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From Golconda to Jtimafpinda, three Cos and a half. 



From Mmafpinda to K tptr, two Gos. 



From JCrf/xr to Montecour, two Gos and a half. 



From Monttcour to Naglepar^ two Gos. 



From NagUpar to Eligad^ one Gos and a half. 



From E'^ada to Sarvarun, one Gos. 



From Sarzutron to A-fcllafcro,:, one Gos. 



From Meliafcron to PonocouY, two Gos and a quarter. 



At TonocoHY you only croft the River to CohIohy. 



CHAP. XV. 



!fe i?///" ro /£//ccc/ *£/ jw/7 ^r/Vf tfW w/tff of a ^Diamond of what 

 weight r oever, from three to a bander V, </#</ upwards : /mv? 

 known to very few people in Europe. 



I 



f Make no mention of Diamonds of three Carats, the price thereof being fuf- 



ficiently known. 



Firfi ..iven, as to others above that weight, you muft know how much the Dia- 

 mond weighs, and fee if it be perfect ; if it be a thick Stone, well-lquar'd, and 

 have all its corners, if the water be white and lively, without fpecks and flaws. 

 If it be a Stone cut in Facets, which we call a Rofe-Diamond, you mult take no- 

 tice whether the form be round or oval, whether it be of a fair breadth, and not 

 of Stones clapt together j whether it be of a good water, and without (pecks or 

 flaws. 



Such a Stone weighing one Carat, is worth i jo Livres or more. Now to know 

 how much a Stone of the fame perfection, weighing 12 Carats, is worth. 



Multiply 12 by 12, it makes 144, Then multiply 144 by ijo, which is the 

 price of a Stone of one Carat, it comes to 21600 Livres. 



As for Example. 



12 



144 



7200 

 144 



21600 livres. 



To know the price of imperfect: Diamonds, you muft obferve the fame rule, 

 grounded upon the price of a Stone of one Carat. 



You have a Diamond of fifteen Carats (hewn ye, neither of a good water, nor 

 good form, and full of fpecks and flaws befides : fuch a Diamond cannot be worth 

 above 60, or 80, or 100 Livres at molt, according to the goodnefs of the Stone. 

 Multiply therefore the weight of the Diamond of 1 j Carats by 1 j : then multi- 

 ply the product, which is 12?, by the value of the Stone of one Carat, which we 

 will grant to be 80 Livres, the product whereof is 10000 Livres, the price of a 

 Diamond of ij Carats. 



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