The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Pearl, its story, its charm, and its value, by W. R. Cattelle

INDEX

A
Abalone, 92, 170, 199, 244.
Acapulco, 203.
Advance of price, 277.
Aelonians, 93.
Alexander, 50.
Ancient fisheries, 212.
Angel's tears, 315.
Anselm, Archbishop of Canterbury, 49.
Aquila Jewels, 85.
Arabian Sea, 49, 51, 201.
Aragonite, 167.
Aripo, 219.
Arkansas, discovery of pearls in, 259.
Aroo Islands, 199, 202.
Aryans, 64.
Atokha, Virgin of, 329.
Auris Marina, 246.
Aurora Shells, 246.
Australia, 201, 249.
Avicula fucata, 127.
squamulosa, 127, 239.
B
Bagdad, 213.
Bahamas, 95.
Bahrein, 212.
Ball pearl, 44.
Banda Islands, 202.
Baroques, 82, 91, 155, 161.
Base price, 276.
Baskets, 228.
Batjan, 200.
Bazaruto Islands, 200, 233.
Beira, 233.
Beresford Hope pearl, 324, 326.
Black-Shell, 144.
Blister, 92.
Blue-point, 268.
Bochart, 57.
Bones, pearls called, 50, 61.
Boss, 140.
Breastplate, Jewish High Priest's, 56, 61.
Breeding of pearls, 312.
Brown pearls, 329.
Bull-head, 266.
Butterfly, 268.
Byssus, 243.
C
Cacique, 76.
Calcospherules, 154.
Caligula, 52.
Campeche, Gulf of, 241.
Cape San Lucas, 242.
Cariaco, Gulf of, 238.
Castiglione necklace, 84.
Catifa, 326.
Celebrated Pearls, 324.
Ceram, 200.
Cestodes, 173.
Chank, 15, 98.
Charles V., 47.
Charlotte Bay, 249.
Cheval paar, 221.
Chilaw pearl banks, 219.
Chiriqui, 237.
Chunam, 231.
Clammers, 262, 282.
Clam pearls, 97.
Cleopatra's pearl, 52, 320, 326.
Clinch River, 260, 263.
Clione, 154.
Clodius, 52, 327.
Coatzacoalcos, 241.
Coche, 238.
Colombia, 236, 241.
Color of pearls, 101.
Columbus, 46.
Conch, 16, 94.
Conchiolin, 133.
Cortez, 46, 242.
Cracked pearls, 119, 301.
Crotalia, 53, 80.
Cubagua, 46, 238.
Culture pearls, 299.
D
Dahlak, 212.
Dasyus, 64.
Death of Pearls, 316.
Deer-horn, 267.
De Soto, 46, 47, 76.
Devadatta, 98.
Dew-drop origin of P., 311.
Diamonds, 44, 56, 70.
Diving, Dress, 178, 188, 192.
Naked, 178.
Dredging, 282.
Dress, 189.
Dudley pearls, 329.
Dutch Indies, 200, 232.
E
Ear of Venus, 93.
Ear-shell, 93, 245.
Ecuador, 203, 237.
Edward VII., 82.
Elenchi, 80.
Elizabeth, Queen, 48.
El Tirano, 237.
Exmouth Gulf, 249.
F
Facts and Fancies, 311.
Farsan, 212.
Fiji Islands, 202.
File-fish, 174.
Fisheries, Arabian Sea, 212.
Ancient, 201, 255.
Australian, 194, 202, 249.
Fisheries, British, 255.
Campeche, gulf of, 241.
Ceylon, 201, 215, 289.
Colombia, 237, 241.
Dutch Indies, 232.
Ecuador, 237.
English, 242.
German East Africa, 234.
Haiti, 248.
Indian, 214.
Irish, 255.
La Paz, 242.
Lower California, 242.
Madras, 215.
Merguian archipelago, 201, 234.
Mexican, 242.
New Caledonia, 234.
Nicaragua, 236.
Omagh, 256.
Panama, 237.
Persian Gulf, 212.
Philippines, 248.
Portuguese East Africa, 233.
Red Sea, 211.
Scotch, 256.
So. African, 257.
Venezuela, 237, 239.
Fishing, Ceylon gov't notification, 221.
Depth of, 225, 232.
Mexican, Season of, 243.
U. S. mussel, 258.
Polynesian, 183.
primitive method, 179.
time under water, 225.
Tongarewa Islands, 186.
with dress, 188.
prices realized, 227, 289.
Flodden Field, 320.
Fluter mussel, 260.
Francis I., 48.
Fresh-water pearls, 90.
G
Gambier, 199, 203, 328.
Genesis of Pearls, 127.
Gilbert, Bishop of Limerick, 49
Goajira, 239.
Government Notification, 221.
Gresham, Sir Thomas, 48, 321.
Guatemala, 242.
Guayaquil, 237, 287.
Gulf of California, 203.
Campeche, 204, 241.
Gwaai River, 257.
H
Habitat of oysters and mussels, 199.
Haiti, 205, 248.
Haliotis, 16, 93, 206, 244.
cracherodii, 247.
iris, 246.
mida, 246.
rufescens, 247.
splendens, 247.
tuberculata, 245.
Heel-splitter, 268.
I
Ichiaha, 76.
Illinois, discovery of pearls, 259.
Imitation pearls, 295.
Imperfections, 111.
Incas, 44, 46, 76.
Inhambane, 200.
Interference, 130.
Iridescence, 130.
J
Jamboneau, 235.
James IV., 320.
Japan, 202.
Jolo, 248.
Julius Cæsar, 52, 81, 256, 327.
K
Kalanchu, 231.
Katar, 212.
Kshattriya, 27, 64.
L
Lampsilis anodontoides, 267.
fallaciosus, 267.
ligamentinus, 267.
rectus, 267.
La Pellegrina, 324, 326.
La Paz, 242.
La Peregrina, 324, 327.
Largest Pearl, 326.
Lesbos, 50.
Lingah, 201, 212.
Lohia, 211.
Lollia Pollena, 52.
Loreto, 242.
Louis XIII., 49.
Lower California, 242.
M
Macanao, 238.
Macassar, 233.
Madura, 215.
Mafia, 206, 234.
Malabar, 63, 179.
Manaar, 216.
Manchadi, 231.
Manduck, 179.
Mantle, 132.
Maracaibo, 239.
Margarita, 238.
Maria Theresa, 49.
Marichchikaddi, 221.
Mary Queen of Scots, 48.
Massawa, 211.
Mathilde, Princess, 84.
Maturity of Pearl Oysters, 205.
Mazatlan, 242.
Meleagrina, 90, 127.
Merguian Archipelago, 200, 234.
Methods of Fishing, 177.
Mindanao, 248.
Montezuma, 46.
Moros, 182.
Mother-paar, 219.
Mounds, Indian, 40, 45, 76, 257.
Mucket, 266.
Mud-blisters, 92.
Multiple, 276.
Mussel, 90, 257.
Mussel-egg, 43, 116.
Mussel Anodonta herculea, 297.
blue-point, 268.
bull-head, 266.
butterfly, 268.
deer-horn, 267.
fluter, 260.
Hatchet-back, 268.
heel-splitter, 268.
Lake, 260.
margaritifera, 255.
mucket, 266.
nigger-head, 266.
painter's, 255.
pearl, 255.
red, 234.
swollen-river, 255.
sand-shell, 267.
warty-back, 266.
wash-board, 260.
Mutton-fish, 245.
Mytilene, 50.
N
Nassau pearls, 96.
Nautillus, 16.
New Caledonia, 172, 202, 234.
New Guinea, 202.
Nicaragua, 204.
Nigger-head, 136, 266.
Nomenclature, 56.
Notch Brook pearl, 258, 330.
Nuclei of pearls, 153, 174, 272.
O
Oahu, 206.
Ohio pearls, 258.
Old Testament reference, 56.
Omagh, 49, 256.
Oriental pearls, 89.
Origin of pearls (fables), 311.
Ormer, 93, 246.
P
Painter's mussel, 255.
Panama, 203.
Paraguana, 239.
Parasites, 174.
Pearls, Abalone, 92, 156.
assortment of, 228.
baroque, 155, 161, 279.
black, 97, 105.
blister, 92.
blue, 104, 278.
Bombay, 213.
button, 155, 160.
clam, 97, 156.
colors of, 101.
conch, 94, 156.
cracked, 119.
culture, 298.
fancy, 105, 202.
free, 154.
fresh-water, 89, 90, 279.
hammered, 120.
hinge, 91.
imitation, 295.
Japan, 298.
Madras, 102, 215, 277.
Nassau, 96.
oriental, 89.
Panama, 104, 204.
pear-shape, 80, 161.
rose, 91.
seed, 231.
Shah of Persia, 326.
slugs, 280.
soft, 116.
strawberry, 91.
true, 89.
twinned, 159.
wing, 91, 280.
Pearl-Oysters, 199.
Pearlers, 262, 282.
Peelers, 115, 248, 302.
Peeling pearls, 115, 302.
Periya paar, 220.
Persian Gulf, 50, 201.
Perthshire Tay pearls, 256.
Peru, 46, 204.
Philip II., 241.
Pinna, 16, 206, 235.
Plagiola securis, 268.
Pleurobena aesopus, 266.
Pliny, 52, 54, 66.
Polynesians, 183.
Pope Leo X. pearl, 328.
Price of pearls, 275.
Punta de Santa Cristoval, 243.
Q
Quadrula ebena, 266.
pustulosa, 266.
undulata, 268.
Queen pearl, 330.
R
Rana of Dholpur, 78.
Ravaillac, 320.
Red Current, 253.
Red Sea, 51, 200.
Rhodesia, Southern, 206.
Rio, Hacha, 237.
Roman fashions, 80, 342.
Rose pearls, 91, 266.
S
Sandalchin, 57.
Sandaztros, 57.
Sand-shells, 267.
San Juan del Norte, 236.
Season for mussel fishing, 270.
Seed pearls, 231.
Shankar, 15, 31.
Shangani River, 257.
Shankhásura, 98.
Sharks Bay, 249.
Shark-charmer, 224.
Shell Australian, 145, 202.
black, 144, 199, 202.
bullock, 204, 236.
distorted, 172, 252.
Egyptian, 200.
grayish, 145, 200.
greenish, 145, 211.
Lingah, 212.
Shell Mexican, 204.
Panama, 204, 236.
Port Darwin, 249.
price of, 235, 251, 270, 290.
red-ears, 206.
Sydney, 249.
Tuamotu, 170, 200.
Unio, 136, 200, 211.
Venezuelan, 200.
West Australian, 249.
white, 145, 171.
yellow, 145, 200.
young, 205.
Shoulder of mutton, 235.
Sir Thomas Gresham, 48, 328.
Sleeping Lion, 328.
Slugs, 280.
Soliman Pearl, 328.
Sophie, Queen, 84.
Southern Rhodesia, 206, 257.
Spat, 169.
Spawning time, 271.
Spice Islands, 202.
Spiritu Santo, 46.
Spruce, John, 284.
Strawberry-pearls, 91, 266.
Strombus gigas, 94, 206.
Sugar River, 264.
Sulu Islands, 202, 248.
Superstitions, 181, 311.
Suran, 253.
Sweet-water pearls, 90, 279.
Swollen River mussel, 255.
Symphynota complanata, 268.
T
Tahiti, 203.
Tampa Bay, 46.
Targum, 57.
Tavernier, 49, 325.
Tiburon, 242.
Tinnevalli, 215.
Tongarewa Islands, 186.
Travancore, 25, 98.
Tremellius, 57.
Tritigonia verrucosa, 267.
True pearls, 89.
Tuamotu Archipelago, 200, 203.
Turbinella Scolymus, 98.
Turtle-backs, 92.
Tuticorin, 215.
U
Umbo, 139.
Unio, 90, 127, 136, 206.
Unit of weight, 276.
V
Variation in weight of P., 241.
Varieties, 89.
Venezuela, 96, 237.
Venus ear-shell, 16, 93, 245.
Venus Genetrix, 81.
Veragua, 237.
Vishnu, 15, 98.
W
Warty-back, 266.
Weight of mussel shells, 269.
meat, 269.
Westphalia Queen necklace, 84.
White bones, 50, 61.
White shell, 145, 199.
Wisconsin pearls, 259.
X
X Rays, 231.
Y
Yellow shells, 200.
Z
Zanzibar, 200, 234.

Transcriber's Notes

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