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Beazil, It weighs fourteen Mangel ins, or feventeen Carats and a half } a Vifa- 

 pur Mangelin being but five Grains, ft coft the King 14200 new Pagods or 

 745- jo Livres. 



Numb, j. 



Is the Figure of a Ruby that a Banian fhew'd me at Banarous ; it weighs 

 5-8 Rati's, or jo Carats and "3 quarters j being of the fecond rank in beauty. In 

 (hape it is like a* Plump Almond, bor'd through at the end. I offerM 40000 

 Roupies, or 60000 Livres for it 5 but the Merchant demanded yy 000 Roupies. 



Numb. 6. 



Is the Figure of a great Topaz belonging to the Great Mogul; nor did I 

 fee him wear any other but that, all the while I was in India. This Topaz 

 weighs 181 Rati's and half a quarter, or 15-7 Carats and three quarters. It 

 was bought at Goa for the Great Mogul, and edit 18 1000 Roupies or 271900 

 Livres of our Money. J 



Numb, 7, 8, 9. 

 Are the Figures of three feveral Rubies belonging to the King of Franc*: 



Numb. 1. 



Is the Figure of a Eearl which the King of Perfia bought at the Fifhery of 

 Cat if a m Arabia. It colt him 32000 Tomans, or 1400000 Livres of our Money, 

 at forty-fix Livres and fix Deneers to a Toman. It is the faireft and moft per- 

 fect Pearl that ever- was yet found to this iiour, having no defect. 



Numb. 2. 



Is the Figure of the biggeft Pearl that ever I (aw in the Court of the Great 

 Mogul. It hangs about the artificial Peacocks neck that adorns his great Throne, 



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m Numb. 3. 



Is the Figure of a Pearl that I fold to Cha-Efi-Kan ; the Water is fome- 

 what faint, but it is the biggeft Pearl that was ever carried out of Europe into 

 Afia. * 



Numb. 4. . , 



Is a gfeat perfect Pearl, as well for4ts Water asXor its form, wjueh is life* 

 an OJive. It is in themidft of a Chain of Emraulds and Rubies, which the Great 

 Mogul wears } which being put on , the Pearl dangles at the Tower part of 

 his Breaft. r 



Numk f. 



Is a Pearl perfectly round, the biggeft I ever faw, and belongs to the Great 

 Mogul. The like could never be found 3 for which reafon the Great Mogul hyp 

 it up very charily, and never ufes it. For if it could be match'd, both would 

 make a Pair of Pendants for the Ears, fct between Rubies or Emraulds, accor- 

 ding to the cuftom of the Country 5 there being no perfon of any quality that 

 does not wear a Pearl between two colour'd Stones in his Ear. 



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