Douglas Island news., 1919-10-24
NEW SPECIES OF
 FISH FOUND
Yukon River Home of Many Won. dcriul Things Produces New
 Variety of Fish

rho Valdez Miner .s authority for
 Inc following dsh story
 Joseph Bourkc. Ono local authority on ichhyobatriachIans slatos that
 ho hos discovered now species of
 dsh. a douizcn os Che urgid watou of Che Yukon. which haa che form
 and characteristic Of f.sh and
 tho attributes or frog or snow
 shoe rabbit Mr. Bourko states thni
 those Gsh are called yolwa by Che
 Eskmos and dwell I'm tho shallow
 pools Of Che tundra. and when thc.r habInuou drioa up take hop. skin
 and a Jump liko Ono lr.ahmma nea
 for a new home where ihe climate
 Ia moro moist chan Che vicinity o'
 mncau NoIlhor cold nor fros harms Chose newly discovered apec.
 mems and thcy can go without water
 Tor weeks at a tmo.
 Mr Hl. a government nurse or
 tho lower Iluswokwim. sent Dr. Gn
 bort a haif dozen of thcsc desert
 ahasorr and Che Doctor attempted
 to pickle them in alcohol This wa.
 before Che Alaska dry law went mtc
 eHcct and it was mo misdomeonor
 for a esh to become pickied TO bis
 astonishmont hcy gwam about for Gucon minutes before occumula..ur . 8 large sized iae Ho placed thom In D sbouoow pon on hs laboratory abio and thoy would jump ou. Of .tho.r abiding places and parade around tho room on Che tip of thc.r ! tails unu One doctors nerves were badly shattered He throw them out ! of Ono window and fho laal aecn Of them thcy wore making tracks for |thc woter skipping .n rioo at Che thoughts of returning homo Co Mama Fish and the Fish relatives
 Some eight das after ms epl sode Che Doctor pulled down some books from his shelves and found two fishes lying behind them They were as dry as seatlcItc I'm Ta- .oma and apparently n o1iromo morus Tho Doctor knowing thc.r tonac.ty of ufo. placed chem u Q tub of water and they woro soon swimming about as chinpcd ae at drst Mr. Bourke ot woa, expense |of time. secured theso two speci- mems. intending to bring them to Valdez and place them m Che Moose museum
 Tho fsh became very much at- toched to Mir Bourkc for aomc rca- son. He used to tako them for long wake as daily exercise Whuo conn . mr over Che portage last winter on uamna Lako. he turned them oui for a few moments exercise and. los- Ing their footing thoy slid through m air hole and drowned
 Mr. Bourkc believes hcsc nah .an be proparatcd n dosort coun- tries where Che only dsh secn arc hoso drawn by lond advertisements. The specimens secured were about tight mchos in length and black in
 .oior Tho uns of thc.r tails hovo horny spike on them. which they ur into Che frozen ground and f.ir
 long distance. They arc esteemed . great del.cacy lo the Eak.mos who
 rreorc them in walrus hIaddem and whom nsh Is desired haw thcm out and eat thcm raw. with a sauce or hunger and seal ol Freezing has, no effect ou them Thoy are u Lively as crickca within few mo- mcus after being thawci oul
 Mr. Bourko win attempt to .easo Ian island from Ono government and . propagate hs species He has boon experimenting of late years n an |ottomnt to cross rock cod with @ gold dsh. Il this cau be done he believes Inc cm raise orc veins for mines which have pnchci out