2 5 i MifcelUneA Curio/a, Vol. III. 



they have done Work, and then very pri- 

 vately, it being the general Endeavour to 

 conceal what they find , leaft it fhould 

 come to the Knowledge of the Governour 

 of the Places and he require a fhare, which 

 in the Kingdom of Golconda is ufually pra- 

 fticed, without refpeft to any agreement 

 made with them* 



The Miners, thofe that employ them, 

 and the Merchants that buy the Stones 

 of them , are generally Ethnkkj not a 

 Mujfetmariy that ever I heard of, followed the 

 Employment. Thefe Labourers and their 

 Employers are TelUnga's , commonly Na- 

 tives of or near the Place. The Mer- 

 chants are the Banians of Guz.z.arat^ who for 

 Ibme Generations have forfa ken their own 

 Country to take up the Trade, in which 

 they have had fuch Succefs, that 'tis now 

 folely engrofs'd by them who correlpond- 

 ing with their Country-men in Surrat^ Goa^ 

 Golconda^ V^ifiafore^ Agra and Dillee^ and 

 other Places in India^ furnilh them all with 

 Diamonds. 



The Governors of the Mines are alio 

 Idolaters: In the King of Golconda's Domi- 

 nions a Tellinga Brammee Rents moll: of 

 them , whofe agreement with the Adven- 

 turer is , that, all the Stones 

 * A Pagoda they find under a * Pagoda 

 weight u 9 Weight, aix to be their own ; 

 Mangelleen^. all of that Weight and above 



it to be his , for the lying's 

 Ufe: But although this Agreement be fign- 

 ed and fealed unto , he minds riot at all 

 the Performance thereof, but endeavours 



to 



