
96 mÊÈÊÊffify
p fond* foerfoianfo are'v èfy apt to • lose ;foapy
the ;böals> a re to n ' th’eirretffrn tfr.'#1«
hay frèhi th é ; • baflks, a s t h e bystegs/ whm i ali^ë ahd left for
some - rifoe1 éndiftUibéd, frequency open their; shells . *)£ their
hwn !aéèörh i a-pCariPmay then be easily ; discovered, and, .the
fP É É ^ |É% 'lli!^ by ; meats o f a htt of grass orvsoft yfréd f tö f
hgfon fÊÈÈteJjbM shelly hill ski opportunity offers of picking
:th& IThöj^è folloy#-wlm ; die employed- to search among
P M » kfeo commit maity depredations,. feed g v »
pearls to cffocekhthfetn; when ’ this Ss suspect#, -.theplan fol-
%Wed hy ;t e hM^Ghawtst is to. : ^ d -g fo e
tt èm s ttê ii^ ^ ïéÉ ö s -an<l purgatives; which have foequeidiy the
i&feet. of- discovering^ the stales goods.
As sdon us the «oysters' are take» out of -fthpf %>atss7 tbey-ar e '
^carried by the différent pebple to whom •th&y belong,, and pla-
qfoj in holes or pits dtig* in the ground to the depth bfy aböttt
WWa'foet^bbriB sniall square places Cleared and ;, fenced round
for the pbrpoto; ‘éaeh fo©<saH hawing hie -©Ira' separatef ^vision.
Mats are spread below them to^ ptoverd
^fohliing4the "earth; and here they are t e t t - todi é and rot.
As#oön:;£é they have passed through a. s t a t e d puitrefaetion,
and have feeeorte ‘dry, they are easily opened without any danger
of injuring tshe pearls, which might not be -the ease if: they
were opened fresh, as a t th a t time, to do- so requires great
force. On the shell being opened, the oyster is minutely <am-
• mined fo r the peasrls;, is usual éven to boifethepyste^, 0,3
th e pearl, though commonly found in; the shell, is not unfre-
•'»quently contained in the body of the fish itself.
;The stench-oecasfoaed by the oysters befog, teft to putrefy
is intolerable; and remains for a long while after the fishery
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fg1 wct. I^ ^M u ^ s .^m ^ a tm o ^ h ^ rh ' foi ^sfev&ra!! miles round
affBT r® f l l r i ^ h ^ fMighboy’Mp^i? ’ '<#*■ rifcoftfory
ffli-'th'e4 ’«m s 4b r ^ aM'bvifekrit South3wes#
^ l 'm®fe«|naGse6us4lteie]fc lfo.V-
a # ofWrhbfAS^Me?' fo® months;
fdK^ih IfMlSh, bmmbbi?stbfophSpf$ sarebto1 Jbeiseeuwlaais
ij-sands arid? glades «dherfh
the4 t f $ f e # ^ a ^ e H f o l a i d ^ pu-t?efy ; mud SQSn^ifo®' UdW| mid
llMfi i ^ t ^ ^ ^ n d S f R y%d*firi^}a'^pfe^fl thab'-Jaffijily Gofo.pGnsateh
fffeir 1^§7 *wMiforMfoi Anv
d 'r th ^ sw ^ - ^ ^ ; f<d P ^ i!&'©!ohly,’-(5r ,V©§fc.bnnffeIlbiyd^tiitha Idw-?
'aSSde^t-^ffh^ mSst^alisbleihplafrlK^egnqthaff
^ p H S P ^ dMl t a rf?%>* Mr' A n l ^ \ ^ f i^ ^ im l^ s u ro d l
♦ ^The pearls '^uild^^dtythis -'fisfegryri fiwJtif saP>Vhitd$ifohfohrf
t l i a i i i n “ffie?i^ l p h Iibf'-;,lj>rih‘t ^ oil thbM.#kblanodoaes0
ate 1 ! ^ a&Mnk&i vo&M sfoSh>vj8Bat
Qualify ; | th e ' wliit-e r pearls- are1 mmetsesH?
t&tMfof «, yellowishloyghid-
‘l n ^ ^ ^ £it) ff‘'^utoh‘6¥ ^ n srMlfoh^^Pte^i^®o^maifddli;tfflfpstd
jlSarly1 oppR!FpP|ro Conflad^hy,* t h i i e ^ aiiothel'dfehefyl;' but ittef
' t e r e 4ai*e S!rhhell ‘ iiSfori^f^ ito;itlfoseb.two.’)sp^ciesT
I ^ fS® ^ ilM d n e (h ^ c febihg ^dkihtodi' with d : hlpet ilOr^sgBieyislir
dinged
" 4ii ^ p r ^ ^ ^ l^ th e ^^kk,!pai^iMlariyhiK i drilling fold)
| |^ i 'iijfenti0^ ^ 1' ^ « ^ ' -p&$%' ib#- vforiderffrlly1 experts I was
^ef^,^iftucli,' ;sti4ick ;^ ith ‘ the r instrument'£hey employ rin drill«
yflSP7^^%d'i^ ^ r i t y y%itk4’'which; theyfcdto’rit. A nfo-
chirie1 ‘rffkde11 of wobtl;!dhdl b f a -shape resembling an obtuse .hi—
vetted ctM^f Sb<9ife s ^ Filches hi kfrgth, and;sfour in bieadthd
I « m fm 1 1 *$ I I I iu u p k