LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Opening Oyster-Shells collected by the 

 Pearling Fleet, and Searching for 

 THE Pearls on Board Mr. Streeter's 

 Schooner the '* Sree Pas-Sair." ... Frontispiece 



Auction of Pearl Oysters in Ceylon Facing page 1 7 



Black Pearl on the Hammer-Oyster 



{Malleus) „ 77 



Mr. Streeter's Houses in Lamenusa 

 Harbour, Island of Siassi, Sooloo 

 Archipelago, destroyed by the Spaniards 

 in 1884 ... ... ... ... ,, 142 



Valve of Pearl-Oyster {Meleagrina, or 

 Avicula, Margaritiferd) with a Pearl 

 adherent ,, 168 



River-Mussel {Unto, or Alasmodon, viar- 



garitifer) with Pearl ... ... ... „ 233 



Black Pearl on Pinna ... ... ... „ 260 



Pink Pearl on Conch-shell {Slrombus) . . . ,, 272 



Pink Pearl on Turbinella „ 276 



Chart of the Principal Pearling 



Regions „ 316 



