INDEX

A
Abalone, [92], [170], [199], [244].
Acapulco, [203].
Advance of price, [277].
Aelonians, [93].
Alexander, [50].
Ancient fisheries, [212].
Angel's tears, [315].
Anselm, Archbishop of Canterbury, [49].
Aquila Jewels, [85].
Arabian Sea, [49], [51], [201].
Aragonite, [167].
Aripo, [219].
Arkansas, discovery of pearls in, [259].
Aroo Islands, [199], [202].
Aryans, [64].
Atokha, Virgin of, [329].
Auris Marina, [246].
Aurora Shells, [246].
Australia, [201], [249].
Avicula fucata, [127].
squamulosa, [127], [239].
B
Bagdad, [213].
Bahamas, [95].
Bahrein, [212].
Ball pearl, [44].
Banda Islands, [202].
Baroques, [82], [91], [155], [161].
Base price, [276].
Baskets, [228].
Batjan, [200].
Bazaruto Islands, [200], [233].
Beira, [233].
Beresford Hope pearl, [324], [326].
Black-Shell, [144].
Blister, [92].
Blue-point, [268].
Bochart, [57].
Bones, pearls called, [50], [61].
Boss, [140].
Breastplate, Jewish High Priest's, [56], [61].
Breeding of pearls, [312].
Brown pearls, [329].
Bull-head, [266].
Butterfly, [268].
Byssus, [243].
C
Cacique, [76].
Calcospherules, [154].
Caligula, [52].
Campeche, Gulf of, [241].
Cape San Lucas, [242].
Cariaco, Gulf of, [238].
Castiglione necklace, [84].
Catifa, [326].
Celebrated Pearls, [324].
Ceram, [200].
Cestodes, [173].
Chank, [15], [98].
Charles V., [47].
Charlotte Bay, [249].
Cheval paar, [221].
Chilaw pearl banks, [219].
Chiriqui, [237].
Chunam, [231].
Clammers, [262], [282].
Clam pearls, [97].
Cleopatra's pearl, [52], [320], [326].
Clinch River, [260], [263].
Clione, [154].
Clodius, [52], [327].
Coatzacoalcos, [241].
Coche, [238].
Colombia, [236], [241].
Color of pearls, [101].
Columbus, [46].
Conch, [16], [94].
Conchiolin, [133].
Cortez, [46], [242].
Cracked pearls, [119], [301].
Crotalia, [53], [80].
Cubagua, [46], [238].
Culture pearls, [299].
D
Dahlak, [212].
Dasyus, [64].
Death of Pearls, [316].
Deer-horn, [267].
De Soto, [46], [47], [76].
Devadatta, [98].
Dew-drop origin of P., [311].
Diamonds, [44], [56], [70].
Diving, Dress, [178], [188], [192].
Naked, [178].
Dredging, [282].
Dress, [189].
Dudley pearls, [329].
Dutch Indies, [200], [232].
E
Ear of Venus, [93].
Ear-shell, [93], [245].
Ecuador, [203], [237].
Edward VII., [82].
Elenchi, [80].
Elizabeth, Queen, [48].
El Tirano, [237].
Exmouth Gulf, [249].
F
Facts and Fancies, [311].
Farsan, [212].
Fiji Islands, [202].
File-fish, [174].
Fisheries, Arabian Sea, [212].
Ancient, [201], [255].
Australian, [194], [202], [249].
Fisheries, British, [255].
Campeche, gulf of, [241].
Ceylon, [201], [215], [289].
Colombia, [237], [241].
Dutch Indies, [232].
Ecuador, [237].
English, [242].
German East Africa, [234].
Haiti, [248].
Indian, [214].
Irish, [255].
La Paz, [242].
Lower California, [242].
Madras, [215].
Merguian archipelago, [201], [234].
Mexican, [242].
New Caledonia, [234].
Nicaragua, [236].
Omagh, [256].
Panama, [237].
Persian Gulf, [212].
Philippines, [248].
Portuguese East Africa, [233].
Red Sea, [211].
Scotch, [256].
So. African, [257].
Venezuela, [237], [239].
Fishing, Ceylon gov't notification, [221].
Depth of, [225], [232].
Mexican, Season of, [243].
U. S. mussel, [258].
Polynesian, [183].
primitive method, [179].
time under water, [225].
Tongarewa Islands, [186].
with dress, [188].
prices realized, [227], [289].
Flodden Field, [320].
Fluter mussel, [260].
Francis I., [48].
Fresh-water pearls, [90].
G
Gambier, [199], [203], [328].
Genesis of Pearls, [127].
Gilbert, Bishop of Limerick, [49]
Goajira, [239].
Government Notification, [221].
Gresham, Sir Thomas, [48], [321].
Guatemala, [242].
Guayaquil, [237], [287].
Gulf of California, [203].
Campeche, [204], [241].
Gwaai River, [257].
H
Habitat of oysters and mussels, [199].
Haiti, [205], [248].
Haliotis, [16], [93], [206], [244].
cracherodii, [247].
iris, [246].
mida, [246].
rufescens, [247].
splendens, [247].
tuberculata, [245].
Heel-splitter, [268].
I
Ichiaha, [76].
Illinois, discovery of pearls, [259].
Imitation pearls, [295].
Imperfections, [111].
Incas, [44], [46], [76].
Inhambane, [200].
Interference, [130].
Iridescence, [130].
J
Jamboneau, [235].
James IV., [320].
Japan, [202].
Jolo, [248].
Julius Cæsar, [52], [81], [256], [327].
K
Kalanchu, [231].
Katar, [212].
Kshattriya, [27], [64].
L
Lampsilis anodontoides, [267].
fallaciosus, [267].
ligamentinus, [267].
rectus, [267].
La Pellegrina, [324], [326].
La Paz, [242].
La Peregrina, [324], [327].
Largest Pearl, [326].
Lesbos, [50].
Lingah, [201], [212].
Lohia, [211].
Lollia Pollena, [52].
Loreto, [242].
Louis XIII., [49].
Lower California, [242].
M
Macanao, [238].
Macassar, [233].
Madura, [215].
Mafia, [206], [234].
Malabar, [63], [179].
Manaar, [216].
Manchadi, [231].
Manduck, [179].
Mantle, [132].
Maracaibo, [239].
Margarita, [238].
Maria Theresa, [49].
Marichchikaddi, [221].
Mary Queen of Scots, [48].
Massawa, [211].
Mathilde, Princess, [84].
Maturity of Pearl Oysters, [205].
Mazatlan, [242].
Meleagrina, [90], [127].
Merguian Archipelago, [200], [234].
Methods of Fishing, [177].
Mindanao, [248].
Montezuma, [46].
Moros, [182].
Mother-paar, [219].
Mounds, Indian, [40], [45], [76], [257].
Mucket, [266].
Mud-blisters, [92].
Multiple, [276].
Mussel, [90], [257].
Mussel-egg, [43], [116].
Mussel Anodonta herculea, [297].
blue-point, [268].
bull-head, [266].
butterfly, [268].
deer-horn, [267].
fluter, [260].
Hatchet-back, [268].
heel-splitter, [268].
Lake, [260].
margaritifera, [255].
mucket, [266].
nigger-head, [266].
painter's, [255].
pearl, [255].
red, [234].
swollen-river, [255].
sand-shell, [267].
warty-back, [266].
wash-board, [260].
Mutton-fish, [245].
Mytilene, [50].
N
Nassau pearls, [96].
Nautillus, [16].
New Caledonia, [172], [202], [234].
New Guinea, [202].
Nicaragua, [204].
Nigger-head, [136], [266].
Nomenclature, [56].
Notch Brook pearl, [258], [330].
Nuclei of pearls, [153], [174], [272].
O
Oahu, [206].
Ohio pearls, [258].
Old Testament reference, [56].
Omagh, [49], [256].
Oriental pearls, [89].
Origin of pearls (fables), [311].
Ormer, [93], [246].
P
Painter's mussel, [255].
Panama, [203].
Paraguana, [239].
Parasites, [174].
Pearls, Abalone, [92], [156].
assortment of, [228].
baroque, [155], [161], [279].
black, [97], [105].
blister, [92].
blue, [104], [278].
Bombay, [213].
button, [155], [160].
clam, [97], [156].
colors of, [101].
conch, [94], [156].
cracked, [119].
culture, [298].
fancy, [105], [202].
free, [154].
fresh-water, [89], [90], [279].
hammered, [120].
hinge, [91].
imitation, [295].
Japan, [298].
Madras, [102], [215], [277].
Nassau, [96].
oriental, [89].
Panama, [104], [204].
pear-shape, [80], [161].
rose, [91].
seed, [231].
Shah of Persia, [326].
slugs, [280].
soft, [116].
strawberry, [91].
true, [89].
twinned, [159].
wing, [91], [280].
Pearl-Oysters, [199].
Pearlers, [262], [282].
Peelers, [115], [248], [302].
Peeling pearls, [115], [302].
Periya paar, [220].
Persian Gulf, [50], [201].
Perthshire Tay pearls, [256].
Peru, [46], [204].
Philip II., [241].
Pinna, [16], [206], [235].
Plagiola securis, [268].
Pleurobena aesopus, [266].
Pliny, [52], [54], [66].
Polynesians, [183].
Pope Leo X. pearl, [328].
Price of pearls, [275].
Punta de Santa Cristoval, [243].
Q
Quadrula ebena, [266].
pustulosa, [266].
undulata, [268].
Queen pearl, [330].
R
Rana of Dholpur, [78].
Ravaillac, [320].
Red Current, [253].
Red Sea, [51], [200].
Rhodesia, Southern, [206].
Rio, Hacha, [237].
Roman fashions, [80], [342].
Rose pearls, [91], [266].
S
Sandalchin, [57].
Sandaztros, [57].
Sand-shells, [267].
San Juan del Norte, [236].
Season for mussel fishing, [270].
Seed pearls, [231].
Shankar, [15], [31].
Shangani River, [257].
Shankhásura, [98].
Sharks Bay, [249].
Shark-charmer, [224].
Shell Australian, [145], [202].
black, [144], [199], [202].
bullock, [204], [236].
distorted, [172], [252].
Egyptian, [200].
grayish, [145], [200].
greenish, [145], [211].
Lingah, [212].
Shell Mexican, [204].
Panama, [204], [236].
Port Darwin, [249].
price of, [235], [251], [270], [290].
red-ears, [206].
Sydney, [249].
Tuamotu, [170], [200].
Unio, [136], [200], [211].
Venezuelan, [200].
West Australian, [249].
white, [145], [171].
yellow, [145], [200].
young, [205].
Shoulder of mutton, [235].
Sir Thomas Gresham, [48], [328].
Sleeping Lion, [328].
Slugs, [280].
Soliman Pearl, [328].
Sophie, Queen, [84].
Southern Rhodesia, [206], [257].
Spat, [169].
Spawning time, [271].
Spice Islands, [202].
Spiritu Santo, [46].
Spruce, John, [284].
Strawberry-pearls, [91], [266].
Strombus gigas, [94], [206].
Sugar River, [264].
Sulu Islands, [202], [248].
Superstitions, [181], [311].
Suran, [253].
Sweet-water pearls, [90], [279].
Swollen River mussel, [255].
Symphynota complanata, [268].
T
Tahiti, [203].
Tampa Bay, [46].
Targum, [57].
Tavernier, [49], [325].
Tiburon, [242].
Tinnevalli, [215].
Tongarewa Islands, [186].
Travancore, [25], [98].
Tremellius, [57].
Tritigonia verrucosa, [267].
True pearls, [89].
Tuamotu Archipelago, [200], [203].
Turbinella Scolymus, [98].
Turtle-backs, [92].
Tuticorin, [215].
U
Umbo, [139].
Unio, [90], [127], [136], [206].
Unit of weight, [276].
V
Variation in weight of P., [241].
Varieties, [89].
Venezuela, [96], [237].
Venus ear-shell, [16], [93], [245].
Venus Genetrix, [81].
Veragua, [237].
Vishnu, [15], [98].
W
Warty-back, [266].
Weight of mussel shells, [269].
meat, [269].
Westphalia Queen necklace, [84].
White bones, [50], [61].
White shell, [145], [199].
Wisconsin pearls, [259].
X
X Rays, [231].
Y
Yellow shells, [200].
Z
Zanzibar, [200], [234].

Transcriber's Notes

[Page 113]: changed pear-shape to pear-shaped (pear-shaped pearls)

[Page 322]: changed aquaintance to acquaintance

[Page 341]: changed villany to villainy

[Page 349]: changed Throgh to Through