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The Pearl Fisheries of Ceylon 1

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THE celebrated pearl. “oysters” of Ceylon are found mainly in certain parts of the wide shallow plateau which occupies the upper end of the Gulf of Manaar, off the north-west coast of the island and south of Adam's Bridge.

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H., W. The Pearl Fisheries of Ceylon 1 . Nature 67, 620–622 (1903). https://doi.org/10.1038/067620b0

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