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	season extends from June to October, and some fine specimens have occasionally been brought to light. A remarkable Pearl weighing 46-1/2 grains, was found in this river some few years ago, and passed into the cabinet of Mr. Israel Harris, a banker in Waynesville, Ohio, who has formed a very large collection of Miami Pearls. This specimen was described as an " agatised Pearl," in consequence of its displaying a curious agate-like structure, and was christened by Mr. Harris the " Koh-i-noor Pearl." One of the finest Pearls ever found in this district was accidentally discovered by a little boy of eleven years, named Morton L. Roberts, who, while on a visit in the neighbourhood, was amusing himself by collecting mussel-shells from the river, to border a flower-bed in his aunt's garden. In one of the shells, lying among a heap that had been thrown aside by the fishers as useless, the keen eye of the boy detected a Pearl, which turned out to be one of unusual value ; being equally fine in size, form and lustre. Many good Pearls have been found from time to time, in the rivers of New England, in the north-eastern part of the United States, and it is said that one obtained from a stream in New Jersey was sold in Paris for as much as £400. According to Mr. Dall, some fine Pink Pearls have occasionally