earth 
s'n ' 
Current flowing quite clear, the largest stones. 
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I ,,^ DIAMOND MlNtS.' 
particles having been washed 
i, Vi,\‘^atter • ■ - "> - 
raked up to the end 
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away, the 
of the trouah. 
\^ole ^ and afterwards those of an inferior size i 
S’^amined with great care for diamonds, 
h;5? one, he immediately stands upright,. 
Sr extends them, holding the 
Stv.^eivp„ forefinger and the thumb. An 
S L ''es't f 'Oio imgei auu me mumo. au over- 
' Cpi t deposits it in a bowl, snspendedl 
Vj ''®ssgi *'? stracture, and half filled with water, 
^t/® deiw- ’■*'6 diamonds found in the course of th& 
'Jeliv**^'^’ close of the work are taken 
principal overseer, who, after they 
PUr 
Wp' I principal overseer, wno, alter tney 
pushed, registers the particulars in a book kept. 
Sev° tor.unate as to hmi a diamond ot tti 
Sc ''kes carats and a half, the following cere 
®o for.unate as to find a diamond of the 
'■ tj,. ^UlaA ’ — 
,S li' '®d in ■ o® crowned with a wreath of flowers. 
i.» 
'li III n. '-JOWIU-U vviiii a wicaiii ui iiuwcis,. 
j fi'ep(^|^™°^c®ssion to the administrator, who givesi 
t|j. Preset® Pn.viog his owner for it. He alsiT re- 
Q\yjj of new clothes, and is permitted to work 
y are h’or smaller stones proportionate 
pt'l) .'lie while many precautions are taken to. 
c?’'ik'^®W from stealing the diamonds, with. 
' pfg^^ ^“'0 frequently changed by the overseers,. 
I in the corners. 
hcugj ®'oiis gems should be concealed in 
Ijg .'''Vhen a negro is susjiected of swallowing, 
lii ti'^ken t ^ confined in a solitary apart 
h'H ti*^*'e”u ti! confined in 
Vstw, 
solitary apartment, and 
gem to light. 
a IWy 1 THE KINGDOM OF GOI.COND..\,. 
" IQ ha and sixty miles along the bay of 
■qlHy ,'A'st d breadth of two hundred miles fr 
ilie 'I- hi Di.^MoND MINES. They 
from. 
are- 
'ih''’sd**'^'''®ct ' 'f rocky hills and mountains, 
"■’sir dtp, Couiltrv. and in the whnl. 
g^^P.Posec 
r'lii,. 111 !,,. fraud scattered in the earth, within two 01 
the whole of whirh 
several of th«j. 
of f] ' 
'^li .1 frbst-— ^^.^^'kace, and in others are met with in 
eWiVA 111 Vi>lAll„ia fclio iiAV^L VVAi-l* 
''-iH 'ky j frp. 'h.e body of the rocks, forty or fifty 
V '^'^k hiboui'ers having dug five or six feet 
^ 'V, > iiolten tt,A .... 11..'’ 1 mi m... 
•'ll, 'he stone by fire,. and proceed till they 
ich often runs tM'o or three furlongs under 
