. Wanderings east of Suez in Ceylon, India, China and Japan. ter, is the operators agency for se-curing what pearls his purchase may a week or ten days the oysters are stackedin his private kottu, and the process of disintegra-tion is facilitated by swarms of flies and millionsof maggots. When the tropical sun can do nomore, the contents of the shells—putrid, filthy,and overpoweringly odoriferous—are gathered introughs and other receptacles to be put througha process of cleansing by washing with water fre-quently drawn away. The residue, carefully pre-served, is picked over when dr
. Wanderings east of Suez in Ceylon, India, China and Japan. ter, is the operators agency for se-curing what pearls his purchase may a week or ten days the oysters are stackedin his private kottu, and the process of disintegra-tion is facilitated by swarms of flies and millionsof maggots. When the tropical sun can do nomore, the contents of the shells—putrid, filthy,and overpoweringly odoriferous—are gathered introughs and other receptacles to be put througha process of cleansing by washing with water fre-quently drawn away. The residue, carefully pre-served, is picked over when dry by experts, work-ing under the watchfulness of owner or his deputy—and in this manner the pearls of my ladysdainty necklace and the engagement ring arewrested from nature. Sometimes an impatient speculator is seen withhis coolies on the beach carefully washing vatfulsof matter, perhaps employing a dugout canoeas a washing trough. Wherever the work is donethe stench is almost overpowering, and the odorsdefy neutralization. The wonder is that some 82. THE LATE MAHAHAJAII OK PATIALA IN HIS IKAi:L KEGALIA The Lure of the Pearl dread disease of the Orient does not make a cleansweep of the citys population. The medical offi-cers claim that the malodorous fumes are notdangerous, and experience has taught these offi-cials to locate the compounds, wherein millions ofoysters are to decompose, in positions where thetrade winds waft the smells seaward or inland,without greatly affecting the camps health. TheBritish official whose olfactory organ survives aseason at the pearl camp deserves from his homegovernment at least the honor of knighthood. Interesting as MarichchikLaddi is to the personmaking a study of the conduct of unusual indus-tries and the government of Eastern people, themedical officer looms important as the function-ary shouldering a greater responsibility than anyother officer of the camp. To draw forty thou-sand people from tropical lands, grouping themon a sand pl
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