Excerpt from Pearl and Chank Fisheries: Of the Gulf of Manaar

In 1890, my 'Notes on the Pearl and Chank Fisheries and Marine Fauna of the Golf of Manaar' were published in a single volume, and a friendly critic pointed out that the effect thereof was somewhat marred by their publication together, and by the arrangement adopted.

The edition being exhausted, and fresh material awaiting incorporation, I have taken advantage of the opportunity to commence a series of bulletins, dealing with the results of my wanderings on behalf of the Madras Museum, and send forth the first issue in the form of a revised edition of the 'Note on Pearl and Chank Fisheries, ' leaving the 'Marine Fauna of the Gulf of Manaar' to be dealt with hereafter.

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