Bingham Bulletin | 1929-10-31 | Page 2 | Primitive Pearl Fishing

In a basket which Is suspended from bis neck. After be has been down about two minutes, he Is dragged quickly to the surface by means of a rope tied about his waist Pearl fishing Is one of Arabia's most Important summer Industries says tbe report to the Department of Commerce made by Consul John Randolph of Bagdad. Detroit News. Primitive Pearl Fishing Arabian pearl divers In the Persian Per-sian gulf take world records for a minimum of diving equipment They go to the bottom with a stone to pull them down, a rope to pull them up and a clothes pin on their nose. The diver stands on a large stone - with a rope tied to It, that be may descend quickly to the bottom of the sea. Be walks about tbe bottom picking pick-ing up oyster shells and putting them