| Show Calli calling callines nem upon bermuda bermud a s varicolored varicolored ari colored finny tribe trip i in n diving helmet L lends ends thrill f to 0 visitors summer visitors and budding scientists have found a new thrill in bermuda one of the most po popular diversions of the summer is is amateur helmet diving made possible through the government ac quartum on harrington sound although not a new idea this is the best opportunity the public has been given to enjoy this unique sport and hundreds hundred S of 0 f sightseers including many women and children are taking advantage of the privilege says a bulletin from the national geo geographic society heavy helmet becomes light after visiting the aquarium one of the finest in the world more adventurous ichthyologists add to their acquaintances among bermudas fish families by descending sc beneath the clear calm waters of harrington sound t 0 view them in their natural surroundings roun dings it is an alice in wonderland experience feeling fish frisk about you from your touch by a tanks glass walls divers on their first desce descents ants are apt to be nervous clad only in bathing suit and sneakers the novice may eye with apprehension the strange lookin looking g m metal c t a I 1 helmet with its snakelike air hose the helmet flanked with 1 lead e ad weights rests heavily 0 on n the shoulders but as soon 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 the mouth may cause alarm but air pressure holds it at about chin level and one soon relaxes again should the diver feel ear pressure as in elevators it can be alleviated by swallowing once he becomes accustomed to the silvery bubbles and the gentle gurgling of 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 real realm L is ready to look out of the ga glass Ss window in the front of the heir helmet rick and enjoy the strange spectacle of being at home with the fish underwater view of fish ideal wandering through this twilight world one has the queer feeling of being a disembodied dis m spirit of pressing ag against ainest warm wind of wading not up to ones ankles only but with ones whole body distances under water are strangely deceiving the diver progresses through sunlit water for what seems a city block only to be told on his ascent that he has covered no more than a of feet Z score ULU those who think all fish are silvery and torpedo shaped are surprised ed by the variety of beautiful colors and the strange shapes of bermudas fish while one gets some slight idea of them by gazing down through a glass bot tomed boat towed slowly over the reefs one can see sec them still better without distortion or foreshortening through the helmet colors of birds and butterflies are lasting but the radiant iridescent colors of fish fade at death many fish pale and uninteresting looking on ico ice in bermudas markets appear full of brilliant coloring that flashes and ch changes anges when seen alive under the water red grunts squirrelfish relf elfis strip striped ed sergeant ma majors rs fish and many othe others 3 d da the helmets helmers window many forms of sea life 1 than fish attract the atte the diver on the chi tons related to snails sails rock kocl shells are arc arranged in in c ping plates pulled loose reef they curl up like r mi armadillos lovely sea ane an wave pastel colored tenta and fro like the languid ari a odalis odalisques ques on the sand are puffy sea puddings S tiny scuttling crawling and urchins sp spi stepped on the spir q these so called hedgehogs sea frequently break off in i foot bermuda is an ideala ideal in which to observe fish by of helmets for two reason gulf stream which iowa bows 1 warm sapphire river ua atlantic north of benaud sects the islands fron from col insures a teeming supply 0 of tropical fish the islands are ce formations on the top op of a s marine mountain and thus s ck dives may be made very shore to observe bot both h deep an shallow water species of fish |
