Pearls and Pearling Life by Edwin Streeter

• Preface & Table of Contents
• Ch. 1: Introductory
• Ch. 2: History
• Ch. 3: Ancient Ideas, Origin & Virtues of Pearls
• Ch. 4: Pearl-bearers, Marine and Fresh-water
• Ch. 5: Mother-of-Pearl Shells
• Ch. 6: Origin and Formation of Pearls
• Ch. 7: Sooloo Archipelago
• Ch. 8: Northwest Australian Fisheries
• Ch. 9: Torres Straits
• Ch. 10: Present Day Pearling Life
• Ch. 11: Ceylon Pearl Fisheries
• Ch. 12: Persian Gulf & Red Sea Pearl Fisheries
• Ch. 13: American Pearl Fisheries
• Ch.14: River Pearls, British & Foreign
• Ch.15: Coloured Pearls
• Ch.16: Famous Pearls
• Ch.17: The Southern Cross Pearl
• Ch.18: Value of Pearls
• Appendix & Bibliography
• Index

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