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Rimmington, Col., of Rimmington Scouts,
cannot stand civilization, 305, ii. Roberts, Lord, message sent to, 309, ii; his
message re relief, 309, ii; reception of,
311, ii. Robertson, Capt,, goes out under flag of
truce, 282, ii. Robeson, A. M., invents automatic ore feeder,
10, ii. Robinson, J. B., goes to the gold fields,
216, ii; buys a farm, 217, ii; invests in
mining properties, 218, ii. Rodg :r, Major, commands diamond fields
horse,
252, ii; in first encounter, 266, ii. Rogers, Arthur W., on volcanic
pipes, 328, ii. Rokh, Shah, was blinded to extort the Koh-i-nur, 27, i.
Rolleston, Capt., leads party to diamond
fields, 125, i. Roscoe, Sir H. E., experiments of, 327, ii. Rose, Gustav, finds diamonds in Russia, 145,
i; re formation
of the diamond, 141, ii. Rothschild, Lord, meets Rhodes, 287, i. Ruby
found in Ceylon, 12, i. Rudd, C. D., joins claim in De Beers with
Rhodes, 279, i; visits Lobengula, 219, ii. Runchman, claim holder, De Beers mine,
279, i.
Sapusa, chief of the Swazis, puts Dingaan to
death, 108-109, i Schermbrucker, Col., connection with the
Indwe Company, 237, ii. Schlechter, Henry, on East Africa, 38, i;
views of, 74, i. Schuyver, Serg. Izaak, leads forlorn hope
party into the interior, 67, i. Scott, Col. R. G., V. C, commands " Scott's
Railway Guards," 266, ii. Sebastian, King, fell in battle with the
Moors, 58, i. Seymour, Louis I., designs winding engine,
332, i: designs pumping plant, 336-337,
i, 316-318, ii. Shackleton, Capt-, captures Boer camp, 281 ,ii. Sharpe, Alfred, explores country north of the
Zambesi,
230, ii. Sheba, queen of, see Queen of Sheba. Shuja, Shah, seeks refuge
with the Koh-i-nur, 1, i; yields the Koh-i-nur after
being blinded, 27, i.
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Sindbad the sailor finds diamonds, 9, i.
Singh, Dhulip, possesses the Koh-i-nur, 28, i.
Singh, Runjeet, "The Lion of Punjaub, I, i; obtains possession of the Koh-i-nur, 27, i.
Smartt, Dr., accompanies Rhodes to Kim-berley before siege, 246, ii; assists in organizing siege soup kitchen, 260, ii
Smith, Sir Harry, Governor of Cape Colony, 110, i.
Smith, Hamilton, assists in purchase of French Company, 287, i.
Solomon, King, Queen of Sheba overcome
by. 35- ii Somerset, Lord Charles, first governor of
the Cape Colony after cession, 87, i;
effort to promote the growth of the
colony, 89, i. Somerset, Lieut. Col., puts Amangwane to
flight, 97, i. Southey, Richard (afterward Sir Richard),
first diamond sent to, 121 ; Lieut. Gov.
of Griqualand West, 181, i. Stel, Simon van der, leads expedition into
the interior, 68-69, '; was fitly rewarded,
appointed the first governor of the Cape
Colony, 70, i ; takes great interest in
botanic garden, 77, i ; fails to develop
mines, 84, i. Stelzner, Dr. A. \Y., determines the rock
melaphyre as olivine diabase, 121, ii;
determines the blue ground, 123, ii;
blue ground is of volcanic origin, 126, ii;
opinion on the formation of the diamond,
137. ii-
Stent, Sydney, planned the village Kenil-worth, 111, ii.
Stow,
F. S. P., claim holder, De Beers mine, 279, i ; assists in formation of
De Beers Consolidated Mines Limited, 299, i ; life governor of,
299-300, i.
Streeter, Edwin \\\, on sapphires, 13, i ; earliest reference to the diamond, 14, i ; 187, ii.
Struben, Fred, discovers gold near JohannesÂburg, 214, ii.
Struben,
H. \Y., purchases farms on Wit-watersrand, 214, ii; spends large sums
of money prospecting, 215, ii; an emÂploye, Walker, discovers gold,
216, ii.
Symbaoe, the, of De Barros, 53, i.
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