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out of position. Each coxswain is provided 
with a chart on which the result of each dive 
is recorded with the soundings, the signs shown 
on the chart being used to represent the nature 
of the bottom, etc. The smaller charts, known 
as coxswain’s charts, are filled in by each cox¬ 
swain as each dive is made, and they are trans¬ 
ferred by the inspector to the larger chart. 
At a* fishery each boat contains ten divers, 
who work five at a time, and each pair has one 
attendant called a “manduck,” who rows or 
sails the boat. In addition there is a tindal, 
a representative of the owner of the boat, and 
a pjeon or individual representing Government 
interests. Each boat has five stone sinkers, 
sometimes rather handsomely carved, having a 
hole at the upper end to which the rope is at¬ 
tached. A second rope is attached to a small 
circular frame or hoop, which has a coir netting 
across it. This is called the basket. The local 
basket is shallow, but that of the Arab divers 
of the Persian Gulf has a small circumference 
and is a deep net. 
When the divers are ready, they get over 
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the side, place one foot on the stone which is 
held clear of the side of the boat by two poles 
fastened at right angles over the side of the 
boat, and a third pole lashed to each end of 
them parallel to the boat. Grasping the rope to 
which the stone is fastened and hitching the 
loop of the rope attached to the basket over his 
arm, the diver takes his nostrils in his free hand, 
takes a deep breath, and slightly raising him¬ 
self to add impetus to his descent, gives the 
signal to the “manduck” to let go the rope fast¬ 
ened to the stone, and down he goes. The in¬ 
stant he reaches the bottom he releases the 
stone, which is hauled up preparatory to the 
next descent, while the diver, swimming on the 
bottom with his eyes open, grasps all the oysters 
within reach in the limited time at his disposal. 
He makes a graceful picture, seeming to float 
much as a person is drawn in an imaginary 
picture as flying, his back gracefully arched and 
his heels above his head, while his long hair 
waves behind him supported by the water. Oc¬ 
casionally men either from avarice or over¬ 
estimation of their strength collapse at the bot¬ 
tom and are brought up dead. Arab divers use 
a sort of horn clip with which to close their 
nostrils when under water, but the Ceylon diver 
holds his nostrils with his hand only until such 
time as he reaches the sea bottom. The aver¬ 
age time that a Tamil remains below is between 
fifty and sixty seconds, while an Arab remains 
under water between eighty and ninety seconds. 
The diver signals to his attendant when he 
wishes to ascend, and is partially pulled up with 
his basket and rises partially by his own initia¬ 
tive. 
Diving bells were imported for the pearl 
fishery by Sir Edward Barnes in 1825, but 
neither they nor a European in diving dress can 
compete with the naked native. 
Captain Kerkham, the superintendent of the 
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old age without even being discovered or fished. 
By the present methods of fishing it is impos¬ 
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oysters for breeding purposes. Quite a quarter 
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and it is not true, as frequently stated, that 
blank years are due to overfishing. Some other 
reason must be found, and it is probable that 
oysters when spawned on these banks are all 
carried away by the current and probably lost, 
while the Ceylon banks benefit for the same rea¬ 
son from the Tuticorin oyster banks. The pearl 
oysters apparently are continuously present on 
the Persian Gulf and Somali beds, and fishing 
is always in progress there. 
That oysters cannot be cultivated on the 
Mannar banks seems evident, as the currents 
that bring the Tuticorin spat carry away the 
local spawn into deep or unsuitable places, 
where it is lost, and nothing science can do 
will prevent this or guarantee annual fisheries. 
The banks are too circumscribed and the cur¬ 
rents too constant to allow locally produced 
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