| Show PEARLS FOUND IN SCOTIA one prom from Aberdeen shire sald said to form borm one ODO of tho the jewels one ode is so BO much accustomed to assli associate pearls with the eastern and gold with the southwestern Fouth FOU hi western countries of the world that the discovery of pearls in scotland nud and gold god iu ill wales seems some abut opposed to the order of things that gold exists iu in wales is of course quite it a recent diz discovery covery and thu tho small aud quantities found ha have ve now flow resulted iu in tho the abandonment of t the he mining oper operations aticus commenced by richard M morgan organ but the he pearls of scotland have quite a different history for centuries pearls have been found in the river athan ythan in Aberdeen shire and only last year an aberdeen mau man made somo some notable hauls bauls which lie disposed of to jewelers of the towns it was recently stated iu in a london paper that a pearl taken from tile the river bythan ythan is believed to form one of the queens crown jewels it is to be hoped that the belief is well founded for in that case it may be reasonably claimed that the precious stone mile in question is the only one contributed tri buted by tho the british islands a thought calculated to gratify our national pride for scotland might be worse represented than by a pearl in tb the 0 da national tio n al re calia A story is told of an Aberdeen shire farmer who found a very large and perfect pearl in tho the she shell of a mussel taken from the ythan happening to visit london some gome time afterward he displayed his tr triV iNsure sure to a west end jeweler who struck with tho the size and beauty of the gem asked the price tho the farmer demanded demaud ed what possibly lie he regarded as a big price viz now this was in the days when scotland had bad her own coinage and a pound scots was equivalent to Is ad so that the ho be asked would only have depre sedated ES 8 Gs Cs ad english money ilis bis surprise aud add delight may be imagined when ho be received for his peurl pearl it is doubtful however whether the english jeweler would have shared these i feelings had bad he known the exact of the hunner hunder pun PUD demanded by the he owner of the pearl however he be had bad no occasion to complain for he be is said eaid to have sold the gem subsequently at a large profit scottish american |
