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Abel, Sir Frederic Augustus, statistics of, 44, ii.
Alderson (Dunsmure and Alderson), 279, i.
Alexander the Great, conquests of, 21, i; seal of, 171, ii.
Ali Ηafed, searching for diamonds, 115-116,1.
Almeida, Francisco d', first Portuguese viceroy, 47, i.
Anjou, Duke of, diamonds of, 187, ii.
Arnold, Sir Edward, writing to The London Daily Telegraph, 246, ii.
Arsinoe, wife of Ptolemy Philadelphus, 21, i.
Ashe, Dr., services rendered by, 282, ii.
Atherstone,
Dr. W. Guybon, identifies the first South African diamond, 120, 121, i;
predicts the existence of diamond-bearing deposits, 122, i; theory of
formation of the diamond, 127-131, ii.
Baber, Sultan, Great Moguls enthroned by,
25, i
Baines, Thomas, expedition of, 183, i; 212, ii.
Baird, Maj. Gen., retakes Cape Town, 86, i.
Barkly, Sir Henry, Governor of Cape Colony, 180-181, i.
Barnato, Henry, arrives on the fields, 268, i, engages in business, 270, i.
Barnato,
Barney, or Barnett Isaacs, reaches Kimberley, 268-269, '! starts
business, 270, i; amalgamation of the mines, 280, i; speculator and
investor, 281, i; accepts Rhodes's offer and sells Central shares for
De Beers, which gives De Beers control, 293-294, i; praises Rhodes,
296, i; joined in forming De Beers Consolidated Mines, Limited, 299, i;
life governor, 300, i; his estimate of production of diamonds from 1873
to 1880, 305, i; refers to the fire in De Beers mine, July 11, 1888,
37, 39, ii; tragic death, 296, i.
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Baring-Gould, Francis, chairman of Central Company, 289, i.
Baring-Gould and Atkins, the fusion of claims, 290, i.
Baring-Gould, Price and Tracy, 290, i.
Barreto, F'rancisco, quotation from, II, i; received by native chief, 55, i.
Barros, Joano de, describes ancient Ophir Land, 50-53, i.
Baxter, claim holder, De Beers mine, 279, i.
Bedford, Duke of, has engraved diamond, 170, ii.
Beit,
Alfred, reaches the diamond fields, 289, i; joins the firm of Jules
Porges and Company, 290,1; Wernher, Beit and Company, 290, i;
cooperates with Rhodes, 293-296, i; life governor of De Beers, 300, i;
connection with the gold fields, 216, ii.
Benomotapa, 54, i.
Bent, J. Theodore, ruins in Mashonaland, 72, i.
Bergh, Ensign Orlaf, explores Olifants River country, 67, i.
Berquem,
Louis de, diamond cutter, 24, i; natives of Bruges, 173, ii; as a
scientist, 174, ii; his art in cutting diamonds, 178, 11,182-184,11; as
a lapidary, 187, ii; the father of the art of cutting, 188, ii.
Bonney,
Prof. T. G., on the formation of the diamond, 148-149, ii; on the
occurrence of diamonds in Brazil, 150, ii; in Barkly District, 327, ii.
Borgeo, Hortensio, cuts Koh-i-nur, 186, ii.
Botha, Commandant, killed in a fight, 272, ii.
Bowen, Capt., wounded, 276, ii.
Boyes,
Lorenzo, receives the first South African diamond from John O'Reilly
and sends it to Dr. Atherstone, 120, i; goes to Hopetown seeking more
diamonds, 121, i; makes second trip to the Orange River, 122, i.
Brand, Pres., Orange Free State, 178, i.
Brand, Thomas, rescues natives, 40, ii.
Brown, John, rescues natives, 40, ii.
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