'الملف 10/6 الغوص للبحث عن اللؤلؤ وتجارة اللؤلؤ: مراسلات بهذا الشأن:' [و‎‎٢] (٤٤/٣)

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VOCABULARY OP DIVING TERMS ETC.
DIVERS
Jazwa*
Div®ra»
Kais.
A Direr - raooives tlirae Bliares.
S»ib«
Radif•
A Puller
two share s•
Joudi.
Tabalch,
Azal*
Naklluda
A half puller, usually boys, apprenticss,
two radifs count as one Seib, eaohi
receives half a Seib's share#
The "Wakil 1 * of the Nakhuda# He receives
the share of three divers.
Cook, usually a boy, paid by the divers*
A divor who goes out in some Nakhuda's
boat, but dives independently, keeping
his own catch, paying the Hakhuda one fifth
of his profits and paying his own keep.
This is only done under the Kharnas system#
Boat Captain^ receives one fifth of the
total profits after deducting license and
all expenses#
or
A1 Birr
) Land Captain, who finances tho sea
) Nakhuda#
II. DIVING S YSTEMS#
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1# Amil # The sea Nakhuda finances himself from the
Tajaa. The Tajaa is supposed not to charge
interest on the money and so the sea Nakhuda
does not charge interest to his divers on
money advanced# In return for financing the
boat the Tajaa has the option of buying all
the pearls in the catch#
Note # Selling of pearls . The pearls are
collected on board and handed over to the
Nakhuda# Shell are opened in the evening
under the strict supervision of the Nakhuda*
On returning to land, or on arrival of buyers
on Tawasha Boats at the Pearl Banks, he may
sell them, to the best advantage and with the
knowledge of the crew# Two-thirds of the crew
must be present as witnesses to the sale, accord
ing to one of the Diving Rules# In spite of
this, there is little doubt that in many cases
some of the pearls are kept back and sold
independently by the Nakhuda.
2# Madyan . Both the sea and the Land Nakhudas charge