MR. JAMES HORNELL, who is still in Ceylon carrying on the investigation of the pearl-oyster fisheries which I started in 1902, tells me in a letter just received that he has now succeeded in ...

furnishas the finest pearls as well as mo-ther-ot-pearl: it is found round the coasts of Ceylon, near Ormus, in the Persian Gulf, at Cape Comorin, and in some of the Australian seas. The dealers ...

THE administrative report for 1934 of the marine biologist of Ceylon, Mr. A. H. Malpas, shows that as the results of restricted inspections by dredging of the pearl banks there were no spatfalls ...

Ootacamund, April 22: It is understood that the Ceylon Pearl Fisheries this year were a failure on the whole by reason of the fact that the great majority of oysters dived and brought out were ...

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Later on, Captain Nemo invites him and Professor Aronnax to visit the Ceylon fishery. Willy Fog, in his diving suit, observes the difficulties of the pearl divers. Donald Trump's Approval Rating ...