Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-06-30

troll of the British Government. Is Are
they remain. and at present Sre the
property of tho Grown, the right, how
ever, to use them being rentel out to
individuals from year to year for certain
3 definite sums fixed at the time. The
oyster grounds cover many hundreds Of
suuate miles, and have all been accur-
ately surveyed and tho boundaries fixed
/ by buoys. In order to conserve the
] fisheries as much as possible, the Gov
eminent follows the policy OF not allow
ling the whole ground to be tished over
1every year, but by dividing and subdi-
Iyiding the whole district into compara-
Itively small plats manages that only
once in seven years shall any particu-
] lar ground be eullel by the divers. BY
shis judicious management the Ceylon
fisheries have become sourceIof con-
tinual profit, and every year from $780,
600 to 81 ,0000o worth of pearls are
brought up by the divers. 1t has been
4foun1 by observation and experiment
that about seven years are required tor
pearls to grow, and this being the case,
the length of time particular nieee Of
Territory is suffered to lie fallow, if the
expression is allowable, is amply sufli-
Client to allow the oysters time to repro-
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work in the tract again lucrativeJ
Al The season chosen for the annual
fishing is the spring, because then the
iIsea is calmer than ut any other ame of
the yeal, and there is less danger of
sudden storms scattering the fleet.
The scenes during the fishing season
i are OF the busiest possible description.
| Il week before the opening of the season
the entire coast is deserted, but ia few
DAYS later thousands of boats ana tens
/ of thousands OF workmen preslnt Il
I scene equaled only by similar hdus-
tries in other parts Of the world.I Ma
tives are there in thousands: the Qnga-
lese fishermen, boatmen and Divers.
with their curious aHslrel consisting OF
a shawl he!ted 1870 the wa;si and
their unique head-aress, the long hair
being braided up in a knot at the PIP or
the Lack of the head, ana fasteneelwlth
fancy comb. Merchants, trades III
pearls, spectators from all parts of
Ind d and the East are also present, Tor
this Is their harvest: while caterers and
purveyors also come III numbers, hpr it
is a common saying in Ceylon that nlore
money is made by feeding the dNers
than by diving. Regiments of tdops
from the Indian army are detaital to
keep order among the motley multit9ies,
AMI Il fleet of small government bosts is
also present To accompany the fishing
boats to the grounds and see hat
all regulations are observed
and that fishing on forbidden
ground is not carried on. Prominent
among the crowds are the pearl-drillers,
native Indian artisans, who, withIthe
simplest possible mechanism. consisting
only of a block of wood. u needle-dtill,
and a bow, such as is used by jewelers..
will in wonderfully brief time 3ore
holes through the pearls with alnpst
mathematical accuracy. Squatteilo lon
the ground before the huts of their M
ployers, they will do the work in sight
@ef the little crowd always gathered
around to Ntness the operation. Towns
spring pus by magic on the shofe,
towns q Sae lost unsubstantial char
acter, To- hin the limits OF city
Co1Arisis 3 20 people there will DOT
be elos materials more durable
stha1Ss fNo eaves; yet the seasonlis
faif an A3lkst this time Of year ore
sInH Phsd6 ad no better shelter lis
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