HISTORY OF THE PRINCIPAL PEARL BANKS. 



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Table of the Subdivisions of the Cheval Paar which have Yielded 



Fisheries. 



The Nomenclature of the Subdivisions is that given iu tig. 2. 



The localities of a number of the earlier fisheries of the Nineteenth Century (1828 

 to 1863) on the Cheval Paar and its extensions to north and south, the Periya Paar 

 Kerrai and two Modragams, are shown on fig. 3. The exact positions of the fisheries 

 before this time are not known with certainty. The next fishery after these dates 

 (that of 1874) will be shown in a separate diagram, and a series of still later fisheries 

 and inspections showing the distribution of oysters over the Cheval area will be 

 discussed below. It will be noted from this diagram (fig. 3) how irregular and 

 comparatively small the areas covered by a fishery usually are ; and how wide extents 

 of the paar may be left unoccupied by oysters. It is also clear from this figure that 

 fisheries, and therefore beds of oysters, are by no means limited by the conventional 



