INDEX. 





page 







PAGE 



Abraham and Sarah, Tra- 





Baroque Pearl 





112 



dition of 



32 



Barton, poet, quoted 





127 



C^^l-^^ i-^nA',i-',n,t 



135 



Barton's buttons ... 



... 



89 





Acepiialous molluscs 



73 



i Bath, Marquis of, 



pur- 





Acosta on Pearls 



229 



chases black. Pearl 





268 



Adams, Mr. L. E., quoted 



^34 



Bauran, Dr. A. de... 





250 



A<,^atised Pearl 



250 



Bavarian Pearls ... 





249 



Alasmodonta 



236 



Bayer figured the " Southern 





Alexandria, burnt Pearls 





Cross" 



... 



307 



from . 



267 



Bdellium ... 



... 



20, 52 



American Pearl fishery ... 



222 



Beck, Le, quoted ... 





187 



• TJ 1 



250 



Beckmann, quoted 



... 



246 





Anastasius offers reward for 





Bell Pearls 



... 



51 



lost Pearl 



31 



Beri-beri ... 





173 



Anathorie .. 



212 



Bible, reference to Pearls 





Anie 



212 



in 



... 



20, 32 



Anne of Cleves 



44 



Black-edged shell ... 



... 



83 



Anodon 



80 



Black-lipped shell... 





232 



Anodonta ... 



81 



Black Pearls 



... 



264 



Anomia cepa 



264 



Blister Pearls 



... 



94. I '3 



Arabia, Pearl-fishing off ... 



215 



Blue-edged shell ... 



.. 



232 



Arabian Pearl, famous 



291 



Bluish-black Pearls 



... 



27S 



Area Noz 



264 



Boars, reputed origin 



of 





Aripu Pearl banks 



'95 



Pearls from ... 





59 



Arnoldi, Henricus... 



246 



Bohemian Pearls ... 



... 



247 



AthenjEUs on Pearls 



H. 35 



Bombay shell 



... 



219 



Aurora shells 



104 



Boot, De, on Pearls 





288 



Aurungzeb, famous Pearl of 



290 



Boring shells 



85 



95, 97 



throne of 



25 



Boston of Sadi 



... 



54 



Australia, West, Pearl cross 





Bouton Pearls 



... 



IZI 



from 



300 



Braganza, Catherine 



of. 





Australian Pearl fisheries... i 



43. i<54 



Pearl of 



... 



290 



Avicula contorta 



102 



Breeding Pearls ... 



... 



68 



Aviculidse 



75 



Brew.ster, Sir D., on iride- 









scence 





S7 



Babylonians wore Pearl >.... 



31 



. British Pearls 





232 



Bamboo, reputed origin of 





Brown Pearls 





278 



Pearls from .. 



61 



Buckert quoted 



... 



56 



Bapst, Messrs., of Paiis ... 



296 



Buckinghamshire, Pearl- 





Barbot on action of acids 





mussels of 



... 



239 



on Pearls 



284 i 



Buddha, figures of... 



... 119.155 



