Show glass bottom bucket Is used to locate sponges ju just st as in other troi cal islands where bathes live off the land nith mth ed ble fru ts herbs and vegetables growing groning profusely a fair part of the bal amas natives manage to live on what the sea contains b t not on fish essentially coral islands the ba bi ban as are noted for the sponges which they produce for mrs the sponging in 1 I 1 astry im alved as many as vessels and 3 men and won en datives found tl li ey could live pr fit ably by fishing for sponge chiefly aroun I 1 andros blind the fleet of boats usually Is accod bv by floal s of small dories from which the catnes eatn es do tl ti e sponge fish ng glass gliss bottom buckets are re spon bible for much of tie success for with them the natives are enabled to look tl rough the clear water along the reefs ind and spot the sponge growth ditl out them the dazzling s in and the water s r aples impair tie tl e vision the bud bucl ets are not used for catel ng the sponge I 1 ong sp ked hool hoot s are used to break the sponge growth from the bars and lift it into the dory tl ti en it Is cleaned and dried and taken to nassau where the sponge exchange and packing houses are located natives give their lives to sponge fishing as a profession J as in mod ern capitals men study law liw and cine clue |