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quality is valued at per masha, 500 sicca rupees ; second at 400 

 sicca rupees ; third at 300 ; and fourth at from 175 to 200 sicca 

 rupees per masha. This mode of valuing a rough diamond is 

 somewhat different from the rule laid down by Jeffries for as- 

 certaining the value of this gem in its native state. According to 

 Jeffries the carat weight of a rough diamond is squared, and then 

 multiplied by 2, and the product is the value of the gem in 

 pounds Sterling. For example, a diamond of 20 carat weight, 

 20 X 20 = 400 X 2 = L. 800 Sterling. If the product of the 

 square of the carat weight of a cut diamond be multiplied by 

 4 instead of 2, its total will be the value of a cut diamond in 

 pounds Sterling. This rule applies only to diamonds of small 

 weight, for the value of a diamond of magnitude increases, 

 without any established rule, rapidly with its size. 



The only account of the rough diamonds found in the Maha- 

 nuddee, and delivered by the finders to the legal owners of 

 them, that I can find, is the annexed. 



