Show Desert Pearls Desert pearls are not strictly pearls earls such as are found in oysters says ays London Tit-Bits Tit Magazine They are a vegetable substance round found near cactus bushes and are I made into strings of cheap beads But they are formed in the same way ay as the pearl inside the ter t r. r An animal may bite a piece out of a cactus leaf a beetle may maybore maybore maybore bore a hole in it or a human being I Imay may knock or bruise it Imme Imme- Immediately Immediately Immediately I this occurs Nature sets about remedying the damage and the plant begins to cover the injured spot with tough tissue which pre pre- prevents prevents prevents vents water from entering and germs from damaging it When ultimately ul ul- ultimately ul- ul ultimately the cactus dies or the leaves fall and disintegrate these pearls remain on the desert floor to t tobe be gathered and burnt or made in in- into into into to knick |