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Ch. 11: Ceylon Pearl Fisheries

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agent, and threatened confiscation of the whole cargo, if not immediately removed. On receipt of this communication from the police, the agent immediately prepared four large tin-lined cases, in which were packed a sample of 10,000 oysters. These were to be shipped at once to England, in order to ascertain by personal knowledge, the most satisfactory method of securing the Pearls. It was intended that the washing should take place at Buxted, on the river Ouse, near the Crowborough Hills, in Sussex, where plenty of running water could be obtained for the purpose.
In the meantime the boats had been arriving at Colombo with fresh lots of oysters, and it became imperatively necessary to provide a suitable place wherein to warehouse them, especially as they were fast decomposing. A second place was therefore, engaged, about nine miles from Colombo, in a very sparsely - populated native village. Here, whilst erecting temporary huts and buildings for ware­housing the oysters, and making the necessary arrangements for washing them, a second notice from the police arrived, forbidding any attempt to commence operations. The inhabitants refused to allow the erection of buildings to proceed, and after considerable delay, the authorities suggested a district several miles away from the village, in the
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