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Ch. 6: Braganza or Regent of Portugal Diamond

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THE BRAGANZA.
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World. Consequently its history does not reach back into those misty past ages whither we went groping after the Orloff and the Koh-i-nur. The Braganza is a diamond of yesterday, hence the account of its finding is clear, minute and accu­rate.
Here it is. The speaker is Joseph Mawe, a geologist, merchant and traveler who visited Brazil in the first decade of this century and whose book on the countries which he saw is our best authority on that part of South America.
" A few leagues to the north of the Rio Prata is a rivulet named Abaite, celebrated for having produced the largest diamond in the Prince's possession, which was found about twelve years ago (namely 1797). It may be allowed me in this place to relate the particulars as they were detailed to me during my stay at Tejuco. Three intelligent men having been found guilty of high crimes were banished Into the interior, and ordered not to ap­proach any of the capital towns or to remain in civilized society on pain of perpetual imprisonment. Driven by this hard sentence into the most unfrequented part of the country, they endeavored to explore new mines or new
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