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Kanzo Makame, the diver, sturdy and small Japanee, / Seeker of pearls and of pearl-shell down in the depths of the sea, / Trudged o'er the bed of the ocean, searching industriously.
Over the pearl-grounds, the lugger drifted -- a little white speck: / Joe Nagasaki, the 'tender', holding the life-line on deck, / Talked through the rope to the diver, knew when to drift or to check.