Show fresh water from ocean the principal port of the islands the center of the pearl fisheries gets its fresh water from the ocean visitors often note boats anchored a few hundred yards from the shore the boatmen engaged in drawing fresh water from springs at the bottom ot the sea these springs well up strongly at a conald erable depth and the entire water sup ply ot the town la obtained from them the fresh water la procured in two ways either in a goatskin water bag which a diver takes down with him and carefully closes before bringing it to the surface or by letting down long hollow pipes of bamboo weighted at the lower end through which the water rise up to the surface I 1 P T |