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Ch. 10: Present Day Pearling Life

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CHAPTER X. Pearling Life at the Present Day.
" Ocean's gem the purest Of Nature's works ! What days of weary journeyings, What sleepless nights, what toils on land and sea. Are borne by men to gain thee ! "
HIS chapter is written in order to give our readers some little idea of an in­dustry which is carried on in remote places, until recently out of the track of ordinary shipping, away from all centres of civilization, and under circumstances of no ordinary danger.
The finest and most complete pearling vessel afloat is the "Sree Pas-Sair," ("The Belle of Pas-Sair," a district in Borneo), a brigantine of 112 tons, bought and equipped by the late Mr. E. C. Chippindall, R.N., at the expense of the author
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