. Beautiful shells : their nature, structure, and uses familiarly explained : with directions for collecting, cleaning, and arranging them in the cabinet and descriptions of the most remarkable species. Shells; Shells. Pearls, 91 guineas. Generally the pearls of tliis country are inferior in tlie two requisites of colour and size. Interesting accounts of Pearls and Pearl-fisliing, will be found in "The Penny^' and "Saturday Magazines/^ and many other works easy of access. There our young readers may learn of the perils and dangers to which the poor divers are exposed from the voracio
. Beautiful shells : their nature, structure, and uses familiarly explained : with directions for collecting, cleaning, and arranging them in the cabinet and descriptions of the most remarkable species. Shells; Shells. Pearls, 91 guineas. Generally the pearls of tliis country are inferior in tlie two requisites of colour and size. Interesting accounts of Pearls and Pearl-fisliing, will be found in "The Penny^' and "Saturday Magazines/^ and many other works easy of access. There our young readers may learn of the perils and dangers to which the poor divers are exposed from the voracious sharks, which hover about tho fishing grounds_, and make a dash at their victim, heedless of the written charms with which the priest or shark-charmer has provided him previous to his descent, and of much more than we can find space here to tell. All we can now do is to give the portrait, as drawn by Thomas Hood, of a lady who takes up her abode in all the pearl-producing bivalves, and who is, therefore, perhaps' on this account, called. MOTHER OF Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Adams, H. G. (Henry Gardiner), 1811 or 12-1881; Berry, S. Stillman (Samuel Stillman), 1887-1984, former owner. DSI; Roper, Clyde F. E. , 1937- , donor. DSI. London : Groombridge and Sons
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