| Show calling upon bermuda s varicolored finny tribe trip in diving helmet londs thrill f to 0 visitors summer visitors and budding scientists dentists havo have found a new thrill in bermuda ono one of the most popular diversions of tho ilia bummer la a amateur helmet diving mods made possible through tile the government no ac quartum lurn on harrington sound although not 0 now new idea this is the best opportunity tile the public has been given to enjoy this unique sport and hundreds 0 f sightseers including many women and children aro are taking ind ad vantage of the privilege says 0 bulletin from tho the national geographic society heavy helmet becomes he comes light after visiting tho ilia aquarium ono one ol of thu finest in tho the world more adventurous ichthyologists add to their acquaintances among bermudas fish families by descending sc beneath the clear calm writers waters of 0 II arrington ton sound t 0 view them in their natural surroundings roun dings it is nn an alice in wonderland experience experienc a feeling fish fasl frisk about you from your touch by a tanks glass walls divers on their first descents are apt to bo be nervous clad only in bathing suit and sneakers tho the novice may eye with apprehend slon the strange looking metal helmet with its snakelike like air hose the helmet flanked with 1 lend a ad weights rests heavily on tho the shoulders but as aa soon us as one ventures to descend the gently sloping sea floor and lower ones head under the surface the air filled helmet seems much lighter in fact its weight is scarcely felt water rushing in under the open helmet almost to tha ilia mouth moy may cause alarm but air pressure holds it at about chin level and ono soon relaxes again should the diver feel ear pressure as in elevators it can be alleviated by swallowing once ho he becomes accustomed to the silvery bubbles and the gentle gurgling of wo the air as the pump forces it out under the bottom of the helmet and assured that the water ter will not rise above his chin the newcomer in neptunus Nep tunes realm Is ready to look out ot of the glass window in the front of tho the helmet and enjoy the ilia strange spectacle aclo of 0 being at home with tho ilia fish underwater view of fish ideal wandering through this twilight world ono one has tho the queer feeling of being a disembodied spirit of pressing against worm warm wind of wading not up to ones ankles only but with one ones S aholo body distances under water aro are strangely deceiving tho the diver progresses through sunlit water for what seems a ca city y block only to bo be told on ills aacen ascent t that ho he has covered no moro more than a score of feet those who think nil all fish ore are silvery and torpedo shaped are surprised by tho ilia variety of beautiful colors and tho the strange shapes of bermudas nah fish while one gets cats somo soma slight idea of them by gazing down through a ganss glasscot bot tomed boat towed slowly over the reefs one can see them still better without distortion or foreshortening through tho ilia li helmet cimet colors of birds and butterflies are arc lasting but the radiant iridescent colors of fish fado fada at death many elsh palo pale aria and uninteresting looking on ice in bermudas markets appear full of brilliant coloring that fl flashes aslies and changes when seen alive under tho the water red squirrelfish striped yellow grunts sorge sergeant ant angelfish end and many others dart past the halmans hol hal mota mats window many forms of son life other than fish attract tha ilia attention of tho the diver on the tha rocks aro are cliftons chi clil tons related to snails whose shells are arc arranged in overlapping plates pulled loose from a reef they curl up me miniature armadillos lovely sea an emones wava pastel colored tentacles to ond and fro like the ilia languid arms of odalisques odalis ques on the sand aro puffy black sea puddings tiny scuttling crabs crawling starfish and spiny sea urchins stepped on tho the spines of these thesa so called hedgehogs of the seab sea frequently break oft off in ones foot feet bermuda is an ideal place in which to observe fesh by means mean of helmets tor for two reasons th tha gulf stream which hows flows like a warm river through tho the atlantic north of bermuda protects tho ilia islands from cold and insures a teeming supply of semitropical fish tho the islands oro are coral formations on tho tha top of a submarine mountain and thus scientific dives may bo be mode made very near shore to observe both deep and shallow water species of fish |
