 They next pour in water, to separate the fishy substance, which they call solach, from the more heavy parts, consisting of sand, small pebbles, and the pearls, which settle in the bottom. After numerous washings, until the fishy part is entirely removed,...  Natural history. Mollusca - Page 260by Philip Henry Gosse - 1854Full view - About this book
 | 1830 - 436 pages
...solch, from the more heavy parts, consisting of sand, small pebbles, and the pearls, which settle in the bottom. After numerous washings until the fishy part is entirely removed, the sediment is put out to dry, and each pearl separated on a large wooden platter, one at a time, with a feather... | |
 | Natural history - 1830 - 596 pages
...solach, from the more heavy parts consisting of sand, small pebbles, and the pearls, which settle in the bottom. After numerous washings, until the fishy...taken to the overseer, who pays the fisher so much per ounce for them. The price varies from Is. 6d. to 4s. ; there are a number of persons who live by... | |
 | Edward Forbes - 1853 - 580 pages
...into a sort of pulp. They next pour in water to separate the fishy substance, which they call solaeh, from the more heavy parts, consisting of sand, small...fisher so much an ounce for them. The price varies from Is. 6d. to 4s. ; there are a number of persons who live by this alone, and where there is a small family... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Anthologies - 1869 - 526 pages
...solach, from the more heavy parts, consisting of sand, small pebbles, and the pearls, which settle in the bottom. After numerous washings, until the fishy...taken to the overseer, who pays the fisher so much per ounce for them.' The pearls found at the mouth of the river are generally very small, of a dirty... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1871 - 276 pages
...solach, from the more heavy parts, consisting of sand, small pebbles, and the pearls, which settle in the bottom. After numerous washings, until 'the fishy...taken to the overseer, who pays the fisher so much per ounce for them.' The pearls found at the mbuth of the river are generally very small, of a dirty... | |
 | Catholic literature - 1876 - 430 pages
...to a sort of pulp. They next pour in water to separate the fishy substance, which they call soloch, from the more heavy parts, consisting of sand, small...the fishy part is entirely removed, the sediment, if it may be so called, is put out to dry, and each pearl separated on a large wooden platter, one at... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Art - 1847 - 534 pages
...solach, from the more heavy parts, consisting of sand, small pebbles, and the pearls, which settle in the bottom. After numerous washings, until the fishy...taken to the overseer, who pays the fisher so much per ounce for them/' The pearls found at the mouth of the river are generally very small, of a dirty-white... | |
 | Wales - 1881 - 382 pages
...¡olach, from the more heavy parts, consisting of sand, small pebbles, and the pearls, which settle in the bottom. After numerous washings, until the fishy...they are taken to the overseer, who pays the fisher во much per ounce for them." UNCLE. CURRENT NOTES. NATIONAL EISTEDDFOD OF WALES. TRANSLATION OF THE... | |
 | Philip Dixon Hardy - 1835 - 440 pages
...talach, from the more heavy parts consisting of sand, small pebbles, nnd the pearls, which settle in the bottom. After numerous washings, until the fishy part is entirely removed, the sediment is put out to dry, and each pearl separated on a large wooden platter, one at a time, with a feather... | |
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