189'^.] 071 Liamonds. 501 



a portion of Greenland, They arc so like meteorites that at first 

 they were considered to be meteorites till their terrestrial origin was 

 proved. They contain as much as 1 • 1 per cent of free carbon. 



It is certain from observations I made at Kimberley, corroborated 

 by the experience gained in the laboratory, that iron at a high tem- 

 perature and under great pressure will act as the long sought solvent 

 for carbon, and will allow it to crystallise out in the form of diamond 

 — conditions existent at great depths below the surface of tlie earth. 

 But it is also certain, from the evidence afforded by the Arizona and 

 other meteorites, that similar conditions have likewise existed among 

 bodies in space, and that a meteorite, freighted with its rich contents, 

 on more than one occasion has fallen as a star from the sky. In 

 short, in a physical sense, Heaven is but another name for Earth, or 

 Earth for Heaven. 



[W. C] 



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