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der the name of the Koh-i-nur ( Mountain of Light)
it played an important part in the Exhibition of 1851," etc., etc. Now
harken to Mr. Streeter writing in 1882 : " If this description
(Taver-nier's) be compared with the models both of the Koh-i-nur and of
the Great Mogul itself in our possession, all doubts will be at once
removed as to the essentially different character of the two
crystals." Again: "The two differ absolutely in their origin, history,
size and form!" The Mr. Streeter of 1882 is wisely ignorant of the
lucubrations of the Mr. Streeter of 1877.
Unable
to offer the slightest hint as to the fate of the Great Mogul we can
only hope that some future day may reveal it, and until then we must
put up with our ignorance as best we may. It came and went in a flash
of glory, the Meteor of Diamonds.
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