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break in pieces, and frequentl> find Diamonds enclofed in them. 
To work on thefe Mines is very expenfive. but the advantage is 
commonly anfwerable; yet in refpeftof the certain disbuife^ 
that muft be before any thing be found , they are not fo much 
frequented as others, where they may cry their foi ttices with a 
fmailer ftock. The Earth they dig ouc is red : Many iarge Stones 
are found here • the fmalleft about 6 in a m^^gelleen. They are 
mixc waters, but the greatefl part good, only of ill- favoured 
ftapes,many cragged pieces ot ftones, feme as if they had been 
parts of very great ones, others \^dth pieces broken off them - 
yet I never heard of any that found two feeming feliows, al- 
though they do thofe that look as if they bad beennewly broken* 
In Langumboot they dig as they do diiWazzergerree and Mun- 
mmurg \ the Rock is not altogether fo folidj but the Earth and 
Stones it produces much alike* 
Wootoor fliould have been placed next to Currure^xtly'mg near 
it, and affording Stones of a like magnitude, ftapes and waters 9 
'tis employed only to the Kings ufe : And fingular,in that its Dia* 
monds are found in black Earth. 
far exceeds all the reft for Diamonds of a de- 
licate (hape,wacer,and bright tranfparent skin^proudjasit were^ 
in difcovering their inward beautieSjWith which no other Mine 
can compare; yet ithasalfo (lore of Veiny ones, but ihofe like- 
wife of (0 cwiousfliape and water,thac its diiBcult todifcover 
them from the good,efpecially the fmall ones. It produces Stones 
of divers magnitudes, from 10 and 1 2 in a mmgelken^ to 6 or 7 
mgelleens each;jand befides,fome great ones.TheEarth is red^buc 
it*s feared in the WoodSjand the water fo bad,that to all(excepc 
the people bred there)it prefently occafionsFeavers & deftroys 
abundance^inforouch that moft of the A^dventurers have forfaken 
it; Qotwithftandlng which it hath been more profitable than 
any of the reft^theVein frequently lying near the fuperficies of the 
Earth, feldom running deep, and is better furniflit than any other 
yet difcover'd. The Kivtx K^na, of excellent waters , is but 
9 milesdiftant; but the Minersor Merchants are either poor 
that they cannot, or elfe over awed by the Governour , pretend 
to be and dare not be at the charges of fetching their water from 
thence. Divers are of the opinion, that, befides the Water, the 
Town lying in a bottom, environed with Hills and Morafsad- 
joyning, the Air may be infeded, and contribute to its unhealth- 
fulnefb. 6 D Mel^ 
