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In Langumboot they dig as they do at WaTL-- 

 zergerree^and Mmmmurg-^ the Rock is not 

 altogether fo fblid, but the Earth and Stones 

 it produces much alike. 



Wootoor fhould have been placed next to 

 Currure^ it lying near it, and affording Stones 

 of a like magnitude, fhapes and waters 'tis 

 employed only to the Kings ufe : And Angu- 

 lar, in that its Diamonds are found in black 

 Earth. 



Muddemurg far exceeds all the reft for Di- 

 amonds of a delicate Shape, Water, and 

 bright tranfparent Skin, Proud, as it were, 

 in difcovei'ing their inward Beauties, with 

 which no other Mine can compare ^ yet it 

 has alio ftore of Veiny ones, but thofe like- 

 wife of fo curious Shape and Water, that its 

 difficult to difcover them from the good, 

 efpecially the fmall ones. It produces Stones 

 of divers Magnitudes, from ten and twelve 

 in a Mangelleen^ to iix or feven Magelleens 

 each, and befides, fome great ones. The 

 Earth is Red, but its feated in the Woods, 

 and the Water fo bad, that to all (except 

 the People Bred there) it prefently occafions 

 Fevers and deftroys abundance, infomiich 

 that moft of the Adventurers have forfaken 

 it notwithftanding which it hath been more 

 profitable than any of the reft, the Vein fre- 

 quently lying near the fuperficies of the Earth, 

 feldom running deep, and is better forniftc 

 than any other yet difcoverM. The River 

 JGJJma^' of excellent waters, is but 9 Miles 

 diftant ; but the Minei's or Mcrehants are ei- 

 ther poor that they cannot, m' etfe over-awed 

 by the Governour, prer.end to he and dare not 



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