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Ch. 8: The Famous Sanci Diamond

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THE SANCI.
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treasure-room of the Tower of London to the Garde Meable of Paris.
Now that the Sanci has been found and is so widely known it is to be hoped that it will be kept always in view. Diamonds and heads are often unaccountably lost in the seraglios of Asiatic princes, but we must only hope that oriental potentates are now sufficiently enlight­ened to understand that we, of the Western World, wish to be informed of everything that happens, whether it be the fall of a dynasty, or the sale of a diamond.
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