Manaar', GULF OF, lies between Ceylon and the Madras coast, and is closed on the north by a low reef of rocks and islands called Adam's Bridge. Its extreme width is nearly 200 miles. The gulf is famous for its pearl-fisheries.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 7: Maltebrun to Pearson, p. 10
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