366 EMIGRANT DIAMONDS IN AMERICA. 



If diamonds should be discovered in the moraines of eastern Ohio, 

 of western Pennsylvania, or of western New York, considerable light 

 would thereby be thrown upon the problem of locating the ancestral 

 home. More important than this, however, is the mapping of the 

 Canadian wilderness to the southeastwai'd and eastward of James Bay, 

 in order to determine the direction of ice movement within the region, 

 so that the tracking of the stones already found may be carried nearer 

 their home. The director of the geological survey of Canada is giving 

 attention to this matter, and has also suggested that a study be made 

 of the material found in association with the diamonds in the moraine, 

 so that if possible its source ma}^ be discovered. 



With the discover}^ of new localities of these emigrant stones and 

 the collection of data regarding the movement of the ice over Canadian 

 territory, it will perhaps be possible the more accurately and definitely 

 to circumscribe their home country, and as its boundaries are drawn 

 closer and closer to pay this popular jewel a visit in its ancestral home, 

 there to learn what we so much desire to know regarding its genesis 

 and its life history. 



