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call'd the Gany, about feven days journey from Golconda 5 
found out 100 years fince. They dig here not above 14 
feet deep. Sometimes above fixty thoufand Men, Women 
and Children at work. It affords the largeft Diamonds, but 
not clear: one fometimes above 40 Carats,i.e. t d of an ounce. 
And there was one here found which weighed 5? 00 Carats 
( i. e. i vi i ffi ) A Third, that of Govel, a River in the King- 
dom of Bengala. The Diamonds are found in the fand of 
the River, for the fpace of 50 Leagues. From hence 
come thofe fair pointed Stones called Natural Points : but 
not great. The Fourth, that of Succadan, a River in Bor- 
neo. But there are none come from thence but by Health. 
How the bidians "prove, work, and fell their Stones, with 
c^)ind.Tav. other particulars, fee mTavemere. (a) 
i2, i3, C i4, ' Rough Diamonds are often naturally figur d into Trian- 
1 5- gular Plains : a mark to know a right one by, (b) as well as 
OfGew° yk hardnefs. Many alfo of the beft are pointed with fix An- 
p. 1 1- gles 3 fome, with eight 3 and fome Tabulated, or Plain, and 
Lae/LdeG. Square. (Y) Diamonds receive no hurt, but are rather mend- 
&Lap. cd, by the fire, (d) Some, faith Garcias, (e) being rubU, 
n &Tg dC Wj M ta ^ e L1 P ft raws > as Amber and other Electrical Bodies. 
(c) Lib. 1. And Mr. Boy I (f ) fpeaks of one of his, which with a little 
(fj^OfGems* ^ n ^ on attracts vigoroufly. Of another, (g) which by 
p. 1 op. ' water made a little more than luke-warm, he could bring 
Cg)ib.p.n2 to fhine in the dark. 
'Tis the property of ajl true Diamonds, To unite the Foyle 
(b) Boet. de clofcly and equally to it felf, (h) and thereby better augment 
Oi its luftre, than any other Gem. That .which is called the 
Foyle, is a mixture of Maftick. and burnt Ivory : The latter, 
being one of the blacken 1 of colours 3 ufed by Painters for 
Velvet, the Pupil of the Eye, dec. 
The Water of thofe which are drawn,not from the Rock, 
but the Ground, commonly partakes of the colour of that 
0) Mr. Bo y i 7 Soil or Ground : (/) and fome are found as yellow as a 
(Uib-p-35. Between the Grain and the Vein of a Diamond, there is 
this difference, That the former furthers 3 the latter, being 
fo infuperably hard, hinders the fplitting of it. Although 
it feems, that a Vein, fometimes is nothing elfe, but a 
Crofs-Gram. Our European Jewelers, when they fplit one, 
they take a very fmall iron Wyre, and having daubed it 
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