Show the pearl oyster pearl oysters are folind lit in various parts of india alil thu the pacific ocean at a depth of about twelve fathoms of water I 1 thoy rhoy bra are distinguished by their form having unequal and lanaeh without teeth these theme abdia havo have it pearly interior in but true pearls pearis urn are merely mollii I 1 gr granton their formation is caused by tho the intro dilation 0 of some borne irritating substance bub kub stance between ilia mouth and ilia baliell the irritation causes ilia ainia it to cover ilia intruding object layers of and thus ibis valuable ornament is ia formed or moil the chinese produce pearls arlart bially by insetting grain of 03 ad in lu mhd position described As aa I 1 have the pearl is a tion con mainly of carbo auto u af lime it ial 13 I 1 usually of 11 yellowish white in 11 a ropo and america the garost wit a bourl is is the lhost blo but the Ilin dooH and arabs prefer it a yellowish line 1110 from a vory very early ceriol pearls pearla have hata ranked among gems anti anil havo been highly esteemed as ornaments euls the rha Tent testament ament scriptures frequently allude to them the brooks und romans buted theta to iu profusion prof aaion even to dean ruto rate their feet pliny allu a to a breast PI pluto to which baisar brought homo home from 1 bia I british expedition formed foria oil til of british r pearls carls another ancient writer dec 0 o r as that to pearls was tho ilia conquerors chief inducement to undertake thin expedition the pearl fis horles have 4 i special business from antiquity in ia abo P gall gait anti and nt at present uro are prose all led extensively near Arll po ou on the we torn coast of ceylon the iho pearl oetters lie ho banks some borne ill miles milea from the tha shore tho iho fishing bogies begins in april when the sea Is ia la in its calmest condition and continues to thu the end of 0 may tho the work is n managed us as follows A fleet of bout for the purpose leave the shore at midnight no DO us as to reach tho the bunks banks at dawn government vessels aru are on the spot to arrange and control the operations at daybreak it cannon Is ia fl brej to 1 I as a signal to begin tha fishing bouts boats usually carry a captala captain pilot sod and about twenty non mon one ODD halt bait of sheets ari are professional divers they tire are divided into two companies of 0 live men caell who relieve each other oilier by they are pro vidol with ropes which lira are held heij by men in the bout boat the lower enila ends of which tire are fastened faa tenet to baskets in which the tha d aveis gather the pearl oysters oy etora stera is ia ahmed with mth a knife which ho he uses to detach the oysters bull anu also fight the sharks sharli fl if i they chance to conae come too near they work very rapidly and remain under water nt at any ono one tinie time only it minato or two they hiby continue ilia work until it bout about 10 A it when another a signal ignal gun gan warns them to return to the shore As soon as aa tho the boats boata reach the lie bench beach laborers employed for or the tha purpose carry off the produce of 0 each daya fishing those oysters are spread out oat upon tho the shore here 8 to purify puny under tho the burning barning sun after this the oysters are taken on out t and placed in troughs when they are arc washed and the pearls are separated from their surroundings tho the pearls pearla thus procured aro are bought and sou sold on oa the spot I 1 tha lie speculators usually me kin g ilia in oat ot of tho the profeta 01 11 PC ails tory y much ill in size aizo those that aro are unusually nally largo large tarn io valuable because they are rare lore theme theae those which are about ilia iho biza of a il pea ea al abil of good color sod and form are t the h a most vala valuable val alle tho the inmans unmans ne were wera to pay enormous prices tor for choice pearls strings String til of pearls were valued ly by them as high as forty thousand dollars history informs us that pearls ia her our ear drops which she proposed to dissolve ilisa olva in vinegar at a costly rep t have been valued at four hundred thousand dollars the spaniards who first vi ted rud the american Amer ioan continent found thu the native decked with necklaces and blue eleta ol of pearls and montezuma when first he mot met cartel wore garments adorned with prec precious ions pearls pearls of largo large size size found ia in tho the streams near balem in now new jorsey jersey one of it which was sold in paris 1858 for moie main than two thousand dollars dol laia the pearl fish otles ot of the island in tho the persian gulf yield annually from one million dollars to ono one million five hundred thou liand dollars naturalist naturalist lu in tho the green Moun tiia i 41 eaman |