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INTRODUCTION

I PEARLS AMONG THE ANCIENTS

II MEDIEVAL AND MODERN HISTORY OF PEARLS

III ORIGIN OF PEARLS

IV STRUCTURE AND FORMS OF PEARLS

V SOURCES OF PEARLS

VI THE PEARL FISHERIES OF THE PERSIAN GULF

THE PEARL FISHERIES OF CEYLON

THE PEARL FISHERIES OF INDIA

THE PEARL FISHERIES OF THE RED SEA, GULF OF ADEN, ETC.

THE PEARL FISHERIES OF CHINA, JAPAN, SIBERIA, ETC.

VII EAST AFRICAN PEARL FISHERIES

VIII PEARL FISHERIES OF THE BRITISH ISLES

THE CONTINENT OF EUROPE

IX PEARL FISHERIES OF THE SOUTH SEA ISLANDS

PEARL FISHERIES OF AUSTRALIA

PEARL FISHERIES OF THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO

STATEMENT MADE BY THE SULTAN OF SULU RELATIVE TO THE PEARL FISHERIES

X PEARL FISHERIES OF VENEZUELA

Of the maner of fyshynge for perles

THE PANAMA PEARL FISHERIES

THE PEARL FISHERIES OF MEXICO

AMERICAN FRESH WATERS

MISCELLANEOUS PEARL FISHERIES OF AMERICA

XI PEARL-CULTURE AND PEARL-FARMING

XII MYSTICAL AND MEDICINAL PROPERTIES OF PEARLS

XIII VALUES AND COMMERCE OF PEARLS

XIV TREATMENT AND CARE OF PEARLS

XV PEARLS AS USED IN ORNAMENTS AND DECORATION

XVI FAMOUS PEARLS AND COLLECTIONS

XVII THE ABORIGINAL USE OF PEARLS, AND THEIR DISCOVERY IN MOUNDS AND GRAVES

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