Townsend and the seamen literally wade
in" now, sluicing water the dirty. haDping
mess which they have dumped into the big box
and then picking out the fishes and the invertc-
brates. In gingcrly fashion the sailors thrust
their hands into the pudding. There may be
plums there, but Of sort that would never
please Jack Horncr. No, they have claws, claws
with teeth in them. No is anxious TO FISH
them out cnging TO his thumb. Two founders
found wha, serving as plums for lobster meant.
That olive green crustaccan grabbed one Of them
i'm each claw. one Of the numerous spider crabs,
the crabs that cover their bodies with foreign
growth for protection purposes before their
carapaccs have grown, proceeds to exhibit his
specially ~ n sailor lifts him up by a leg
"WeIl you can have II II you want it, he
taya by his actions. II can get along without IT,,
calmly letting 20 and leaving it IN the seaman
hand Falling back into tn mass o. founders and
other Gah he faily to escape his fate. FOR aughi
the scicnti.'y care be may relieve himself Of all
the rem, ing claws retain them. lie is
quite -. 20 be thrown back INTO ms n"tE'
clcrnc1t and med them again. But men ne
has Che remarkable capacity Of replacing thcm'