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Show Perils Faced by Divers. . ifjjjB Pearl diving and ruby mining ap- liflB peal to tho gambling Instinct which f fv i part of tho Biirmcso character. A i gjJI nan may bo a beggar ono day and tho , , Mil loxt, through a lucky find at diving or ' i IbH 'Igglng, may bo rich for tho rest of u 111 I lis Hfo. But pearl diving has its r ' t'EIH erils, somo of which may bo gath- MJl-'iwB jred from tho following passago: 1 ' ''I8B 'Thoy talk of ambergris and whales r ' jEJB ind divers' risks; of two recent deaths 1 ! ; KB rom tho snapping of tho tubo. In ono I . PB ;aso tho life-tender hauled hand-over- " , ! D and, but not quick enough to savo his ' j II nan, who camo up dead and black in i ' ' 'fl ho faco. Another's helmet, being un- 1 'prH uljustcd, lot in tho water. Ho slg- i " iffll mled, but was kept down, bolng sup- IKglH osed nervous, anil ultimately camo ( 1 , H ip dead. Still another diver's head J &H welled up so that thoy could scarcely -emovo tho helmet. Tho diver's life Iffll n theso seas is a risky ono, short, j9fH iotous, lucrative." 1 |