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diamond is not lost," said De Sancy, and so it turned out, for it 

 was found in the stomach of the faithful servant. In 1792 the 

 Sancy once more disappeared, and was found by the Paris 

 police. 



The next celebrated diamond I have to mention is a brilliant of 

 almost unrivalled beauty called the " Pitt," or " Regent," which 

 is in possession of the French Government. It was found in the 

 mines of Parteal, near Golconda, in 1702, by a slave, who, in 

 order to conceal it, wounded himself in the thigh, and hid the 

 diamond in the wound. He promised the stone to a sailor if he 

 would gain him his liberty. The sailor got the slave on board, 

 then took the diamond from him, and drowned the unfortunate 

 wretch. The sailor sold the stone to Pitt, grandfather of the 

 Earl of Chatham, and Governor of Fort St. George, for ^1,000 ; 

 then spent the money, and eventually hanged himself. Pitt 

 sold the diamond to the Duke of Orleans (Regent of France 

 during the minority of Louis XV.). Since then the "Regent" 

 has had many curious adventures, and has passed very literally 

 through many hands. For in the days that followed the fall 

 of Louis XVI. the "Regent," carefully chained and guarded by 

 gendarmes, was exposed to the people of Paris, and every half- 

 starved workman who chose might hold the symbol of Royal 

 splendour in his hands for afew minutes. The " Regent," pawned 

 to the Bavarian Government by Napoleon I., stolen by robbers, 

 and its hiding place revealed at the gate of death by one of the 

 reckless band, and mounted in the state sword of Napoleon L, 

 glittered in the imperial diadem through the palmy days of 

 Napoleon III., and is now likely to pass through a new cycle of 

 adventures, as it is to be disposed of with the other jewels of 

 the French Crown. 



The history of one more celebrated diamond must detain us 

 for a few moments, that which is the chief ornament of our own 

 crown and which glitters in it along with many other gems. 

 Every one of you has heard of the Kohinoor, or u mountain of 

 light." The history of it is obscure, and is traced back to the 

 legends of India. According to one of these it was worn by 

 Carna, one of the heroes of the Indian epic poems, and if this is 



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