Show discoveries BY DR TALMAGE for scientific purposes only dr james E talmage abc acc accompanied rd d by A captain D L davis anc ana duglas douglas swan of this oily city a few days day ago started upon a cruise on the waters of the great salt lake learning of the professors return a NEWS reporter called upon him this afternoon at his office in the deseret museum boob to obtain tain the result of his voyage of loves investigation ti in answer to questions ques tiona by the NEWS representative dr talmage said the lake is ia simply deemia teeming with animal life so bo far I 1 T have discovered four distinct classes they are the brine shrimp artemia which to ia by far the most abundant a small gnat or fly 44 and two types closely allied to beetles the most moat important and prospectively valuable to Is the brine shrimp atio it to found in great numbers in water containing twenty per cent suit salt I 1 brou brought glat a good many oi 01 them home with me for experimental purposes nod aad have aduce been endear acing to giot them to 40 live in fresh water taken from city creek and am meeting with splendid success I 1 have gradually reduced the density of the water in which I 1 keep the shrimps scrimps until it con bains but 10 per cent salland sal tand taud the little follows fellows are as aa lively as possible I 1 expect to have them living in absolutely fresh water before long they are in excellent condition for propagation flo and the females are simply burdened with eggs the fear that scientists have expressed that fish will not live in the lacells e ati rely gru adlo odlo s of course they would necessarily have to be introduced trod gradually but that can be successfully done they can be acclimated cli mated by degrees there is sufficient animal life in the lake to sustain all the fish it will hold plants too will live there for it is an ordained law of nature that one will thrive where the other will As to the shrimps scrimps sh rimps when about live five miles from shore I 1 out cast a ton ten by ten inch net into the waters and in a few minutes I 1 had bad captured about a quart then to the utter astonishment of my fellow vo voyagers jagers I 1 proceeded to wash and cook them later they were more surprised than ever when I 1 commenced to eat them I 1 found them so delict us and palatable that it was not difficult to persuade da davis via and swan to join with me in my experimental meal these gentlemen when once they had tasted exhibited such signs of relish and voracity that our stock soon completely disappeared fl did idad you experience any ill III effects after partaking of them asked the re portel not at all on the contrary we found them delightfully nutritious men camen have iteen been cast adrift upon the islands of the lake continued the doctor and have almost perished for want of food this need occur no more for life can be easily sustained on these theme small Ral animals mals 1 I dr talmage while in europe last year took a number of shrimp specimens with hims him taken from salt alt lake and while in london delivered a lecture on their characteristics before the royal society of that city dr talmage is an honorary member of wis this institution and has forwarded icax it as well aa similar institutions in this country strongly magnified photographs of this comparatively newly discovered and interesting little animal and it la Is attracting a great deal of attention among scientific men |