CHAPTER XII. — The Persian Gulf pages. 



Fisheries 213 — 219 



The Red Sea Fisheries 219 — 221 



CHAPTER XIII.— The American Pearl 



Fisheries ... ' 222 — 232 



CHAPTER XIV.— River-Pearls:— 



British and Foreign ... ... 233 — 259 



English Pearls. — Scotch Pearls. — Irish Pearls. 

 — European Pearls. — American Pearls. — 

 Chinese Pearls. 



CHAPTER XV.— Coloured Pearls ... 260—278 



Black Pearls. — Pink Pearls. --Pearls of various 

 other colours. 



CHAPTER XVI.— Famous Pearls 279—299 



The Servilia Pearl. — The Cleopatra Pearl. — 

 The Lollia Paulina Pearls. — The Pliny Pearl. 

 — The Sassanian Pearl. — The Gresham Pearl. 

 — La Peregrina. —The Rudolf Pearl. — 

 The Youssoupoff Pearl. — The Shah Pearls. — 

 The Aurungzeb Pearl. — The Conway Pearl. — 

 The Arabian Pearl. — La Pellegrina. — The Russian Pe^rl. 

 — The Paris Pearls. — Other Famous Pearls. 



CHAPTER XVII.— The Southern Cross 300—308 



CHAPTER XVIII.— On the Value of Pearls 309—316 



APPENDIX — The Bibliography of Pearls 317 — 322 



INDEX 323—329 



