of, disappointment; ; far** aIthough :itkfiy < ^ a ^ ; hive Men iimsiiQ-b
cefssfal one; day, they look wjth
.@£i better >£&§&&> to the Jiect ;oas IgjpuOltihniMi'
Whpm' they implicitly -trust in ^ W R 0 e ^ | f r '
stand too^lfithe.liberality of it a man, n.:,hopes ^f.igood. fortope*
not to: promise-; them’ all /they; x a s td ^ rn u
Each ,,of the boats-earxies t^nty:;i^eny(.)tph ^ T S fid q l- o r ^ ^ - '
boatman, who acts as -pilot. Ten tof, the -(menu r,ow a u d ^ i s t
thediv®xs re-mspendiBgh - The other., tern ax®-diygrs; tfhey> go
^owh- into ,the|t^aCbytflye’a t a^time; when the^&stiifiye come
• up A e other five%go down;.andyAy»this; t® ethod, of [- altgcnatply
diving, they give each other time. to. xecruit.JiiQm^eJyes for . a
' M*sh plunge., t j
'1^ 3a order to accelerate .thefdeseent 8#fothppayers* stctges
arie employed V fivei of these/ are broughtg in each ^bopt, for, the
^»arpose^fiihey are ^ of j a reddish g i ^ i # hotmf^
try, and of ^;pyramid»l mshape, iioUnd oA tpppand; bottom,
with a hole perforated through the Smaller end sufficient to
admit h.:mope< Some of the (-di*erar user „a .stpagg, skaped-rlike a
half-moon,: whieh they fasten:round thenbplly- when- th,ey. mean
tp:-descdpd». and thus, kebp their fe®tifp^Mr?,r
. ’ These people-are accustomed to ; dive: frdmAeixjvery dnfapqy,
and fearlessly descend:to A e bottom in from four tp.tgn(fathom?
water, in search of the ©ystersc The .diver, ;wh?n die. is . about
A plunge, seizes/Ae rope, to^wbicb^dhe rpf th«p,‘stores yrp > haye
described is attached, with the toes of, his rightf«foot,,.while he
takes hold of a bag of net-work with those, of his deft; it
being customary among all the .Indians to . use , their toes in
working brSholding^as well, as .-their -fingers;, mad,* siachv is,The
pfower of habit, that they can'pick up even t^e-smallest thing
from the ground witlutheSr AesoakHojiteas nimbly ms tan: Euro«
pean cpuld w»ith'#iis.#qgprs-. The3 div#? thus prepared; Islfzes
■anpther frope. with his- iiight ifendy? and nhpMmgcrthis neftrds.
shyti }withj,the left, plunges- mtmjthg water-J'dud nfey jthdrassdstp
anee g p the )§tone speedHfJl^eaches,' therhot-feom. 1T& tWm hangs'
the ■ netj!>r^nnd his» neck, and {'withh'mucblndS^tferiityiV'and gjall
possible- dispatch, ccdkeits as tmtfrfy' ey§t&f$ as - he. laattbwffitefhe
M W N m # « tinder, water,- 'which is t%tsua%| ialrhuti two
minutes. ,Hje/f then resumes hi§^ formferdfibsitii'onf mkkes'm/ sigjt
pal ntoruthosej ab^veAy, -puling, Aery%>e irflrhi^fjriglt ehaJid,,
and ..isuimmediatoly by hhas-uneansj, dajaiAtuprpnd
th’O'sboa^jleavdngcjthestone, to3 fbe| palled upiraftecwardsi iby the
yppe a^tafbed?;b§ffitb/fj
The .tcx^rtionju undergone duringh this^probess > isV so m lltfit;
that, upouj;sJ>eing_rbyougiht&into .?the’ !boat, -thhrbdiwsj^di^qa'g^l
yater.Ao^jtheir-mouAs, Oars, and riostrifelbandifrequently Wear
bloqdyrtf But this does ‘ noti hinder them 'from -gdibg ddlvnvagaih
in '‘their- turn. pThey«f^iHo.often ;fhake hfromVfhrty Arfffty .plunk
ges -ipj.ionp day ;/-and'atr each plunge*: bbrngmup 'ahhutma, hmr-
d-red, oy^ter?j.'-'-™SQme 'rub-Aeir bQdiffit5'duee,fwMlit) oih add stuff
tbeihjf .h&om ‘I'eqrterih^V
while ©thdrs use pruckutions whatetei^eiAlthoiugih'; their usual •
<unflex- waternf ^s'.-notdimuehr- e^decd, twb
minutes, yet-, there are,- instances ; Maowhyof ,-di^erS :^vhb ,';.cUuld
rfipain four •; 9;ftd ev@n! five^/minhteSr s which: rwas ’qthe?dcase;;with
a?" Paffre boy v t h e f l a s f ^ ^ a r ' - T f h i ^ i f e d ' h - t k f i | l ' n g e s ^ . •
instancse .jejer (kmown rwasbthat f'Sf a diver -^©OcrfAe dhorii :
•4hjango,: and - > who^abkalufeiy:«femafciQd rahieniwkMx'
full six minutes*
• This business of a diyi^y wMch am '<> eMV-anrd«^« ^y
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