'Collections of travels through Turky into Persia, and the East Indies. Giving an account of the present state of those countries, as also a full relation of the five years wars, between Aureng-Zebe and his brothers in their father's life time, about the succession. And a voyage made by the Great Mogul (Aureng-Zebe) with his Army from Dehli to Lahor, from Lahor to Bember, and from thence to the Kingdom of Kachemire, by the Mogols, call'd, the Paradise of the Indies. Together with a relation of the Kingdom of Japan and Tunkin, and of their particular manners and trade. To which is added a new description of the Grand Seignior's Seraglio, and also of all the Kingdoms that encompass the Euxine and Caspian Seas, being the travels of Monsieur TavernierBernier, and other great men.' [‎143] (462/1024)

Book II. Travels in India.
The Example.
*5
1 5
75
1 5
1 2 5
80
10000
livres.
By that it is eafie to difcover the difference between a perfed and an imperfed
Stone. For if that Stone of 15 Carats were perfect, the fecond multiplication
told be wrought by 150, which is the price ofa perfect Stone of one Carat: and
then the Diamond would come not to 10000 Livres, but to 33750 Livres that is
23750 Livres more than an imperfect Diamond of the fame weight.
By this rule obferire the price of two the greateft Diamonds of the World for
. , ones, the one in Afia^ belonging to the Great Mogul 1 the other in Europe*
in the pofTeffion of the Duke of Tufcany. 6 ^
The Great Mogul's Diamond weighs 279 and 9 16th Carats. It is ofa perfect
good water, ofa good fhape, with only a little flaw in the edg. of the cutting be
low, which goes round about the Stone. Without that flaw,the firfl Carat were
worth 160 Livres,but for that reafon I reckon it not at above 150; and foby the
rule it comes to 11723278 Livres,14 Sous,and three Liards. Did the Diamond
weigh no more than 279 Carats, it would not be worth above 11575150 Livres
fo that the nine i6ths comes to 47128 Livres, 14 Sous, and three Liards.
1 he Great Duke of Tufcmfs Diamond weighs 139 Carats, clean and well-
inapd cut m facets every way: but in regard the water enclines fomewhat to-
ward the colour of Citron, ! do not value the firft Carat above 135 Livres; fo
that by the rule the Diamond ought to be worth 2508335 Livres.
by the Miners is call d /W, which the Turks* Per pans and Arabians
call Almds.
C H A P. XVI.
Of Colour'd Stones, and the? laces where they are found.
jTBere are but two places in all the Eall where Colour’d-Stones are found
. vvl thin the Kingdom of/-Vgv^and the Ifland of CeyUn. The firft is a Mourn
am twelve days journey, or there-abouts, from Siren, toward the North-eaft ;
A p a r m . e whereof is Capelan, In this Mine are found great quantities of Rubies
cintif a 6 S, t °o Mot; hers of Rubies, yellow Topazes, blew and white Saphirsja-
whiVn 5 ^thyfts, and other Stones of different colours. Among thefe Stones
whirh har , d > ^ nd othe f Stones of various colours, that are very foft,
Caii language of the Country, but are of little or no
p 0 ^ J. 6 Ilame of the City w r here the King of Pegu reiides; and is the
Bark-c ^ s .kingdom. From Ava to Siren you go by water in great flat-bottom’d-
Wond^l 1Ch c n 3 J T °y a § e da y s - There is no going by land,by reafon the
trevs in A v*/ ol: Lions, Tigers, and Elephants. * It is one of the poorefl Coun-
Venue W r orlc b where there is no Commodity but Rubies; the whole Re-
all thp ^ ere0 \- amounts not t0 a bove a hunder’d-thoufand Crowns. Among
tones that are there found, you fhall hardly fee one of three or four Ca-
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