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THIS is a useful little book of close on 200 pages and a few illustrations, in which the author—whose name was already known in connection with pearl oysters—has brought together the leading facts in regard to the molluscs, of both sea and fresh waters, producing pearl and mother-of-pearl. The introduction shows that the book has been written mainly in the interests of the French nacre industries, which the author regards as of great national importance. Although London is at present the great market for pearl shell, we are told that “La France possède, en effet, les plus vastes banes d'huîtres perlières et nacrières qui soient au Monde, dans ses colonies d'Océanie,” and the author evidently desires to stimulate the exploitation and cultivation of the French pearl industries at Tahiti and other Pacific stations. But still, the descriptions of animals and fisheries have been drawn from all parts of the world, and, in fact, most attention is given to the oyster (Meleagrina fucata) of Ceylon and British India on the well-known banks of the Gulf of Manaar.
L'Huître Perlière, Nacre et Perles.
Par L. G. Seurat. ("Encyclop. Scient. des Aide-Mémoire"). Pp. 194. (Paris: Masson et Cie.) Price 2 fr. 50 c.
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[Book Reviews]. Nature 65, 271 (1902). https://doi.org/10.1038/065271b0
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