HISTORICAL AND REMARKABLE DIAMONDS. 2tf
says this writer, that the Star of the South, and the English
Dresden were both found near the same place in Brazil, about
the same time ; both were sent to Amsterdam to be cut by the
same jewellers ; both were forwarded to the same agency in
India, and both were purchased by the same prince.
The Cumberland, of thirty-two carats, was bought by the
City of London, for fifty thousand dollars, and presented to
the Duke of Cumberland, after his victory at the battle of
Culloden, in 1746. It is said to have been returned to the
crown of Holland, by the Queen of Great Britain, in consequence of claims advanced by the House of Hanover.
Star of the South. —This is a Brazilian gem, discovered in
1853, and thought by some to have belonged to a group of
diamonds, a supposition which has been questioned from the
fact that these crystals are usually found isolated, though
occasionally they occur in géodes. This diamond exhibits a
rose color of a slightly yellowish tint, with a remarkable play of
prismatic hues, and ranks among the largest extant ; the
original weight, two hundred and fifty-four and one-half carats,
was reduced to one hundred and twenty-five by cutting. It
was bought in Paris and exhibited in London in 1862, and at
the French Exposition of 1867, where it attracted general
attention. After travelling to India and back to Paris, it was
finally returned to the East, and was purchased by the
Mahratta ruler of Baroda, for four hundred thousand dollars.
Emanuel says it belongs to Mr. Costar, of Amsterdam, while
Burton has assigned it to the Pasha of Egypt.
The Cliapada, another Brazilian diamond, discovered in 1851,
weighs eighty-seven ond one-half carats.
The Star of Sarawak, of sixty-eight carats, and the first
water, and the Bantam, thirty-six carats, were both found in
Borneo ; the latter, owned by the King of Bantam, and priced
