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American sort, though they are much inferior to the Oriental, in Lustre, yet they far excel them in bigness, amounting sometimes (saith this Author) to 42 Carats,

In this Relation 'tis mention'd, that sometimes 5. or 6. Pearls are found in one Oyster: That Pearl-fishers are fed with dry and roasted meat, to give them better breathing: That Pearl-bearing Oysters are not good to eat, being flat and hard of digestion, &c.

As to the Price of good Pearls, well fashiond, he marketh it, as follows:

Such a Pearl of
Grain. Crowns. Carats. Crowns.
1 ———— 1 ———— 289
2 ———— 4 ———— 324
3 ———— 9 ———— 361
Carats. 5 ———— 400
1 ———— 16 ———— 441
———— 25 ———— 484
———— 36 ———— 529
———— 49 6 ———— 576
2 ———— 64 ———— 625
———— 81 ———— 675
———— 100 ———— 729
———— 121 7 ———— 784
3 ———— 144 ———— 841
———— 160 ———— 900
———— 196 ———— 960
———— 225 8 ———— 1024
4 ———— 256

Of Corals, He taketh notice, where they are fished, and in what manner. The Places, he saith, to be Eight; Three upon the

Coasts