POLICE COURT,
Wednesday, 4th September
Baron M. F. A. HAZELAND (Potter
"MAGISTHATE).
BED BION, IN EXTRADITION CASE. His Worship gave his decision in a caes in which Li Lap lag, describing himself as a sub-contractor, was charged in an extradition warrant with armed robbery in the jurisdiction of Ching en 2954 February last.
The accused, with about twenty or thirty others, was alleged to have broken into a pawnshop at Sun Hing, on the West River and alred it of everything worth taking spray about Tavis 0,00% worth, He was arrested on the 4th ult. in house at 65, High Street, West Point, on the sworn information of a mandarín from Canton. Mr. J. Hastings appeared for the pro-ocation and Mr. J. Hays
for the defende..........
The evidence baving been complated, Mr. Hastings addressed the Court. He said that with due deference to his Worship's decision in a former extition a copy of which decision his Worship had kindly giren to him. ho submitted that the decision in question was not correct. The point was as to the duty of the Magistrate and the smont of proof required in extradition Case The Chinese Extradition. Ordinance stated that if at the enquiry before the magistrate such evidence is the committal of the produced as would justify criminal for trial at the depreme Court, if the crime of which he is accused had been committed in the Colony, the Magistrate shall commit him to trial, with a view to his extradition. This laid down clearly, submitted Mr. Hastings, what the duty of the Magistrate was, but his Worship had held that he was entitled to go behind the Ordinance and to look at the words of the Treaty of Tieutia, which wore that, with regard to Chinese criminals, on proof of their guilt they alall be delivered up, *proof of guilt" might mean two thing eliber prima facie proof, nuinely, such
proef
would justify committal to the Supreme Court, or conclusive proof, proof that ironki satisfy a jury and Mr. Hastings anbmitted that the Ordinance had considered these words ta menn prima fa io proof only, and, further, that the Magistrate was bound by that consider ation, and was not entitled to go behind the Ordinones and to decide that the words proof of
guilt" mount "conclusive proof. As the point was an important one, he requested his Worship to review his decision in the former case, and, if he thought it, to decide that what was required was prema facie proof only. Mr. Haktings then proseeded to detail the facts of the care
In giving his decision, his Worship, said he had gone very carefully over the evidence, and he want of opinion that its nature justi ted him in making an order for the extra- dition of the defendant. The evidence of all the witnesses for tas prosecution: us to the identity of the prisoner but been very conclusive Ri quito satisfied him as to the guilt of the defen-
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SOUTH AFRICAN AFFAIRS,
THE BONGKONG DAILY PRISE, THURSDAY, SEI TEMBER 25ru, 1902
the Irish Land Trust, which he said was need owing to the apathy of the Government in ignoring the growth of the United Irish Les gue.
THE GUVISNOS-GENERAL OF AUSTRALIA.
London, 1st September BOEK GENERALS' PLANS.
The Times, in commenting upon the return Londen st August. of the Earl of Hepstona, saya: If Australia Mr. Fischer, one of the Boar European dela is reluctant to provide a salary for the Governor gates, has unexpectedly joined General Botha General proportionate to the ioe-regal and Commandants de Wet and Delarey on their magnificance expected, it may be necessary to
act. is believed to bo return to London. This an indication that the Generals are in harmony at Garrnor-General an eminent person whose qualiftentions de tat include a larga are not sanguine of the success of the Generale conditioned by his salary,” with the views of the delegates. Boor circles petrate fortune, and whose expenditure will be plans, which include an effort to secure & Detch nation for 8,000 orphans left in the concen tration campe.
THE NEW PROGRESSIVE LEADER.
London, 30th Angust. Dating the course of the debate on the General Indemnity Dill in the Cape House of Assembly, Dr. Jameson denounced the unholy compact The between the Ministry and the Bond. speech of Dr. Jameson has created a profound impression. Many Progressives hail Dr. Jame
as the only possible leader of their party The bitter speeches of Mr. J. W. Sauer and the extreme jingoism of Dr. T. W. Smarti,. who recently resigned from the Ministry, are considered the main factors against the recon- ciliation of the Dutch and the English.
DUTCH LOVALJUTA IN CONFERENCE.
Lordo, 30th August. The Datch loyalists of the Western Province of Cape Colony have held a conference at Paarl. All the districts were represented and dele. gates were present. The confereses considered that the terms offered to the rebels warn liberal, and complained that those who had remind loyal to the Government were not assisted.
URONJH A LOYAL BRITISH SUBJECT.
London, 1st September. with other prouers from St. Heleus, was in General Cronje, on his arrival at Capetown ferviewet. He stated that he intended to settle on his farm at Klerksdorp and would henceforth be a logul British subject.
THE HOND.
London, 3rd September," In the Cape Colony House of Assembly on Monday, Dr. T. W. Smart moved a resolution thanking und eulogising the colonial troops for their services la she late war. The motion was carried unanimously Mr. D. C. de Waal, member for Piquetberg, moved for the appointment of a committee to enquire into the condnet of the Africander Bond during the war. Mr. de Waal declared that the Bond hand done everything possible to prorout rebellion, and was now ready to co-operate in the federn. tion of South Africa under the British flag.
LOYALISTS SNUBBED BY THE PREMIER.
London. Bird September.
A committee representing the delegates of the Western Province Dutch loyalists, who waited upon the Governor of Cape Colony, Sir met in conference at Faurl a few days ago, W. Hely Hutchinson: on monday, and used for protection against boycotting and other
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CHICAGO EXTRESS ACCIDENT,
London, 1st September.. A tornado struck a Chicago express and hurled it over a steep embankment. Throu persons were killed and 20 others were fatally injured.
PENNSYLVANIA.COAL-STRIKE.
London, 1st September, Owing to dynamite outragos during the course of the Pennsylvania coal strike and the dificulty of protecting non-unionists, General Gobin has ordered the trongs to fire on the, strikers on the least provocation. The loses during the four month of the strike have been £18,000,000. Conl is 50; a tom.
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THE CHENCHOU MURDERS.
of Great Britain.
1884 MOSQUITO BITES AND MALARIA.
'The Mercury says that the Chenchou case
In the course of his report on the medical has been settled by Cheung Tantal and department of the British Central Africa Pro- Total on behalf of China, and Mr. Giles, the tectorate, Dr. G. D. Gray gives some further in. formation on the trouxission of malarial fever repri ventetive
Chaung Taolai will remain at Chruchon to carry ou
by monuitees. He says that the endernie mals what is left to be done while Mr. Giles and Yurial fever of British Central Africs in caused by Tastal left Cheachon on the thinst the the small unpigmented malignant quotidian ring former returning to Hankowi Chanteh, and
parasite and the small pigmented zing parasite. the latter to the capital where he will meet. with crescent formation. This is the worst form Tai Tuotai of the Hanau Foreign Ofice, and of malarial parasite there is, because t-f its calig nant tendency. It is but rarely that this para together they will proceed to Hanko to negotiate with Mr. Giles with reference to the site runs a definite course, in part because indivi amount of indemnity and degrees of punishment duals usually get more than one infection, about to be moted out to the responsible officials, the same time, and in part because a subsequent While Mr. Giles was at Chchchou, ten articles attack is complicated often by a fresh exacerba were drawn up. They are as follows:-
tion of a previous duo. Frequently parasites. I The two murdered missionaries had been are to be found in different stages of growth in appropriately burial by the local authorities.
the blood, and thus the administration of quinino in such cases is not attended with the some good benefits.
A sporting correspondent writes müdər date vndey. Siri alt. I was struck the other day by the fact that Mr. C. A. Ollivierro, who plays for Derbyshire, under the residential qualification, should make such a large score as 167 within a week or two of coming into County cricket. It is interesting to note that there are maay due players now taking part in County cricket who were not born in England, and who | $1,000.00, rx PRIZES (in U.S. GOLD CURRENCY), are “ foreigners," although, as James Phillips, the umpire, would say, they belong to the Empire, and have as much right to play la County cricket as anyons English born. Now Yorkshire do not encourage the foreigner, but Lancasbire have played Mr. Charles Hartley, who was born in New Orleans, although of a Lancashire family, but I regret to see that Lancashire are qualifying an Australian-born bowler in Alexander Kermode, of Sydney, New South Wales. Middlesex bave for a long time played Albert Trott, an Australiau, and they also utilised Roobe, unother Australian Dur ing this season they introduced to orisket a young gentleman named Alisan-Ul-Hak, who comes from Hyderabad, and is a Mabommədin who was originally educated at the Aligarh College, Calcatta, He is in this country studying for a Barrister, and has played a great deal for Hampstead. Really, it is vory London, 2nd September.
amusing to occasionally note the composition The Amiralty is purchasing land adjoining of Middlesex" tears. The other day I the Calliope Dock, Auckland, New Zealand, for | observed that Middlesex played Warner, who the purpose of constructing a coaling station..in a West Indian by birth, Alsan-Ul-Hat PLAYING WITH A CAPTIVE BALLOON ¦- the Mahommedan, Trott. the Australia, London, 2nd September. To say nothing of Mr. Bosanquet, who is a Spectators, while playing with a captive war. balloon at Leatherhead, Surrey, released it." A Huguenot by descent, Mr. H. O. Schwarz, who aan clung to one of the ropes and was carried is a German if we get at the truth, besides by the halloon to a height of luft. He dropped Brotamen liko Gregor McGregor, Yorkshiremen like" Turkey" Kaplin, and a Bucks mau like Jack Hearus. It would be rather interesting to know who they play a Middlesex-born man. Then, if we come to Sussex, the great "Ranji" confronts us, while the captain of Warwickshire,¦ Londoy, 2nd September. Mr. H. W. Bainbridge, was born upon the The unnual Trade Union Congress opened Himalaya Mountains. I should think War- its proceedings in the Hollora Town Hall wie kabire plays about as many untive-bora AD yesterday. The delegates present represent 1,500,000 trade unionists. Mr. W. Steadora ae Middlesex. Surrey are prone to importations, was elected president. Dr. Winnington-In- but they have net descended to buying gram (Bishop of London). Dr. Talbot (Bishop Australisas or qualifying Indians. Mr. K. of Rochester, and Dr. Festing (Bishop of St. Albus), wrote welcoming the Congress. Mr. S. Singh, another Indiau gentleman, bas said that the Congress had met in critical times,
assisted Kent, while the great star artist of when the law was inflicting heavy strokes on
of Pietermaritzburg. Nottinghamshire, like labour without impartiality. Trade unionists, ko said, were determined at all costs to resist Yorkshire, have generally been faithful to the attempts of an unsirupolens platoerary to native born. Now Leicestershire are very fond deprive them of their rights of combination
of playing Dr. R. Macdonald of Brisbane, nection with the hunting shire. Somerset have Queensland, although he has some family con
for you re played Sammy Woods, but he hails from Sydney, New South Wales, and it may net be out of place to note that the three greatest powers of Somerset are Lionel Palaret, who was born in Lancashire, Len Braund, who was born in Berkshire and brought up in Surrey, and the aforesaid Samuel Woods, Gloucester abire are always glad of the services when they csu secure, them of Mr. Cyril Sewell, who is also South-African-born. Years ago Derbyshire qualified Spofforth and now his place has been taken by Olivierre, From this lot we coull very powerful team of foreigners select a playing in English cricket. There are other foreigners in this country qualifying for participation in first-class cricket. There is, I know, a very clever South Africou wicket- kebpor in London named Wallack who has already played for London County. What a dine team could be chosen of mon who are either, playing or qualifying to play in County cricket sud who are not in every sense of the wond Englishmen. I have selected this little team:--~. K. S. Ranji, C. A. Ollivierre, Ashsan-Ul-Hak,
to the ground, and was killed. Three men wore inside the car when the balloon Was closed. As soon as they recovered from their surprise one of them pulled the valve, releasing the gas, and the balloon descended in safety.
TRADES UNION C NGRESS.
The destroyed chapel had been repaired and restored to its original condition.
3. The wounded converts harl been attended to and recovered.
dant, whilst the evidence of an oííbi was very forms of oppression. The Governor replied Joba Burns, M.P., in the course of a speecHampshire is G. C. B. Llewellyn, a native being tried by the Chenchou Tsotai and will be i curious to note the quiet persistence with which
nosatisfactory. As to the point raised by Mr Hastings, it was not necessary to go into tast, his Worship still being of opinion that cos- clusive proof of guilt was required and not prima facie proof only,
URWROLESOME FOOD--HEAVY FINE
Quan Yesa, compudore, 6, Cochrane Street, who was remanded on a charge brought against bim by R. MacEwen, inspecter of markets, of exposing for sale 90 urticles of food in an un- wholesome state, was again placed in the deck and Sued $10 or two months. The condemned articles consisted of 187 tins of milk, 20 is of butter, 48-tins of salmon, 31 tins of preserves, 2fias of coffee, and 2 bags of sugar. They have all been destroyed.
BEFORE ME, J. H. Kaxi (ACHI:
POLICE MAGISTRATE).
THE SHAVKIWAN MURDER.
of A
Li Út, described as the "ouptalu. lighter, Wong Kin, cool, and Yau Ka colie, were charged on ranand with the murder of Li Ki, another coolia, at Shankiwan on the Bist mit.
The defendants pleaded not guilty.
that the responsibility in this matter rested with the Ministry.
The deputation thereupon waited upon Sir J. Gordon Sprigg, the I'remier, and laid their cass before lim, is reply the Premier said that he was trying to reconcile the peoples and obliterate rae lines. He then proceeded to snuh the Dutch lovalists represented at the conferens They were, he said, parading their loyalty. He afflemed that he did not consider ̃ that there was the slightest nerosity for further legislation with regard to sedition end the traffic in arms and somunition. The da putation retired from Sir J. Gordon Sprigg's office in an indignant wood.
GENERAL NEWS.
GERMAN WORLD-SURVEYS.
Loudon, 30th Augit, The German Admiralty has sanctioned the preparations of ship's charts of the seas and coasts of the world based entirely on German surveys. The cost of the preparation of the charts will be £100,000.
ROUMANIAN ARCHIVES BIFGED.
London, 30th Augusṭ.
The plans of the fortifications of Bucharest, the capital of Roumani, prepared by General Belmont, the Belgiau engineer, and the general, scheme of Roumanian army mobilisa tion, have been stolen from the arcbires al Bucharest. It is suspected that the robbery was committed by Bulgarians at the instigation of Russia.
The depositions of the deceased having been read to the accusert, Li Yak, coolie, was eramined by Mr. H. L. Lennys, Acting Crown Solicitor, who presected. He described the assault upon the deceased, of which he was an actual witness, and said that ten men or there. abouts wore belabouring him. One of them lied an iron bar, another a shopper, a third un ske, a
THE MONROE DOCTRINE. Whom fourth a thele-pin, and some had stones he approached, the men run away and left the
London, 3th August. Titans selli deceased lying on the road.
The spool in which President Roosevelt regnise all the men again if he saw them; the outlined his conception of the Monroe doctrine
London, 3rd september. sitting of an end
The Congress of Tracks Unions resumed its Steadman, the President, in his address on being conducted to the chair, condemned the Education Bill now before Parliament as i
He advocated the grant-- reactionary measure. ing of old-age pensions, and put before the congress the necessity of a great Parliamentary labour party. The report of the Parliamentary
the late war in Sonte ferder to characterise Africa as unjust. The congress carried resolutions in favour of the Shops Bill and of the enactment of eight-hours" lubợur in all industries,
IRELAND'S PROCLAIMED PROVINCES.
London, 3rd September.
All the province of Connaught and all the province of Munster, with the exception of the County of Kerry, have been placed under the summary jurisdiction of the Criminal Law Proenture Act.
THE KOBINSON PIANO CO.
The following in the report for presentation to slinreholders at the balf-yearly meeting to be held at the Company's office, 13, Queen's Road Central, on the 25th inst.. at 12 o'clock
We have satisfaction in presenting to our shareholders a statement of accounts for the half-year ending the 30th June, 1902, and in manufacturing and trading:
Woods, Dr. R. Macdonaki, P. F. Warner,
role played by mosquitoes in transmission of Fresh proufs are constantly to hand of the 4. The ringleaders Chang Paikou and Clang malaria, and efforts have been made all round Yungtai were captured, tried and beheaded, to limit their numbers. The cleaning of river while six others who took prominent part in thanks in the vicinity of the townshops of Fort riot were afterwards arrested. tried sud Johnston and Chirone has been attended with bohended.
an appreciable diminution of the mosquito pest, 5. Song Chang-fai who beat a gong and aud drainage is other stations has also unde gathered the rioters has been arrested and is
a certain amount of difference. It has been
the anopholes variety of mosquitoes clings to severely punished.
the interiors and the immediate surroundings of 6. Ting Dho-kwai and others, from whom uo admission as so far been obtained, are now houses. The mosquitoes of the swampe 310 being tried by the authorities and will he mainly the vegetable-eating calices, who will suck blood when opportunity offers, but are not punished
Inking in some abady corner of a house during dependent on it. Fer every one coler found the day there will be six anopheles, and when laying their eggs the latter variety prefers the water butts, or any vessels holding water which are on the verandah or close beside the house.
7. The principals who took part in the and nothing has been left undone. The local murder of the missionaricą had been beheaded loafers who joined in the riot but played a less important part will be arrested as they are found.
8. The lost mad destroyed properties of the Mission and converts will be made good and the amount is to be settled hereafter by the Foreign Offfo and the British Consul.
9. The
hoss of property to the Imperial Post Battled by the Chenchor Taotai together with the Yochon Customs Tootsi and the General Post Ofies and is to be treated asa distinct case from the missionary cam.
10. What can be done by the Chouchou authorities has been done and the case is considered to be settled, while the whole case will be settled by the Foreign Office and. Mr. Giles at Haukow. The remaining duty of the Chenebou authorities in to justly deal with the captured rioters who up to the present, have not
been sentenced.
JAPANESE PEARLFISHERS IN
N. AUSTRALIA,
An Australian correspondent writes to the Ther
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The prisciples of self-protection against mos quite bite are being more carefully attended to by all classes of Europeans, and there are in every station instances to be found where in. dividuals have been living ferer free ever sinos arrival in the country. Formerly, 98 per cent, of white immigrants suffered attacks of fever coon after arrival-an attack being looked upon as su inevitable.concomitant of life out bere. There are, however, some shots in the Protectorate from which ferer can never be eradicated, at least, as far as we cua at present see. One hot- bed of fever, víz, Kota Kota, is a large town; it is the headquarters of a wide rige-growing district, and mosquitous warm during the greater part of the year. Of mosquitoes "sent to Zomba from Kota Kota, 24 were ana pheles. Unfortunately, it would be impossible to destroy the swamp there, or materially alter, the conditions under which the important rice industry is carried on. To alter the housing of the native population, put them under acnite nets, and to ensure a systematic proporvegulated dosing of quinine, would also not be possible, We must, therefore, give in to the fact of this iao far) permanent focus to malarial Infection in the Protectorate, and look to a reasonable
Abros defendants were: of the number. The | Gas caused a flutter among the German Press reporting a continuation of most successful and K. S. Singh (4 black men), with 8. M. quite able to do the work; but soon the Japanese segregation of Europeans.to diminish the Aangér.
The newspapers of the Empire energetically deceased appeared to be seriously hurt, and was unable to get up; he was wounded on the repudiate the idea that Germany has any designs | Our profit for the half-year has been $21,369.38Alert Trott, Charles Llowellyn, Aloe Kermode, than the Earopenas would do, so that, of the Lead and arm and in the chest, Witness sent upon Vouezuela or Brazil, and attributs such away to call the police, but met two friends, suggestions to Great Britain's desins to create who started with him and lents band at bad blood between Germany and the United
laring the decased on a board and currying
into matsbad on the hillside. He then reported the affair to Inspector Robertson, who. had the deceased remored to the Government Civil Hospital, where he subsequeally died.
After other evidence the easy was again reimanded.
BODY DUMPING.
to be becoming a form of burial This apppars even more popular nowadays with certain Chinese then formerly, judging by the free quency with which such cases appear at the Pallon Court, Two more coolies were detected by an Indian constable in the act of depositing a dead body in the public street and mere promptly arrested, in spite of their efforts to escape
They were fined $50 each, or two months'
hard labour.
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THE POLITICAL CARDINALA
London, Btà August, Cardiuni Morau was yesterday presented with the freedom of the city of Cork. In accepting the honour Cardinal Moran ez, resed sympathy with the claris of the Irish for a Romau Catholle voiversity, for the enforced sale of farms to tenauts, and for autonomy at least equal to that of the Australian State Cardinal Moran said that lie was confident that measures which were now bitterly opposed would nlti- mately be conceded as being perfectly equitable.
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capital of the Company.
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LATEST TREALM OF BUMABINES;
London, 30th August. The trials of the latest type of submarine bouts built for the British Admiralty have been satisfactory. The submarine boat dives very rapidly, and is fitted with a visual apparatus much superior to the French periscope.” Here is another use for pinapples. The BRITAIN AND KUNSIA IN THE PERSIAN GFLF., actite principle of the fruit is bromelino, but
Loudon, 30 Augusí. owing to its instability, the ordinary commercial
Camin Mohan, the American navalstnilegiet, We have re-taken our old Bangkok connec pinparation has so far spparently proved in an article in the current namler of the tion and are receiving satisfactory results. Our - navuccessful. But apart from its being as aid Notional Review, states that Great Britain will limitation in Penang has also expired and that ace digestion, myn ·Beieape Biftings. It has a imperil her anal, political, and commercial field is now re-open to us. powerfully solvent action upon horny excrescen- position in India and in the Far East if she cea similar to salicy ho acid, although somewhat concedes Hassia's claims in the Persian Gulf. slower in action. If a thin slice of fresh pinapple be kept in close contact with a corn for eight hour, the latter is so softened as to admit of ready removal,t.
LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS. The C.P.R, stenzer Empress of Chind arrived nt Kolust 4 pm, on the 2nd inst., and Jeft again at midnight same day, via Nagasaki, for Shanghai, where she is law to arrive at 8 a.m. on the 27th instit The“ Glen“ Line steamer Glenortncy, Antwerp and London, left Singapore yesterday morning, and is due bere on the 29th inst
The NP. steamer, Tacoma left Tacous for Japan and Hoogkong on the 21st inst,
The N.YEK. Hemmer kaaiano Maru (Austra, Han Line) left Kobe un Haji and Nagasaki for this port on the ford fist. p.m., sad is expected here on the let prox.
London 1st September.
It is reported that linssia is planning a great strategio railway through Persis to the frontiers of India. The line, it is stated, will start at Klanikin, north-east of Baghdad, proceeding to Kermanshishism, Ispahan, and Kerman, thenon through Beluchistan to the Indian frontier à branch line will be built from Kerman to Bandar Abbas, at the entrance to the Pursian Gulf,
IRTH LANDOWNERS CONVENTION.
Londen, 31st August. The Irish Landowners' Convention mot nt Dablin yesterday under the presidency of the Duke of Abercarn. The Convention considered that the Irish Land Bill introduced into the House of Commons by Mr. George Wyndham. the Chief Becretary for Ireland, was a sincere attempt at the settlement of the land difficulty, and desarred discussion and amendment. The Duke of Abercorn justified the formation of
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In the old days, when pearling frat com. menced. Europeans did the diving, and ware
ume, who do not appear to set so much valne on their lives, and they diced deoper and cheaper
some went away, while others European difere stayed on in various capacities connected with. the fleets. The authod of diving is as follows:
Each company engaged in pearling has its "Rosting station "e., & schooner used as a store house, and a fleet of 10, 12, or 14 luggers. The captain of the schooner de ides which waters shall be fished, and he goes then accom panied by his fleet. The leggers are manned exclusively by coloured men. Usually the diver is a Japanese or Manila man, and bis fender,"
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attends to his siguals and holds the life line, is usually a friend and countryrunn. of the diver. The crew are four PLEASANT. in number and may be South Sea Islandera, Manila men, Japanese Straits Islanders, or New Guinea nafites to arrival at the fishing ground each diver is left to his own judgment as to where he will go dow... and before long the luggers are all sunttered about on the horizon, some drifting with mails down, others. with a little sail on, working across the tide, while at the bottom of the yea, nader auch Jugger, walks a little brown diver, ploughing PER CASE through mud or tramping gaily over coral bottom, with keen eyes peering through the glass of the helmet) for tho shells of the big part oyster. As be pers each one he puts it in a rope-basket that langs by his side, and if he gets a basket fall he signs up the tender to lower down a lot of PER without coming up himself. If shell is plentiful slack of the life line, and he ends up his basket
be may get a couple of hundred in å day, but i work. Some very rich patches of ahol hare nowadays 40 or 50 shells are quite a good day's been found at great depths 35 or 40 fathom-depths to which no diver but the Japanese would dream of going for the small down, one after the other, even though th return of the pearl-shell. But the Japanee vo
after man comes up paralysed by the pressure of the water. At Darnley Island, in the great depths, it takes four men hard at work at the pump to force down the air to the diver, and fathoms at a time, lest the sudden change of when he is brought up he has to be raised a few pressure should kill him. They seem to bare absolutely no fear of death. If they know they can get abell they will go down; they amils when warned of the danger, and say, Plenty more Japanese! Against such men in these to white diver can hope to compote.
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