The Harrison times., 1915-07-03

the fisheries Of Coylon or those Of the Persian
pulf Columbus and those who followed IN MS
wake often found unciyillzed natives wearing
pearls Of great value, Indeed, 30 many peorlS
we're found off the Venezuelan coast mat carry
explorers gave the name Of "El Gulfo dc laS
Porlas" to certain waters where the pearls ap
peared to be plentiful
Today the pearl fisheries Of Margarita lsahd'
off the Venezuelan coaat become active each au'
tumn, when hundreds Of small boats present a
scene not unlike that of the pearl season OF Call
fonia or Ceyl0n,
Many Of the expert divers Of Venezuela nave
engaged themselves to an llcuodorlan company
which Is developing pearl hshng along the coast
of that country, Near the little port Of Manla
the results have proved quite satisfactory, ana
during recent year about $4,000 worth OF
pearls were shipped to European markets
About the shores Of numerous Islands IN the
Bay Of Panama there are pearl fisheries, one OF
these Islands, TO which the name OF Pearl has
been given, has long been aipplyIng pearls OF
greater or less value, The work about this and
other islands Of Panama bay IL carried on Ike
that of Lower California one OF the great DIM
Cultieg encountered s the heavy tides OF THIS
section of the Pacific, which prevent steady work
There are various other sections Of The oceans
that supply nne pearls, such as the shore OF
Queensland (AuatrOllN), the Red sea- New Guinea
waters, about the Island Of Madagascar and
elsewhere Generally speaking, an ordinary hBh
ing boat party expects to secure several tons OF
shells a day, aud possibly one shell in n thousand
contains n pearl The Mexican wotors In which
Aahng IN done are from 30 to 30 feet deep and
the 1oet IN active four 10 ak months In the year
beginning operations In the autumn peAfllhg
expedition Aa equipped for the Mexican waters
often costs $4,000 to $4,000 to outnt and pos
Bby NJ the end Of the season the catch may not
be- worth half the amount expended But n no
mlshap occurs TO any Of the little vessels the
supply Of motherofpoar shells obtained should
be Of sufficient value to repay tho general out
hitting expenses
one 0f the allied industries Of pearl nahng IN
that of obtaining valuable shells, which We know
~ m0therofpoOrl The latter are found gonor
ally along with the pearl haherlea, and often
when no pearls exist within the oyster the shells
themselves may be- Of considerable value,
Mothorotpoor IN defined oa the "intornol mo-
orooun lining Of the molluacnn nholl' This she'll
ua Ia well known, a In general use In our homes
where II Ia highly priced for toilet articles, for
handles 10 knives for buttons, and countless
other services where a nigh polish aud lasting
qualities are desired The monks and other IN.
bnbinnta of bethlehem are said TO be among lbe
worda most skilled workers In motherolpoarl
ahellgi the beautiful ornaments that como from
that ancient city are highly valued IA leading
otIeh Of Europe and America,
Pearls IN the Americas, aa In othd countries,
should now be within the reach OF dh0ae of mod,
oal means, To-day IN world marEntn Of London,
bombay, Paris or 10 pM the pt Nc nong for
about half IN ordinary yalu---
it IA said that pearls from 10 Amer,
ieas are 10 be seen IN the W Euro,