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Sr^eafter'antl,'.? ‘‘ft diVCre bcl ° n S i ,"S >° *“'■> 
one artei another, lhey are quite naked excent that 
hey have a net hang.ng down from the neck to pufthe.r ovs 
eis in and gloves on their hands to defend them while tlfev 
pick the oysters from the holes in the rocks ; for in this iW 
ner alone can they be gathered. Every diver ' u T' 
means of a stone, Weighing fifty pounds, tied to the rope by 
Which he descends. He places his foot in a kind of stirrun 
and laying hold of the rope with his left hand, with hisrfoht 
e stops his nose to keep in his breath, as upon <r 0 in<r down 
he takes in a very long inspiration. Thev a i * ° ° wn 
l ! le ij0tt0 ! n ’ but tl '°y S've the signal to those who 'are' in 
Ste tVClX ca W n hi tte h ; y l ° T k “ 
Ssh ,rd e b °f atS a t b °H e PU L Up th ® net loadetf Whl! oysterT 
sh ° ly aft f r t! ' e d 'ver himself, to take a new inspiSn 
deter Tl° dep l 1 of ^thorns, and seldom go 
to , V 1 hey S enen dly go every morning by break of dav 
them e 7 l0yment ’ takin S the land-wind to wall 
em out to sea and returning with the sea-breeze at nmht 
A he owners of the boats usually hire the divers, and the rest 
the boat s crew as we do our labourers, at so much a day 
„ UI th , e oysters are brought on shore, where they are laid i f. 
heap till the pearl fishery i. 
tuni t of 7 TCmbel - and D( ' ceml) er. When oppor- 
■nity serves, they then examine everv ovster • nnd • 
*«al whether ,lfe cap, are .*3.“^ “fo " * 
"c " u man being can wish well to a commerce which S 
airis such a number of fellow-creatures to the bottom to 
P 11 ck up a glittering, mouldering pebble. ’ 
sl|5 '^ TIVALV ' e Shell-Fish may be considered as animals 
kinds P 111 1™”' 1 * 1 b ° XeS ‘ ° f these there are Principally two 
ire,,’ ,', 1C ! aS n,ove ’ and such afi we stationary : the first 
die 1 y known * n oul ; cabinets by the name of sea-eggs ; 
£ o P SB 
- ” U ' d ‘ inS 1 *• 
l he hush 'nP tbe ® e ‘?'C r C | ,in may be compared to 
“> ««J with a 
ClfcCT U'Ckles standing out on every side. The 
a bollow v- * Ce 1 °'!i- Wal ds ’ tbe vent * s above ; the shell is 
With a onf! ’ res ® mbl ‘ng a scooped apple; and this is filled 
Vor Jr’ muscu al substance, through which the intestines 
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