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can well be imagined. 1 have cited it simply as a parallel to 

 the subject under notice — the apparently spontaneous produc- 

 tion of pearls. Further information on this latter subject will 

 doubtless be acceptable to the Society. Granting 1 the troth 

 of all that is alleged respecting Breeding Pearls, we have net 

 at present got beyond Topsy's "'Spect they groped." 



I may add that I have been informed that both Sir J. Brooke 

 and Admiral Keppel have made mention of Breeding Pearls 

 in their published works. I can only say that a tolerably 

 thorough search through the Baffles Library has not enabled me 

 to find the notices in question, and the present Raja Brooke of" 

 Sarawak told me he did not know of them. It is of course pos- 

 sible that, amidst the hurry of more important avocations, I have 

 missed them. If so I shall be greatly indebted to any one who 

 will point them out. 



N. B. DENNYS. 



