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Buddha, tomb of, decorated
with Pearls ... ... 25
Bullock-shell ...... 229
Burgundy, Dukes of, jewels of 43 Byzantium, Pearls i n
ancient ... ... 43
Cjesar, Julius, on British
Pearls ......233, 234
California fishery ... ... 229
Caligula, Pearls of ... 39
--------— dissolves Pearls ... 283
Camden, quoted ... ... 237
Canadian Pearls ... ... 252
Caribbean sea fishery ... 232 Carpenter, Dr., on structure
of Mother-of-Pearl ... 88
Ceylon Pearl fishery ... 186
Channel Isles, use of shell in 106
Chares on Peiris ... ... 24
Charlemagne ... ... 41, 42
Charles II., Queen of, receives Pearl ... ... 290
Charles V., Emperor,
Pearls of ... ... 45
Charles the Bold ... ... 43
Cheesewright, Mr. F. H.,
on the " Southern
Cross." ... ... 301
Chemical composition of
Mother-of-Pearl ... 87
----------of Pearl ... ... 125
China, history of Pearls in 27, 253
Chinese on Pearls... ... 62
----------river Pearls ... 253
Chippendall, Capt. E. C,
21, 121, 168, 176, 181, 183
Chosroes of Persia receives
tribute of Pearls ... 26 Christies, Messrs., sale of
Pearls ... ... 268, 293
Clam shell... ... ... 77
Cleopatra's Pearls ... 281
Clodius dissolves Pearls ... 283
Cloth of Gold, field of ... 44
