WETTEST OF ALL TRADES.
The lot oT the Ceylon pearl-diver is not an easv one. Stones are suspended on a running rope over an outrigger projected from the boat's side in such a convenient position as to allow the diver to place ono foot within a loop affixed to the stone. , The driver, having placed himself witn one foot on tho stone, with a net round his neck to hold oysters, draws in ll ' s breath, closes the nostrils with one and raises his bodv to give force tc> tne descent. The attendant in charge of tne stone and nets, lets go, and the <li*® rapidly reaches the' bottom, leaver, too stone—which the attendant .ir..<tmtiy hauls up and refixes—throws huc'e 1 01 the ground, creeping along, and nils net with oysters.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19714, 13 August 1927, Page 2 (Supplement)
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131WETTEST OF ALL TRADES. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19714, 13 August 1927, Page 2 (Supplement)
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