question of annual tonnage, [24]
Parsees, their home in Bombay, [126];
followers of Zoroaster, [127];
Towers of Silence and method of disposing of dead, [131], [132], [133]
Pearls, Swedish, Chinese and Japanese methods of inducing pearl formation, [55];
Indian and Cingalese expert dealers, [66];
Indian grandees chief buyers of, [88]
Pearl-fishing, scene of, in Gulf of Manar, [50];
description of, [51], [56], [57];
Professor Hornell's theories, [52];