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call'd the Gany, about feven days journey from Golconda 3 
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. % d of an ounce. 
And there was one here found which weighed $00 Carats 
( i. e. l vi ) ff- ) A Third, that of Govel, a River in the King- 
dom of Bengala. The Diamonds are found in the fand of 
the River, for the fpace of 50 Leagues. From hence 
come thofe fair pointed Stones called Natural Points : but 
not great. The Fourth, that of Succadan, a River in Bor- 
neo. But there are none come from thence but by (lealth. 
How the Indians prove, work, and fell their Stones, with 
o*) ind.Tav. other particulars, fee inTavemere. (a) 
i2, 13 14, ' Rough Diamonds are often naturally figur d into Trian- 
1 5- gular Plains : a mark to know a right one by, (b) as well as 
OfGms, 0ye hardnefs. Many alfo of the belt are pointed with fix An- 
p. 11. gles 3 fome, with eight 3 and fome Tabulated, or Plain, and 
LaeR^G. ^°i Liare - M Diamonds receive no hurt, but are rather mend- 
er Lap. cd, by the fire, (d) Some, faith Garcias, (<?) being rub'd, 
u ^G dC ta ^e up ftraws, as Amber and other Electrical Bodies. 
(e) Lib. 1. And Mr. Boy I (/ ) fpeaks of one of his, which with a little 
rV 4 o fri&ion attracts vigorously. Of another, (g) which by 
p. 1 op. ' * water made a little more than luke-warm, he could bring 
Cg)ih.p.n2^ to fame in the dark. 
'Tis the property of all true Diamonds, To unite the Foyle 
(h) Boet. de clofely and equally to it felf, (/;) and thereby better augment 
g. its lullre, than any other Gem. That which is called the 
Foyle, is a mixture of Maftick and burnt Ivory : The latter, 
being one of the blackeft of colours 3 ufed by Painters for 
Velvet, the Pupil of the Eye, ckc. 
The Water of thofe which are drawn,not from the Rock, 
but the Ground, commonly partakes of the colour of that 
(0 Mr. Boyi t Soil or Ground : (/) and fome are found as yellow as a 
ropa$ (4) . . 
f/Oib.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-Grain. Our European Jewelers, when they fplit one, 
they take a very fmall iron Wyre, and having daubed it 
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