CONTENTS 



CHAPTER XVIII 



PEARLS AND PEARL-DIVING 



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How pearls grow Loose and fixed pearls The fish that contain 

 them The Ceylon Banks Native divers The pearl fleet 

 Scene in the Gulf of Manaar A noisy crew The "shifts" 

 Method of lowering Sharks A curious superstition 

 Landing- and piling the oysters How they open Varieties 

 of pearls Other grounds Dredging- for pearl-shells The 

 argentine . . ' . . 218 



CHAPTER XIX 



WHALES AND WHALING 



A profitable if risky industry One or two historical details 

 The home of the whale Old and new methods of catching 

 him Harpoons " Blowing-" The whale's trail Throwing 

 the harpoon A nerve-destroying trade The tow-line 

 Other shots at the monster A cut at the tail The death 

 Cutting up The whale's enemies Rorquals and cachalots 

 A modern whaler and its equipment The harpoon-gun 

 and the bomb-lance A disappointing- whale Various uses 

 to which the carcass is devoted Sperm oil and ambergris . 231 



CHAPTER XX 



HOW SPONGES ARE PROCURED 



What sponge is Where it grows Sponge-diving 1 The un- 

 dressed diver A "dressed" diver at work His dress 

 The diver on the bottom Signals Coming up Dredging 

 for sponges Awkward gear Sponge-harpooning The 

 spy-glass The Adriatic trade Sponge-culture Florida 

 Keys Sponge-hooking in the Bahamas . . . 250 



CHAPTER XXI 



DOLPHINS, PORPOISES, AND MANATEES 



The dolphin Misconceptions about it Dolphin-catching among 

 the Faroe islanders Fresh- water dolphins : the Inia and 

 the Soosoo The grampus Porpoises Fishermen's hatred 

 of them The narwhal Its tusk An Iceland narwhal-hunt 

 The Greenlanders" method The Caaing whale and the 

 beluga Trapping and seining belugas The dugong and 

 the manatee A manatee-hunt . 265 



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