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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 5, 1889)
WEST SHORE. UK 311 I M I MM is ; TO" f n imp i m TDK TMII E ieta take Hip matter in charge. The content of tin' iiiud bag, which hang at the liottom of tin trawl, are ciiiptici! into tuba fur examination timl analyai. From the receiving tray the upecimcn an' taken to the lnl oratories, where a minute examination "f thein id inale ami the rcaulta noted. New ami ntrmtjt iecimen are rcHervel in alcohol ami aent to the IihIi cnmmi fioner at Washington. The ordinary trnal load from the bottom of the nea present a curious siht, and one that in very repulsive 1 terons not accustomed to it It i likely to contain any marine life that ran t't within the jaw of the net. An endless variety f fishes, crustaceana, inolliisks. radiateK and protozoan, ia met with in these collections, (icnerally I ho seciniena brought U from a (treat depth an- dead The pressure of the water in the lower drat i n.- r.- aary to their existence, and when that i removed by I.,.:..-v.... ... .,iff,... tliov lie lirinne'" tin il living un'MIII ll III' r and bmmie flabby. Many of these f I1"1' able, however, if cooked inn lialely uj-.n Inng 7P Cll'',, 0f nm tll,'l1, 1,0 " choicest product of l2 Halt water for table use on hoard the shin. Often fine food Huh are taken that have to I thrown overboard after Mug dissected because of the inability to consume them. Sevi lueiiH previously unknown to naturalists are frequently (de tained, ami a very minute examination ami detailed rvrt i made of these discoveries When the Uittoui In rough and rocky the tattle is tiaed. It consists of an Iron frame, on which pieces of untwisted t are fastened, and aome of the moat beautiful and fragile spirimcn are soured by It. The illustration slum it just taken from the water with ea liliea clinging to it, the sea liliea in thia imlance Mug the rare crinoid ( VatorrinN iccom), which iidiabita depth of Jt (t fathom . The prime purpose of the .fWnu in to locate l!iiiiin Uuki and to study those al ready known. To diacovcr the homea ami habits of food lishc ia the central object in view The discovery of cod anil halibut (loll ing gniunds in the North I'acille ha a direct hearing on commerce and give to the nx-ra-tinim of the chip a popular interest, lint mi interview with the officer in charge of the matter ia not o fruitful of definite remit a Nople unacquainted with the detail of the invcMigatlon would cxect. It reiiiir' year to aurk up the reirt of the exploration from a scientific standpoint, While the atn.lv iinpro(rcMaml development hut half made, nothiiiK delluite ran I obtaineil, Irraiiw the very next turn may put an entirely different phase on the subject. A go denl ha bern reported concerniuK the Mlttut that ltollW ier do imt corroUirate. The .fii(nwi a employed In the Atlantic until alniut to year ao. when he wa ordeal to do duty in the North Pacific. She came to (hi ei.ftt in Mav. he Im Ixen takinil undnn( ud iuventiitatitiK n v the fauna off the isnixt of "re ....I. 1 KM I ff 1 ',' ni .. I