Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-05-07

horizon the beautiful MACK and white
Torres pigeons came IN Ia ,"os,. and
| IN an hour or SO. -. had mad. a very
cons iderahl" contribution TO tn.
-h!ps lardei
Fine nird oShoot.
! III" Torres pigeon is q lin. bird to
shoot II" is about big as a teal
his piumag" Is snow white. with {.
black barred tail. and n. nios Xix. our
own wood pigeon. Gathering out %,
ir"e-toDs with tremendous fuss. and
with the sam" annoying trick Of slip
. p'ns round them at enormous speed.
W her" he beats European pigeon
~ after tn. cook has Finished with
MN Ne is unsurpassed among his
Sind
When wc had got twenty brace.
! every on" was v"r! hot and ast"nish-
I insly thirsty. and II was pleasant 20
sIra"l on the seagr. ruund the
I huhhling pots and drink quarters uf
. sra!dnS tea our Of tn" "hillies" and
"ai innume!able delicious sand
wiches and passionfrui, and pin-ap-
pies. Life on the desert island wore
IL rosicst aspect.
Md then the quiet row back TO the
snip over sea ~ gold and purple.
with blazing. scarlet sun setting tn.
whole sky on FIRE over our heads FOR
: jcn minutes the world was rio, OF
/ Incredible colors and then /; was as
+ u giant hand suddenly poured night
'nt OF a can over the whoi" ming.
7nd /, was dark. We rcad.T"aptain
/ Cnoh and Sir Joseph Banks that eve
I ming and marv"led at the accuracy OF
th"ir comments in 100.
Another delightful thing about the
- Adams is her swimming bath,
! which is rugged on deck as soon as
,hH reaches warm latitudes. |, is
about Ave feet deep and four people
as large as am can battle ConlfOr-
tally in I; at time have seen a.
many "a eight In it, hut that was a
/ special occasion. Al any rate. II -
on" ~ the most popular features 81
I rhls most popular ship. and from
/ in the morning EDWARDS through the
bathing hours, ih.r" are sur" 10 h"
men women. or children splashing
themselves cool
( After tho desert ISLAND came Thurs
day Island. y very grim outpost Of
/ Empire. tho -. II. Q. ~ the pearl
/ fishers of these parts. There is The
worlds smallest newspaper. little
( corrugated :r"u township. wonder
/ ful church. a wharf. the most mixed
! population FOR its size in the world.
! and scores and scores Of pearl
s"hooncrs. They are not really fore
and-aft schooners, nor are they lug
gers bat Kind % cross between
/ tn. two. \; all events. they are very
graceful and In spite o. their div
ing apparatus. with the hig airpump
etraddlng The deck amidships. they
much like 50 many yachts
They said at Thursday Island that
pearls are "a drug on the worlds
market just now. and that nobody
will buy. | was shown wonderful
collection OF pearls 10y the principal
dealer on the island and afterwards
taken out to the reefs. where his
best shell" lies. Shell iS the oyster
itself u vas; pantomime like thing
as big az plate. and valuable as the
/ mOthcr-o pearl commerce.
! \ Malay diver went down for us.
/ clad in pair ~ goggles. and brought
| mp dozen OF those which are under
! culture in the Japanese fashion. Mys-
/ ierious operations were carried out
on tn" bashful oyster last year
something in the natur. OF hypo-
I dermic injection. or perhaps more
I Ike the opposite o! operating for
! appendicitis.
Something was planted out in him.
a grain OF sand or something equally
( uncomfortable. and his efforts TO get
I rid OF IL resulted in the pearl. II
/ may hc either n blister pearl. Just
a Kind OF large blister on the shell
Itself. or 1t may he a separate pearl.
! nesting in his liver. At all events
he must lead worrying life. as in
addition to having artificial append
! citis- forced on him he alwa"s has
two or three nonpaving guests liv-
| Ing on him in the shape OF tiny
/ crab or a crawish and sand eel
/ or two.
| Price Is Low.
| our host was well pleased with
! the progress OF his patients, hut we
cid not fish up any with II separate
peari which is, OF course, the most
valuable. Still. with :he quantities
gathered every year In Thursday Is
land alone. II seems strange that by
the Time they reach Bond Street and
! the Rue de Ia Paix and Fifth Ave-
nue. they should be so remarkably
expensive. - ThgI man who cmltivates.