Ripping yarns, beautiful lies and a few home truths.
Monday, September 30, 2019
Returning
The diving girl, Broome. Although the plaque below doesn't say so, pearling masters used Aboriginal women as well as men to skin dive for pearl shell until it was outlawed in the north. Pregnant women apparently had heightened lung capacity.
Interesting about the pregnant women. Maybe the baby presses up on the diaphragm???
ReplyDeleteNot sure, Tom.
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