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.