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River Succado»yWhGte^\t feems,the Auchor hath net been : Who^ 
obferveSjthat roundabout the place where Diamonds are found, 
the ground is fandy and rocky, much like tliac of FontaiMeai^ 
iwFrancei And that in thofe Rocks are many veins, fometimes 
half an inch broad,fometimcs an inchjthe Mine-men having little 
Iron-hooks, with which they fetch cue the Diamantin-oar r 
Which velns,^^ faiih^do not al waies run ftreight, but are fome* 
times afcending/omerimes defcending. The Oar they waCh two 
or three times, and in it feekthe treafure. As to the flaws, often 
found in Diamonds,/5F^/^/VA,that they proceed from hence, that 
the Mine-men do often ftrikefuch, forcible ftrokes with a great 
lron-cT<Jw>fh2ii that ftuns the Diamond and fo flaws itiTo know 
the value of Diamonds^if they be good every way, our Author 
gives this Rule : That if a good Diamond weigh one r^r^/, 'tis 
worth f 50 French livres ^ and then to know,how much a good 
ftonefe?^ jof 1 2 enrAts 'is wonh,you are to multiply 12 in it felf^ 
which makes 144 5 which produft is to be multiplied by 150 
(the price of one of a fingle carat^y which will make 2160© 
fuch//^?r^/, the price of a Diamond of 12 carats. But if the 
Diamond be not perfeO^jhen you are to allow but Bolivres for 
a crrap ; and if fuch a kind of Diamond (hould weigh 1 5 carats^ 
thenmu'tiply f$ in itfelf, is 225, and this into 80, makes 
20000 hvrcs^ the value of that Diamond. According to which 
rule, the Diamond of the G,M(?gi)/ (weighing 279,|r^rii^^, being s 
perfefl,and having been handled by our Author) will amount 
to 1 1723278 French livres. If it weighed but juft 279 carats^ 
it would be worth only r 1 6767 50 Uvres \ the odd ,| coming to 
47 r 28 Uvres in fuch a Stone,as the Author computes it, 
1 1. That Rubies,Topa2es,Saphirs,Hyacinthsand Amethifts^ 
are found in the kingdomof JBegn^ in Mount Capellan ; and alfo 
that feme of theni are found in a River in thelfland of Cejlcn. . 
Concerning the rate of Rubus in particular, ht faithy thdX when 
any of them exceeds 6 ratu (a ratis being ipf zcarat^ and is 
perfefl, they fell them at what price they pleafe. 
1 2, That Turkoifes 2LXt no where found but io Perfm , w>here 
he faith there are two Mines of them^the one called tht OIdroci^ 
UG2Lr Nichabourg^ three days journey from M^^^^^ji ; the other, 
the iViw rock, five days journey from the former ;and that thofe 
cf thejatter Mine, being.of a faint and whitifli blew, are but 
littl<?efteem'd, 
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