2 OKHAMANDAL MARINE ZOOLOGY REPORT 



It had lieen a question of anxious consideration as to the time 1)est suited to carry 

 on the investigation, especially as my duties in Ceylon precluded my being away save 

 in summer (May to Septemlier), or during December and part of January. The latter 

 period was, as I have said, the period cventuall}^ cliosen, the principal reason being 

 that at this time the weather is normally sufficiently favoural)le to allow of investigation 

 being carried on both in the channels around Beyt Island, upon the reefs adjoining, and 

 also upon the exposed seaward or western c,oast of (Jkhamandal promontory. 



Results showed that this choice was the best possible, as at any other time the 

 violence of the south-west monsoon renders the western coast inaccessilde. 



Fia. 1. — Sliells of the black-lip Pearl (.)y«ter (J/, inanjarilifrru) on sale in the Dwarka ba 

 They hail most probaljly fi-ciiii the Persian Gulf. 



A considerable amount of preliminary evidence had been gathered by Mr. Pradhan 

 the Vahivatdar, at the instance of the Sar Subha of His Highness the C4aekwar's State 

 the cultured and progressive Dcwan Bahadur V. M. Samarth, B.A., to whose energy 

 and enlightened foresight the, inception of the present in(|uiry is laro-ely due. 



The facts pointing to the possibility of developing the resources of the seas 

 and shores of this portion of the Baroda dominions were principally the two 

 following, viz. : — 



(rt) The neighbouring State of Jamnagar, of which the coastdine is a continuation 



