pearl-fishing

It was pearling season, so we encountered small fleets of pearl-fishing dhows anchored above fresh oyster beds about fifty feet below the surface.

Crossing Mandelbaum Gate Kai Bird 2010

It was pearling season, so we encountered small fleets of pearl-fishing dhows anchored above fresh oyster beds about fifty feet below the surface.

Crossing Mandelbaum Gate Kai Bird 2010

It's an old pearl-fishing town, now mainly a tourist resort (with some very up-market bits).

North West Resources Tour Alex Allan 2009

By 1800 Cleghorn was on the boat home, accused (wrongly) of some questionable business relating to the government pearl-fishing industry (he had been in charge of it and some had gone missing).

American Connections James Burke 2007

By 1800 Cleghorn was on the boat home, accused (wrongly) of some questionable business relating to the government pearl-fishing industry (he had been in charge of it and some had gone missing).

American Connections James Burke 2007

Now in its 10th year, the Dubai show is benefiting from the strategy of the emirate's rulers to transform their desert kingdom from a small pearl-fishing town on the Gulf coast to the home of the largest airport in the Middle East.

Dubai Show Sales Blitz Brings 2007

"To transport these tapa-boys to other islands where there are other pearl-fishing grounds," the captain finally exclaimed.

The War with the Newts 2006

It is not however frequented at present for pearl-fishing, partly because the treacherous character of the

Travels in Nubia 2004

At that time he was engaged in an adventure of pearl-fishing, and was the chief of the three divers who were with him.

Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers

King Baharkan, desiring one day to amuse himself with pearl-fishing, embarked in a vessel with a design to coast along the shores of his kingdom in search of pearls.

Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers