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A TREATISE ON GEMS. 

RAJA SOURIKDRO MOHUN TAGORE, Moa* Doa, 

CoznpRnLan of lho Ord^ür ot thú Indian Empln»: 

itsrionT cohhakokh of niff on^^eit op jjeuii um j 

C>r THE rUtST op THB OKDEEI op AliQEnT, RàX<?Kt : 

Alílí or THP MO&T KIA.LTE& OaPEU/OP WBlA^CJA JÇi^EPn^ AUSTltlA ; 
CaiVAMEB OP TSE HOVAL rORTUOUfeBS lIlLItAIlY OKDEn OP CHRIST t 
AWO QV THE BECOaO CX+AAS OP THE IMÍKJtíAL OB-DKB OF MEBJlDE^ tUREET f 

FBAKC Oa^ VALtEm or the ORDEH op THE K^tolltl op TH£ IIOLT eatiqdr 

OP MOÍÍT HEAL, jKJaUilALPU, lEHOOESp APU II ALTA I 

e:^£Out op tka oorkbí etau op baaaav^tIp ^iepaol ; 

OP THE DAOER OP BAHaBA-HÍ EUM ! 

ASD OP TEl PIBAT CLAÔÔ OP THE iMPl^HlAL OBUER OP THE ** PAOU ETÍfOj" 

OH PãlPClOUH BTAR ' CBIieA ; 

MBfanT OP II0NOB OP TliE OHHER op CA&ALLá»ílB HOeFirALABOE^ RPARf ; 
ClPAUEBE 0 ' 0 KDAE oP AHEOPlOO OB! DICCQATl Dí TtrTÍS LB itfAEÍOKJp LlTOl tO ; 
PâEI OOMMASDEE oP THE í>E’DEa OP THE WITITE CROfiE OP THI 
(jlDHáJilTARlAH ACAOEHT^ tRHIIoRN ! 

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or BlELiOrtiCA FOPUIAHIÉ ÇIBHJLAÍITr TIBÇEHEO MOXTI OI aC,P 1107E41^^Í J 
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MOMOIURT If EllBl:R OP TMR ROTAL ABIATtU iOCIETT, CETLOM f 
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Mínor G^ms 


Itfl properties 
Whore famid i m 
EbgravingíP, kc. 


MINOE GE MS, 
TüE AQtrAMAMSH- 


Tffl CimTSOFttAS£» 


Its propcrtica 
Where fonnd .»« 
Cuttíng and engravíng 
Ite príca and tie^ 


The Ojítíl 


k. 


«4 1 500 


... 516 

.»!■ |j 

lí 


517 
4 ^.. 518 

*'* Èí 

1.P tr 


Kflproperties 


910 

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Cuttiugi fitfiibing and engmvicg 


Ti 

T5e Odjx m kn^wn to thc ancienta 

■ m 

&£1 

Ita piico and tiaea 

«■* ■ 


MrtvõIIoiia and medicinal propertías 

»W* 


Thb Bj/>dd-Sto^'£. 

Its pinopertiffl 

*rm 

92£ 

TVhení found 


bZS 

Sogiavings and ita useg 

*** 


The BIood-stoDâ m kiiami to tlie oncients 


ii 

The Jadel 


■% 

Itã propertíea 


5£4 

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ii 


Its price and uica 
Medicina] pmperties 
Tfio MíKjha-stono 


Tite TounuAtiHB- 


lt« propertiee .«* ** *-* 

Where found **» 

Mede o£ cuttin^ 

Its prio* and iisea 

TJje CiüTLiidioii Stene ** *** 

The Yiolet íluby •** 


— ^ 

Page, 

fi 2 'i 
... ãâ5 
... w ; 

... 526 

• ” ir 

.. 627 

■i" li 
*, 6£8 


The Gcücíifl of Gema aceording to Parínag 
DivÍEioti of Diamends into eaates -#* 

Diatiüctíon of gender 


m 

&57 


The proccfls oE refiníng gema i * 

General properties o£ gema aeeotdíng to Sanacrit me- 


dícal ficience ». 





603 

PaitictiIaT properties of thc ILnby 


■* 



it 

Ii 

Peíirl 



Jí 

fj 

ti 

Ii 

Zlrcon 


« ¥ 

6G5 

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hHk i 

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li 

Ii 

Coral 

■ 1 1 

¥P»» 

II 

Ii 

Ii 

il 

Gkfflond 


¥ i 4 

607 

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f» 

IJ 

Sapphire 

■ -•fl ■ 

+ ■4 

JJ 

II 

ri 

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Xiapíã^iazqli 

■ Él * 

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Ii 

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JJ 

ii 

Eincrald 

+ 4- 1- 

■1 * 

550 

II 

JJ 

II 

Cftt^s-eye 

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■ ■ ■ 

m ■¥• 

11 

11 

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II 

ChandmkAnia 

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S71 

ii 

11 

II 

Ciystdl 

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l¥ ¥ 

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II 

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TifB VibwB or THE SaSSCJIIT AsTBOLOOEfiS OJf GeüB. 

TílC scaU ot tlic Grahas dotermined .. 

Ill-stíirs and hov to propitiato them by Itostowat 
ofgíms 

Wüat g«ms ibdiild bo wom to waid off evil osíral 
íoBaeiicefl 

What jewelM ornamento «liould be won ht tbc abovè 


S 7 £ 


parpesê 




TllC of klílg® joterminnj ^ 

Tlie tbrones of kingg detínniiicd 
lotus throna 

Fm. *’ 

Tíie conch thrane 

♦í» VII fc* 

Tbc clepbAnt tbraao 
The stvnn ihran^ 

'■‘W 

The liou íbrooe p^. 

The beeüe throue 

The deer throno 

The horse tlirene .pp 

The regai chowries ,,, 

The rega] mnbrcilafl 

The effeet of aetting pnre Diamonds cm ths frua to of 
tliB Paloces of Kings 
The Vring^ra oBccrtoíncd 
The pattüig of gema aa the gTonnd inteidíotod 
The Fortune «ttonâmg bestowal of gema for merit 

do. the wearing of gemmeO oma- 

“ento 

The fortunea impUed bp dreams of geme 

The cffect of seeiag geme ou the eve of a joufney 

The Roeaiy deUmnined ... ,,, 

The effeet of wearmg Rudr^kehae with geme 




577 


577 

573 

551 

5 sa 

5S5 

687 

589 

tr 

591 

598 


595 

3t 

599 

891 


11 

€08 
€05 
€07 

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IV 






TLe placing; of cookcd food ia suitable vcsfiela 

I -I <1 

rr 

The setttng of gems ín temples 

1 ■■ -I 

4S1I 

The effeet cl worâbipplúg Sakti ^Ith íl gênxracd reesel 


The wx^r^hip ot Lakãhiai with geiua 

^ VT 

613 

The fartane obtalned hy worsbippiag gcmmed 

images 


oE goddc63Cs 

p ■ ■■ 

í» 

The fortuue oeípLr^ hy worfibípping gemíadl 

iioag^a 


of SlTft 

* ■ i 

617 

The effect qP Ttfcrebipping Siva with gem& 

■- 11 

eer 

The 'srorflhip oE Siva hy Naadí i** 


6ãi 

The religieiia merit obtaiued hy woreliipplag KriãbDii 


wilkgems 

É ■ 

663 

TLe besLowal of tLo Kaipa tree *„ 

WWW 

646 

Do. do. gemmed <íOw 

WWW 

647 

Do. do, geiamod mountaÍD 

1 k k 

633 

Do. do* Vríbf moDntain 

mwM 

635 

Do. dó. Gumdhcnu 

4 1 1 

657 

The Vaíjfljantí Eoearj 

«fr P 

636 

HUtory of the Eanstava ,,, 

mr% 

11 

The Ãnecdótcof Chintáronui 

**í 

661 

Dop do. Chiüt^eiddLi 

4i* 

677 

The Cotiítóf Yadfaífithím 

WW 

763 

Do, do. lodnidj^tiiniia *,i 

p i 1 

709 

Deficripdon of Dwfrká * * 

P 1 4 

711 

Do, do, Ayodhfá 

•f PP 

719 

Do. dó. the cl^ of Eanaa 

èi 1 

721 

TLo City of the KtDg Chandm S^ekbarm .. 

«IP 

723 

The desciíptíon o£ the eity of Ahichchbatrá 

p p 

72$ 

The City of the YakEha Fm^-Tedra descíibed 


íncídcntally ,, 

** 

J1 

Pescriptton oí VailcuutJia 

* « 

729 

I, „ KaiUsa .. 

H4 

733 










C0NTEKT5* 


lr 


Description of thc city of the Nígas 

**i 


, 737 

M „ Tea^esj 

1 ItCiAf 

■ « 

741 

jf Rífia^aandala 

4*1 


743 

jí u RídWkí'B bQuse 

i»* 

■f i m 

747 

,t ij B]iiigiibatl'B ear 



74» 

» ,t tlie Rádliiká''? cBi 


P4 r 

763 

The cat of Chjabaaa ,,, 


■ -■'■ 

7Eb 

rr )t 4 certam nghteons men 

"1 

■ fr 

767 

Instnictiona of iHe Sogo Váfííjana to Satragíma 

i^Ü^i 

75ft 

Xwscnption of kiog Sumad^ i„ 



1 a 

lofffiraotioim íssued by Bburata oo 

tho tetíini 

of 


EioiachaiiLlra 



761 

Tb« eouB of kÍDg FuBtikalji to tbétr fatlicr 

1 « * 


Dosciíption of H^Dljicliaodfa'^í Agyntnwllu 

•1 4 lí 

733 

Corning of thp Him^ayá on lho ceremoBj of Pírrotí 

JJ' 

Bestowal of almâ by Ehagabatí at tbc 

r Upauajona of 


Kfifthna 

4 T-l 

■ 4 ■■ 

736 

Bcetowal of geaiB by Yasadera and 

BevaM for 

tlo 


welf&mof KrisUüa ,,, 

**• 

*** 

iJ* 

Ikffbwal of gcDfts by tbe gods on tlio 

occaaíoii of 

Uw 


bírtb of Gaaesa 

w * 


707 

Bestowal of geou oo Ganesa by tbo goda,.. 


771 

TLc ín^tallatioü of KárÜica 


*** 

775 

Tho birth of Voifibyáixdim (Fíre) 

i ■-» 

« ■ 

li 

i)e3CJÍptÍ0D of befmty 

4M- 

« vw 

779 

Bidhiká to Kri£b|ia 

*4#- 



The beaoty of KrÍBbrMi 

■ ■ * 

-«É 

7âl 

Deseiiption of Vámana 

**w 

•** 


Bcjiuty of Virajá „* 

Él 1 

f ** 

783 


Sacsed 

Ancícnt Aüd modero jcwdry ^ . 734 






















co;íTEííts. 


wz 



appendices. 

Tbe projKriÍM of preciona stonefi 

MoesJa •** •*' *** 

Enamdã .. ”* 

**• ■**'' 

Selliag prices of preoíoos stonea—past and píesent ■< 
Tho Iipperlíil State Crown of Englonil ... .<* 

Wedding ri«g8 >• ** *** 

Eiomonda and sbnui Diamoads • ■ 

Tbo Imperial State Crown o£ Fratice 
Copy o£ a list of gems üi the Eroncli rogalla, taten 
by comniand of Napolcon, in ISIO 
The peacock.thíOEO of Sbabjoban .■ *• 

Tbo Tsj Mchnl ... 


Poge. 

811 

325 

823 

831 

S36 

83S 

842 

343 

351 

353 

354 
335 


ViEws or Ababk? and PEsBris Wbiteeb OS Gehb 


Tbo fonnfltioti of Stonea 

ÉÉB 

... 

358 

Tne Dlauond. 

lí a piopertíesj variêties^ &0* 

•m 1 

... 

853 

Manrollotis and medicinal properties 

j it a 

P*l 

860 

BünT. 

(rt) Yaeata Tts vskrietiesy &c. 


... 

861 

Marvelloitó and medicinal virtuea 


♦ A* 

804 

(W Lol 


f » 

805 

ModioiiLal pTOperties 


ei i 

366 

Cat^e-ete. 

It» vftílctieej &e+ •** 


... 

867 

Mnrvellotia and medicinal pmpertica 

kA A 

— 

368 

Feael. 

Pearl i.. 

»■ k 

... 

809 

Marrcllons and mcdioínal propertios 


ei« 

871 






















COHÍESTS. 


COEAL. 


Its varíetics, Stc., &c. 

S74 

Marvellous and m^Nlicinol proporfics 

... 875 

Teb Euebjld, 


Its properiíi», vârtetioB, &c, 

... 870 

Maircllúus and medicíiml propcrties 

877 

ZcBL^llZCÍX>, 


Tts TuríctiM and prcspertiea *,* ^ 

880 

MorrelJouff and mcdicLiml virtu» 

■.. „ 

TffE TlJItCltlOtSE. 


l£s pwpcrtÍM, vorietíea, fee. 

«. 86j 

Marvcllotts and medicinal pwpeítiea 

... 88â 

Aoatb. 


Its TarietíeSj Scg. ,, 

... 834 

Afaj!V£'Jloiiâ and nctlicijial virtuas 

... 

BAfiUD. 


Buud ,,, ,,, 

$S7 

AfurvcIIons and medicinal propertiea 

... 88S 

Tlie pmceãg of hummg Bo^ud 

... S89 

Ta& Eshub* 


lÈi propcrtícsj Tarieties^ &c^ 

aao 

Marrellous and medicinal propertias 

... „ 

OmEB XtNM OF SimM, 


Huzrúl Abim^r (Liíál) 

... 893 

ij Ab-tfbi ■«■ mwm 

>í 

J| Asllfí «tii rmm 

-Kifc ii 

Ãsblkef i.. i** 

... 803 

„ Á£roga or Áfeodí ■ 

■** J.f 

ff AXreki 

... 894 

ff AnfgátCfl i,* 4** 

» »1 j| 

ff BírnlLC 4i« iifii 

ft 

















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C 03 ÍTEEÍT 3 . 




HuktíU Bíháú íTÍ ifi 

mW» 

S9ã 

,j Babir^ 

«'-■ m 

sgs 

Bamm i*. 

p if 

ft 

Bar if* *’■ 


if 

Bukw «. 


asT 

Itfl medicinal propertics it« 


sos 

Hüzrúl Bellrfor *»» 


890 

VlEW3 OT THB ModKRN HdÍüUstiíAFI JaUARÍ^ 


(JeWE1X£19^)« 


001 

The Sunga -*« 


Coaventional tenas nsed by the Jabaiis iu 

Talning 

035 

geiDfi and jevrelfl ■*■ 

■+» 

NepauIh 


* 

Napanl ' *** 

+ •■■ 

938 

Stmiu ÁiJD SiAU. 

Burma and Súuni«i «»■ 

*w* 

i» 

»■■ ■■-* *m* 

I-1 1 

930 

m*W *»'* ■■■'• 

#11 

910 

Jí^llí ■#■»■* «n tff 

■#» 

041 

Namea oi. tbe mne pradons gema i»» 

-1 li 

ff 

China A>nj Japàn* 

China and Japan»■ ■ *** «* - 

ilP 

dis 

Nanica g£ tbe nint» proebtis gems as knowa m Caiitím 

945 

AfGUANism&K. 

Afghanistíisn --- 

lí## 

045 

Esytt. 

Egypt 

4mm 

049 

Names of tbe nine príeinuâ gems 

*1 1 

955 

íTobth akd Soüth Amebica, 

North and South AmericH „ , 

mmM- 

055 

































ix 


A^*taktic;a Airo Poltuebia, 

Antártica And Pol/ncsín 

Pagt. 

956 

AufitraláaÍA 

Austílllabja» 

■í» ip« 

056 


IkfAlATAJSU* ' 

*** ^ ■ 4 » 

.. 057 

C^^lon 

CetlONa 

*** 144 fis 

... 067 


The Chemical Asai-tsu or Fbecio^b Stores. 


Bcryl í Emeiflld 

4 *» 

w *W 

064 

Calcídoiiy 

4vs mtm 


it 

KAmoiid 

â*m 

* av- 

066 

OArti«>t 

•** mrm 



I^pÍ0*lazaIf 

w 

w -m 

tJ 

OpiJ 

4<4 4ia 


066 

BerídoÊ : Chrjsolit^ 

»»s ■■« 

44 


Sapphxr^í Rtiííy í Oriental Topia 

m m 

IP 

Spínel and Balais 

*** «44 

t** 

067 

Topa* 

I4p *i I, 

m*» 

iP 

TnrqaoÍBO ... 

+■■ 44 4 

**»■ 

tt 

Zircon .« 

4PÍ 

«4* 

968 

Tsblc of weigbts and patteros of thc krgest Liiowa 


Biamonds md cther IVeoímur Sbnet ,,, 

4P4 

070 

Qcjiemt rejmrk^ apon the Um 

a «r 

974 

Table of tkô dfdjngnifibizig clianicterifilicfi of gem.9 

44* 

076 


Nomes of «tones íh different longtugcs ,. .. 

Precions «tones AnBHgeâ accorâing to tLoir colon 987 
Tha Biblíogropby of Prccioiu Stones ,,, ,,, ggg 

Bajfih BajoDdm Mulltclc’s CoUeotíon of Bougli Stones 1016 
Tbo Eiog of Strengtb ... ,,.1017 






























X 


CONTÍNTS. 




Syijonytn$ lot tJie ierm * 

* Jewer^ os ased íd tho Yedic 

Works 

»+* ■■ •■ 

... 

1018 

San&crrifc SynonpuB £or the tcrm " Jewd" 

É * 

tr 

SynoDyms for tho 

Dioidoiid^^ as naod ifl 

the 


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JJ 77 

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» 

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P.. 

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Jl l> 

"Topaz",.. 


11 

II II 

,, " Sappliífe" 

... 

1022 

The occult powefa of Gema and Preciotiâ Stones 

1 * 

1023 

List; of work^ consoltecl 

iki ••* 

... 

1034 

List of geotlemuii from whoin thc Auílior boa receired 


bclp itk eolleoLing tnaUfials for ibe Manimál^ 

1-14 

1035 

Conoludiog EÉcnorkâ 

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LIST OF ILLUSTIIATIOXS. 


Í> The Du(Ilí?y DioJnond 

fítftrentui lo pa^t. 

2* The Tmn Dínmoiid 

3. T!ie Diamond .., 

*- ■ 

174 

■i. TheOrkff.,, 

** 

171 

5* AusitinD Yellow BrillJont 

*■* 

178 

Tho Cumberlmod Diamond 


180 

?: Tlio Sítmy 

* * 

175 

Ô. The Hopc Bbe Diamond 


178 

G, Tluí Pokr Star «ü 


IHO 

lÒ* Dresden Green Brillfant 

*.* 


IL The Eugieiiiõ 


178 

1£. 'Kio EJoreutiiio Bríllíant ^âíde viêw),.* 


177 

13. The Brunãwzek Blm? Djaniio&d 


IfiS 

14, Hope Blue Diamond .i* . 

4 fe ■ 


15, Tho llopc BItio Diamond 

fa 1 * 

179 

W. Indiao Diamond 

1 i -i 

144 

17. Dkmoiid (CnjNí OetaJiodmn) 

* 1 ■ 

143 

18* Sfar of tijo South 

mim 

180 

39. DitÉo ditto *M 

■■ 1 


£0. Niis^no Diamond «. 

w4w 

173 

21. The Stewort Diomoiid .* 

mmA 

181 

££, Drop-shnjjed Brilíiant 

1 k 

lâi 

£3* TlioShfth .. 


173 

24. The Figoth Diamond *.# 

, ■ 

170 

25* Diamond Snnd .* *., 

m n 

143 

2G. The Koh-Unoor 


IGO 

27* Ditto 


fM 

28. Ditto 


rr 

29* The Begent or Pitt Diamond 

4 

17P 

30. The Koli-i-nocM? bcrore re-cutting *i. 

mvk 

107 























ILLUSTBATIOírS, 




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SI. 

The Begeat 

'■ ■ 

170 

S2. 

Cup úf the Ptúleiníes «» 

it * ii 


3S. 

Charter tbe BolJ^ir Diamond !■« 


176 

34. 

Diamond Mátrix 



35. 

Taverníer^s Bino Diamopd (Rongh).., 

*** 

163 

36. 

The Grand Mognl 4,* 

1- » 1 

168 

37. 

SÉar oí the Sontb , 


ISO 

3$. 

Capo Dinniond *- 

mm* 

140 

30. 

Brazílion Diamond -« 

f tÉ 

148 

40. 

Imperm! State Crovrii oí Epgland 

■ PB 

839 

♦1, 



n. 

Tho Anuidliolí , * 

«f* 

184 

43. 

The Baâgsi Tárá «.p 

PBÉ 

ti 

44. 

Tbâ Cbitrá **. 

'« 1 a 


45. 

Tho Tagore Brilliant 

■ ■ ■ 

184 

46. 

Tlia SuktiíTá 

a a 

tt 

47, 

The Mah^ráj^ Togom^B Rvhj i** 

aPB 

S5Q 

48. 

State Knntbií of Mahíríjá J* M, Tagore 

■ 1 p 

184 

40. 

Tbe Mah^rijd Tagoro ««i 




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TUMnU OH OMS. 


MINOR GEMS. 

Tbaiíslatios. 

L EiiCÍiaH, JPdrivadra (AquíiTuarine), Stcar- 
nâ/íffi (Ghrysopnwe), Vfpeila, I^álmka (Onyx), 
Gandhasasltffa, í^inda, Jifoííragha (Blood-stone). 

2. Fitu fJadíí), SM(tt Ganja {Mochii-stone), 
GandJiarva tTournialinei, 5ííAffn(íCiniiâ,tnon-stoníí), 
and NiMnffa (Violet-niby) are known as Vpct-raínas 
(Mlnot Gcms). 

3. A Etíchnka is yellow, green,^ red, or táwuy. 
It ia founcl on tlie bordera of KasUmere. Pdrivudra 
(aquamariae) is remàrfcably spotlcsa üko clear 
iratcr, green, very lustrous, and fiae, 

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Tbanslaiton’, 


4 The Swamdngi (Chíysoprasc), (say tlie autíio- 
ríties), is bluG, ^c«n, ot red, is spiendíd like unal- 
loyed gold, and bcautiruily freckled. 

5, Tbo Uípala is like tLe blue lotua, is beautifui, 
transparente and vcry bard. The PálanHa íOnji) 
is blacke green, streoked red or whitCe and biittle. 

6* A Ganáhasaahjfa is led dnsbed with Trbiíe, 
petfectly red, or whito dashcd witU red. It does not 
admit of a. good polísb. Tbe Pind»* is leddisb, 
pole-rcd or greea, and is remarkably batd. 


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A TR^IaS ON OEHS, 


610 


TfiAJÍSLATIOy, 

7. A blück, red-spoíteJ, hard and boflutiful 
gfcnt g06S by tbâ tiADic of JjfoiCyashit (J3looú-&tOD6.J 
A P/íii* (Jado) is smoke-eolored, white, or grcúã 
sbaded witU whit«, and Imrd, non-franspateQt> and 
siightly lusírous. 

8, A particular metal, or a gom colored like tbe 
mouse, ía called A geoi eolored like moss 

or onioi), and frecklcd like tho tnmk of a trco, is 
called a Ganja (Mocha^stoneJ. 


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TAAVajUATION. 

^ Oonáhafvti (TotunnaHne) íb white, gicâtt, or 
blue, and bright iike lightnínif. A reddisli or pale- 
gem go€3 by tbo name of SHhori (Cinnanion- 
stone); and a deep blue gem, dashed witb red, by 
thc namc of Nüánga (Violet>niby.) 


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MINOR GEMS. 


THE AQUAMARINE, 


Itâ I^rcperties. 

Aquomarine iu a varie ty of tlic Beijl; 
^ the grccn and blue speeimens beióg ealied 
by tbo forroer design ation ; tbe yeÜow oaes, by tbe 
lattcr. Tbe forme r again bas tbree Bub-diví- 
sions: (1) Aquamarine,“pure, light, sky-blue ; (2) 
Siberian Aquamaríne,—ligbt greenish-bluc, bright 
lustro and faintly colored ; (3) Aquatnarine Cbryso- 
—greeniih-yeilow, sometimes yellowish-grcen, 
Vidtli bright lustre. A palc-greonish varicty, called 
tbe Oriental Aquamariné, ia dístínguisbed from th o 
ordlnary kínd by ita superior biilliancyj bardncaa, 
and fipeciíic graviòy. 


If^here I^òund, 

Tnis atone was Ibrmetly obtained from tbe frou- 
tlcre of China; but rtow it comes moatly from 
Brazíl, ready cut, as also lh>m certain plaees ín \ 
Sibería, in the Ural and Altai mouutains. 

^ngravingSf ^c. 

Tbe Aqamarino has found favor with tbe Engliah 
on account of ita virtue of retaining its brülianco 

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A TltíATISE Oif OElfS. 


517 


ín artificial liglit. It is noir uscd in a varícty of 
ornamenta, An Aquamarine, LaTÍng íhe figuro 
of HoreuJes engravcá ún it, was in tlie posscasioii of 
Emperor Cominoaus. One, lopresenting Neptuno, 
dravrni by eoa-iinrsea, waa found in tbe í reasures of 
Odcscbalchi. Pliny mentíoned Ecí-yl aa " íbo gem 
green as tlia sea,” and lieuce, perbapa, its ntbcr 
name •' Aquiimarme." Boada of Aq.namarliie Iiavo 
bcen discovíírefJ in the Egyptian mummy-pits. 
More tlian 2,000 ycara ogo, thia stone waa uscd by 
tbe Grocka for lutaglioa. In tbe National Libraiy 
of Paris is to be seon an Aquaraarino npon wbich 
ís ongraved the head of Julía, tlie daugliter of 
Titus. Tbo tiara of Pope Julius II contained an 
Aquamarmo 2rV inches in lengtb and 2f in thick- 
ness. 


THE CHRYSOPfiASE. 

lís Properíies. 

Clirysopmso ia a variety of tho Quarts 
• and is composed of Silico 96'16, Oxide of 
Nickel 1'00, and línie 0'S3, Tt loses its color by 
the actinn of hcat and light, and also of timo, 
The solution of Nitrato of Nickol is said to ba ve 
the poTFcr of restoring its original color. It bas a 
ílat conchoidal fracture. 


























-—-^ 

jilD luvoA flBua. ' 


Wliere Fonnd. 

Thb Chiysoprase is foand in Silcsift, near Kose- 
mutz, Olasendort', and Baumgarton, near ^Frankens- 
tflín It is álso reportod to have been disooTcred 
íd St. Lawrence, United States. 


Cuiting and Mugraving^ 

Tms stone is gonerally cut, e» caíocAofi, at tiie 
bottonii and witb smult facets round the cdge of ibe 
uppcr sido. The lapídaries of Warmbrun are the 
principal outters and poliabere. fino specímens of 
Gamcos and Intaglios of the early Greek penod are 
still to bo fotmd. 


lu Friee and Vses. 

Tboüoii ihc CbrysopTaso is not ao much Hkcd now 
na in former days, it fotches a bctter value than any 
other Chalccdonic variety of the Quartz. Good 
apccimens liave beea known to realize from .£5 to 
£20. Tbe name Chrysoprase is deríTCd from tiro 
Greek words, meaníng " golden leck/' owing to its 
color. It was used by the Greeka and Homana for 
rings. Pliny jnentions it as a gem well known to 
the ancicnts, and tbat tbey were made vessels of, 
and tbat tbey were obtained from Índia in large 
qnantities. It is now chiefly used for sígncUrings, 
buckles, &c. In the Continent of Europc, it is 
sometimes made into snnff-boxes, stíck-tops, and 























A. THILITIãlS Ol? OEUS;, 




B19 ^ 


ereu Lrooclics and pins. Tho Mosaic walla of 
St, Wenzcl’a at Prague, ( built in tbe 14tli 

centuryv) contain good specimens of Chjysopraac. 
Krederio tbe Great used thia stoD0 profuso]j In 
adorning Sans Soucí. In the Poísdam Palace ai« 
two tables mado of this gem, 3 feet loog, 3 broad, 
and 3 incbea in thioknoss. 


THE ONYX, 

Its Propertie», 

Onys Í9 a Clialcedonie Tarieíy of tbe 
Quartz, and h distínguLdiod froin tho Agato 
by th© poaition of the stripes or layors, It ia 
gcnerally of a blaeldsh or brownÍBh cwlor with 
whito etrlpes, and sometEmoa with a greemah 
layer. 


JVhere Found. 

Tbs Oriental Onyx, which is better tlian the 
ordinary one, is obtained from índia, Egypt, Arabia, 
Armênia and Babylon. Tb© otber kind is found 
in Sarony, tbe Ide of Slcje, and ia sevenü porta of 
Eussia and Ireland. 


Cutting, Staining and Engravuig. 

The cutting, slittíng, drilüng and staining of 
Onyses, ore conductod, on a largo scalo, at 
























MINOR GEMii. 


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Obcraiciii and Idar. Tbe mills being driven by ttio 
water-power of the Rííêr Anr, and labor bcín^ 
TCiy obeap* the opemtion ís performed at a very 
amall cost. Tbe Onyx can very easily be stained 
to any artiticial color. If it is intsndod to color it 
blaclc, tba stone sbould be first boílcd ín honcj) oil 
or sugored watofi and tlien in a solutíon of Sulpbu- 
ric Acid, Tvliioh carboniaoB the oil or sugar wLich 
the stono bas taken into itsclf. If red, Proto- 
aulpbate of Iron Is addoi] to it. I f deep blue, jcllow 
Prussiato of Potash ia added to tliis ogain, Sard- 
onyx is a variety of tUe Onps and is formed out of 
the Sard and Onyx. It is of a reddisli brown color 
and consista of altomate layera of Cbalcedony and 
Caraelion. Tüo tticolo or onicolo, which lias a deep 
brown ground oTorlaid by a layer of bluísh-white, 
is alao a variety of the pnyx. Tha Onyx bas bcon 
nsed for Canieos from the earlicst times. Ono of 
the ancient apecimens is the Man tua n vaso, on 
which arO represented Ceres and Triptolemus in 
quest of Proserpíne. A Cntneo ropresenting Octa- 
víus Angnatus, is to bo found in tUe Vatican Library, 
Rorae. Amongst the many specimans seen in tUo 
Mnseo Nationale, Kaples,- may be mentionod, ono 
reprosenting tUe apotheosis of Augustus, and ano- 
ther liaving the hoad of Mednsa on lho obverae, 
and ttie npotheosis of Ptolcmy on the reverse, In 
the National Library of Paris aro to be seen one, 
having upon it Tiherius with an ox; onother, 
Marcus Aurelius and Paustina ; a third, Aggripina, 














A TREATJâE OxV «EMS. 




- 

fiai ^ 


wilh iidr two cliiidrcii / íind íi íburtli, Jovb flxuicd 
witb tUe líghtníüg. A bnst of Faustiiw, cut on a 
SaitioDysj b^Iongíng to the ItlarQuia üreo, was sold 
írancs, Tii© arfc íiad, fòp a •timcj, 
degenerated, but seema to Jiare rovived, as the 
bcautiful specímens produced at Paris and Roma 
unqueatíonably prove. 


The Onya; oa kitotcn to the Aneients, 

The Onys is oftan spolcen of ia tlic Grack and old 
Hebrew iporks. Tbe nama comes from a Graek 
Word which means " a nail/* tho atoné being sup- 
posad to raseinble tbe color of the biiman finger-nail. 
T!ie Grooks attacli to it tbo foUowing mythological 
stoiy ;—" Cüpid, \vitb tho shaip point of Lis airow^ 
cut tbo naila of tUo sleeping Vénus, wbich feíl Ínto 
tbe Indtis; but as tLey wero of heavenJy origin 
thay sank and becoma metamorpliosad into Ony:t.” 
Tbo Onyx was, accordíng to tUe authorized Tcrston 
of tbe Bible, tbe oloTentb stone on tbo bi'east'pIato 
of Aaron. The Toluablc ring, thrown into tbo Sea 
by Polycrates, tbe tyrant of Samos, is supposcd to 
bave beca á Sardonyx. 


lie Priee and üscs^ 

TriE Onyx and Sardonyx are extcnsívcly used 
for jewelry purposes, particularly for eignci-ringe. 
Tbey are aiso ueed for beíng tnade into cups, vases, 
knife and snrord-handies, and in bcads for nccklaces 























ItrNOR 0E3Cã. 




Aütd losarics, “üitliridíiteB, of Pontus, hoid, 
Accordmg *0 Appianus, “ 2,000 cups of thís gem." 
The Basílica of St. Peter, Romo, hás G smoll 
pillata nrndo of Onyi. In the Temple of the 
Three Magi, Colognc, is one pillar, whicli is broader 
than the palm of the hand. The Oriental Onyx 
fctches far highcr value tban the German one. 
But the latter can, by 8tainmg,bo so porfectlf made 
to imitabe the formet, that it can veiy caaCy pass 
off for itj eTfltt witli the mogfc eiperíenced. The 
Gcrman beads sell from Gíí to 6^:, occording to size 
and qiiality. Large atoiies of good color haro been 
known to fotch ao much as £200 each- A necklace 
of woU aelected stones may bo aold for 100 to 600 
guineas. 

MitrveUous onâ Medicinal JPrtyperiiâs. 

In the ancient times, the Onyx waa eupposcd to 
causo atrife and melancholy and to be a romedy for 
epilepsy. 


THE BLOOD-STONE, 


Itê Properiiea. 



dark green color, and haa minuto blood-rcd 
apecks spread ovor ÍL It is opaque and its cleavage 

















A TItEAXtSS ON amfâ. 




ia imporfcct; its fincturo, aub-eonchoidal and 
uneven; its iiordbacss, í‘ti. It ia iafuaible and 
cbanges its oolor, if meltcd witíi borox and aub- 
jected to íntoiísc bcat. 


JFJtere Found. 


Tee Blood-stono ía found in largo quantítíes in 
Indía, Bokhara, Síberift and Tartary, and also in 
the Isle of JBum, (in tbc Hebridôs). It ia also 
found in Bohemiai Franoe, Spain and parts of 
Gennanj. 


Slnffravitigs and iis U^es. 


It ia said that tbo art of engraving waa first 
triodonthe Blood-atone. Tbelai^est numlwfaof 
tho old Babylonisb and Egyptian Intaglíoa m» on 
the Blood-stonc. The Biood-stone Is now used for 
the same purposca sã the Agato and Onyi, 


The Bteod^tone tta kttúmt U íbe Ancientê, 


The Word Heliotrope is derívcd ÍTom two Grock 
wordfl, signifymg tho “ son” and "n tuming’*— 


from a notíon that when ateepcd into water, it had 
the power of changing the image of the snn into 
blood*red. Pliny eays, that the sun and the solar 
eclipses oould be tlewcd in it, as in a mirror. 
Aceording to a traditioD, the Biood-stone had its 
origin in a dark-greea Jasper, OTcr whioh feU 


the blood of Christ (at the Crucifiidon), and which 






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MlKDfi ÜSMS. 





liBppcned to iie üt tlie foofc of the Cross. Th© red 
spâch© iu thia atone were, in the Mídúlo Ages, 
snpposed to represent the blood of Chríst, The 
Slood'aton© Wís thought to sttengthen tho stomeob, 
if huDg about tho neck. 


THE JADE, 


Jts Troperlies. 


^HE Jade is a veiy bard and tough stono. Ita 
^ color varies from a cteamy white to » dark 
green. Its hardncss is C to 7 io the scolo; its spe- 
cific grarity, irom 2*9 to 31. It füses before tho 
blow-pipo at the tbinnesfc edges only, with great 
difficulty. It i9 composcd of a Tariefcy of tíiiags, 
tíií., sílica, magnésia, lime, alumino, pcrosido of 
iron and of manganese, oxide of chromo, watcr 
and potosh. 


Where Found. 


Xnn Jade, also callod the Nephrito, Ia found in 
Egypt, Corsica, North America, New Zealand and 
China. 


It9 Price and JJaes. 


Ik Índia, China and Tuikey, thè Jade ia carrcd 
into do^or and sword-handlcs, ornamental vasos, 
cups, &c., and generaUy atndded with procious 





















A t^SATISE OS aEHS, 6SÍ5 


I stonos. The color bcst lihed ia the pab, grcenish- 
I grey, good specioiena of whicb of£cii fetch a high 
príco. Japan senda out to Etirope a largo quantífy 
of ornamental thín^ made of tbis etone and tho 
Kow Zoahindors carve it into spcar and a:ce-hcada. 
Tho Soft JadCj whích is a kind of stcorite or aoap> 

I . stoiio ís somctítnos sold for tho real Jade, but even 
tho uninitiated can mahe out lhe dlderenco by ita 
inferior hordneas. 


Medicinal Properíies. 

The TTord Nephiite (another name for tho Jade) 
is derÍTcd from a Greok wordj whkh mcans a 
kidncy, from tho suppositíon that the stone had tho 
virtue of bealtng aU disoosea of that organ. 


THE MOCHA-STONE, 

HE Kocha-stone* othorwise called tho Mocha- 
stone, is a variety of Quartí cont ai nfn g 
**infiltrated dendritic oxides of monganeso and 
iroUf which give it the appearance of cont ai n m g 
Togetablo remainsL ’' 

It is 90 ealled on account of ita being found in 
Mocha^ in Ambia. Some people say that the name 
is only a corruption of tnoachos, or moss-stone. 





















^ &i6 


Huícm aEits. 




THE TOURMALINE. 


Its Frojperíiês, 

«PHE Tourmalmo bclongs to tlie hesagonol 
* sjstom of crystaHization. lís dcavagc is 
imperfcct; fractura, conchoidol; liatâscss» 7 to 7 5; 
and ita apecific gravity, from 2'9 to 3'3. Its lustro 
ís TÍtrcDus, It is fouud to be of all ehudca of traus^ 
parency and opacity. It poasesscs double rcfrac- 
tlon and becomcs electric by JHctíon. It bas also 
tbe poTtrer of pularízing light &o porfoctlj that, cut 
iato Blices, it 19 usod in tbe polaiiscope to cxatnino 
tbo opticál propertlcs of otber minerais. Ita 
pecularíty consista ín tbe fact of its extremlties 
Ircquently cnding in a diíferent manner; bq tbal 
'wben beated or iiibbed, eacb eatremity acquires a 
diifercnt dçgreo of eloctricity. If brokea undcr 
tbat oporation, tbe bits present opposite poles, libe 
artificial magnets. Tbe color of tbe Tourmalino 
js of all shades of grey, yeUow-, green, brown, black, 
Tud and pinb, (rrbcn it ís temed Bnbelite); and 
blue, ( wbcn it is called Indí colite). 


W/terc Found* 

The Siberian Tourmalíno (commereially known 
as tbe SrazUian Euby, for wbicb stone it is some« 
times Bold by mistake) is of a carmine, byacintb, 
purple, ros^red, and sometimes bordering on thc 

















È. TA£;àTIS£ OH ÜEMS, 


p: 


S£7 




YÍolâtrbIue, and is obtainod at Ceylon^ Ara, Sib«ria, 
the Ural Mountains, Saxony, íbo Isíe of EJba and 
tfae United States of America, Tiie specimens 
found m Fcfu is of a beautiful red, rery miicb 
like tbat of the Enby, The green and blue oncs 
are fonnd ín Brozil, and go hj tbe namo of Bmzi- 
lian Bmcraida and. JBmzilian Sappbires respectivoly. 
Tbe black ones aio fonnd in Sararia, tbo United 
States, GreenJand, and ín parès of England. Tbe 
yellowish green apecimens (alao calied tbe Ceylon 
Cbiysoiite), are obtained at CoyJon and Brozil. Tbo 
wbiòe ones, a mre variety, are found Ín tbe Island 
of EIba and iu tbe Dolomíto mountains. The 
brown Tounnaiine comes Jiom Ceylon and 
Switisorland. 


Mode cf Cuiiinfff 

Thi 3 stone is cut upon a Jeadea or zinc whcel, 
wiüi emery and polisbed Trítb trípoii. Tbe trans* 
parent ones are uaually tcap-cut} tbe opaqne ones 
are facctted botb abore and below tbe girdle. 


Ita Price md JJ&ea» 

The Tourmoline is more generatly used for optí- 
cal tban for joweliy purposea A perfect stone, 
j! woigbiDg 5 carats, irould Jbirly feteb £20. Tbo 
name of tbe stone is tbougbt to be of Cingaleso i 
I orígizu This atona Í3| ín Saxony, calJod by tbe | 

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inKOH G&3f8. 





nfttne of " Schorl," Irom a villagc where it ia found 
in large quantíties. It waa firat brought to Europa 
from Ceylou by tíie Dutch. The earheat lecord on 
thia efone ia to be foimd in a booh publishod ín 
Leipzlg ín 1707, ealled “ Curious Speculations of 
Sleepless Nights,” Formerly, tbe Gcrman Jewe 
irere the only peraona wh o could be found to 
purohaae tho atone. The Toiirmalme is now aold 
iinder a Tariety of namos, owing to the adTantag^o 
it has of possessing’ a diveraity of coloes. But it can 
bc distinguiahcd from otber stones by its acquírín" 
TnnffTip.tin propettiea when subjected to heat. 


THE CINNAMON-STGNE. 

Tms stono has hecn spoken of andcr the hcading 
of Gamet j” (page 473). 


THE ViOLET-RUBY. 

(See pago 231.) 




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A TRKAttSE QN OEMS. 


5S1 


Oâtwsi8 (jf G^fn 9 to 

Tbausiatiost. 

Sãfa ^ük 

. 10, I am going to describe tbo way of test- 
mg goms. There was an úsura,* ia days of yore, 
named Faia. He issaidto have íouted Indís 
and tbe otlicrgods, and to have provcd invíacible 
by fcííem. 

il' The wiJy gods beggcd of thoir anfogoniat 
lhe booa tliat he mctamorphoscd hímself into 
thoir sacri£cíal boast. The puiüsant oíuni granted 
their prayer, aad thus met Im cnd, 

13. Hariag bcen entânglcd ia hía own promieo, 
ho bocatae a beast aad catered into a pilíar, pureíy 
actuated by motives of benevolence to the goda. 




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(dqí—hod) tiiLl tura ít Aigní&es m 

■Jrcre&ryof tlio Divoitftd af tiad ' 


* Cútupútuadod gf ái _ _ 

cre&ry of tlio god«. ÍHvoitftd õf tiad re^ íci llií? ligbt of 

SLonkiit Fhüologyf tho e^ithei ifotdd meoa AU abori^miil peiw^ os 
díâtÍDgtu4luKl frouL Mn AryMn, 











































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A TOEITJSE ON OEUS. 



TíU^^SLATION. 

*1 j íiís merit, all the membcts of 

tho body of this miraclo of virtuo becam© tbe germa 
of gemSp 

U. n is beUoved by the anthorities ílmt ho waa 
tbe soiirce of all ^tiie gems that ombeUisli ^ods. 
jdKSfuiSf Siddhas and panuagas^^ ® * 

TFherovertho 

pariá of hi8 body fell, m oeeans, rivcre, mountains 
and forests, th© places weíe con vertcd into mines 
of prccious stones. 

n. Some of thcse are destructÍFo to domoas 
andsnakes, aro aatidotes to poisou and dísoase 
deanso men firom sin, aad ara pure. The rogt ai© 
©TU and defcctive> 


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d iifr, 

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?ír í n } 


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^i^hiuquií' -íf^ ^TTírT TI t€ í 
^ 5^ni*ni*í\- fflninwrai 

^ftprfíl ^(qv Viqit^í 

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dl TIUUTXaB ON ÓEltS. 595 1^' 


TSAXaLATION'. 

18 p Wberevor fha bonés of tliis con^ocior af 
Indra feU, tbej were chtuaged into diamocds of 
various shapcs. 

19 — 20 » The gloriou» Sun* waa ^atchfiilij jour- 
nejing through tbe finuameut, sodolíciously blue 
like the sword, with tbo bJood of tbís míghty 
asura (wbich contalned the germs of prccioua 
stones), when thnt tanquisher of the goda, tbo 
{ ruler of Lankájf elated by power* obstructed 
I the god's couise, whilo holf-w&y, Hko Eáhu.} 


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*rt% Ht^*í iít^ ^ «RCíltí 

í J 


* r» Hindu t^a Sun u cotiDeJ^eá oa m god, 

t Eâmnn* 

t flâhu iv Ih^ eiíoiaj of iho Bua. The eclipse ía poiuidercd lhe 
Hiodua aa dTúcted hy È^AUf defimra tlio áwi. 



































636 


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tWNufííT Tsf f^d<qTO ^ ^I- 

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A TBE^TISK OiS GE119. 




T^ANSULTIOlf. 

21. Beíug tbüs obstrucÉed bj EàvAtm, ínto a 
boautiful, large and deep strcam, whoso watcis wero 
Biprayed hy tbe well-rounded buttocka of tbo lair 
onos of Ceylon, and wboso banks ivcre lined with 
goodly bctol-nut treeí, tlie San let fali tho blood 
which be had boen canying. 

22. Since that timo the rívcr baa bccome sacred 
like tbe Ganges, and bas been collcd the Bávana 
Gangá, 

23. Sineo tben the banks of tbériveíbave becn 
abiníng at night like n irell-polisbed golden bow, 
tbickly studded tvíÜi gems of roíious and raro buea. 


i =rfíc^ cttf^ fen i j 

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sríPí I I 

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f^q^nít “^íçní "irfw 

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^HI^f^T TT^IT 

Mtz ^%ítíiT^ ^ t^íFrr ir»TT 
^'çf^ "hrít »T^ I ^y. I 
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WV ▼» f?rei«t íTÍtfT ^ÍH íkHJT% ^PTpr TWI- 

ZfPííI Ttíft ^ I I 

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A ntEATtãE ON GElfj:. 


639 ^ 


Teajíslatioji. 


2i. The shores of the Jiámaa Oanffà pro- 
duce SaííijatidAiia, £imiiuía, and ciystal-begntten 
aparkling, beanfcifiiUj red and highíf yaluable rubies. 

25. At tho time of tbe dcstruction of Vnídítir, 
exqiiiaitely splendid, and many tinted beantíful 
Git'aH3ycs were produced to sounds load and sub¬ 
lime as tho aweü and hcavíng of tho ocean. 

20, Ecautiful Cat*B*eyca of many colors, and 
darting fieiy acintiUations, wero ppodnoed ín the 
rainj aeason, whcn the deep and aw^ful giowl of the 
hoavens seema like the cries of the kingof ddraoaoj. 


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'8íf^ C»tT®íf^dNt'ít<3 ^ J I 

«Wfsra áít^- 

CTOI »1ÍÍ^ SfWUil '6 ^ífíT^ttíI 

^TTtír cSf»N*Pt)I ^ t I 

































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flí«ín«n 




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fí ff 

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\ f^íí ^ríinmi^^ I I 


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^ ^T^^nfíra PifffíT 

friTW ^ r I 

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A rBEAITSE ON flSllS, 




641 


TrAIíSIiATIOIÍ. 

27 * The rows of the a^uru^ê tcetli—50 irbite— 
foil into the tiansluceat waíers of the íather of 
st;eams« like a atar^invrrought chi^ fluDg from tho 
bosom of the bluo dcep. 

28 . The teethj beautiful ín th eh splendour like 
tlie full iQoonj the genus of oli precious etones^ 
entered into oystera, conch-ebells, &c. 

29, IVhcraver they fell, the watera woro ceaae- 
Icssly hijden by douda. The genns enteríng iato 
ojstcca shot up into pearia. 


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fiiw TTTT TT^ fr^VnriT tíiít 
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TTR IRIT «rT% tít I ( 

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A TRMTIãE OH 0EU9. 


K 


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TSAKSLAUQy. 

30. tbe snaJco took tbe entmils of 
Valdiur and flung th em ínto tbe country of Aa». 
kona, &c., and henoe It Í9 tliat tbese nounkíes 
bríng forth rare Fidrumcu. 

31. The monarcb of snakes waa hastily catting 
bis aeriat wa/, with (lie bile of the lord of ddmms, 

32. The trail wliich the getn vhich gmced the 
hood of Vátuki painted on Übe a^ure deop, looked 
like a apacious fragment of a eilver bridgc. 

33. Then Gointrn, tbe king of birds^ ahook tbe 
spberea by spreading bia wings, and was goíng to 

attack the monarcb of snakes. 


k. 


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TOR, 4ÍCT71 

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qqw finn- 

fíTjíwr qiiTT «nft mcjin^i 
qWi- 

T;tir??T ^ 4 ’ i ki I 

«rçsrwTi 

inqfq ií^ ^ Thirq 

^ fít^ifT qfiqi- 

tprií *wíl' ^■RnrqKir ^i^ií^tt ^ifà- 

^ infqqr q^Fhm qtTrr ta% i i 
ír¥^^ ^pnríniTqv ir fim 

1*15^5 OrrwT q«iT, íi^q ^ için^ qm^i wiq 
qqi f f 

íTOf«% ^qir ^ f^^ ftij^ 
fijqqV ííiq uTur q^qrt 

TtTÍVq^, 1?TO qqq^ l ^qtf T 5nqT% 

fw^ froí Ttn %‘ J > 























à TRXATL^B ON OEXS. 





TKAySLATIOIÍ, 


3-1. Teriiôed at thís, he immcdíately^ dropped 
the bílâ iipoD a ralley of tUe ceíebntted Mdn^a 
mountaÍD, hot wíth tlio odour oí t^üiM flovers^ 
and contaming in ita \rood of varíoua troesj 
dAcíi^* ao d íi7ifrúMa.+ 

35. Ko sooncr Garura cama np tban thn bile 
suddcnly (^caped tbo moutb of FâauM and fell on 
the ahores of tbo ooean. iErcr since tbat placo boa 
been a mine oí cmofolds, 

30. At tbla time, Corara, on. ta^g a litÜe of 
tbc bile tbat fcU, became ínscnsible, and anon 
camo out oll tbc ^uantity of tbo bile tbrougb Lie 
nostrils. 


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TÍ^f^ ^iF*r5^ f*ít^ dí^*l 

v p ^tC3 íRP? 

J • A. kinü 0f fnsrmat Eru& t A Idnd <tf naia. 

































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qrirn^w^Tp^pr^ 
íTT^fiir^ Vf % 1 I 

4ÍWtajç^irr ftinr 
WTT ftlí f^fíRTÍH^^ [ 

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fíW^iSV ^[1» vç, íírÍÍw V?, ^?rHí 
^ 'wi^TÍ^ %^» ^i^rc 

tu«i ^TRií ir*% ^mr^r ^fir 

^V T[*í -3715^1 iw I ^iÔ I 

^tv5i 

f5rí» ^ ^ vinr íto, ^iw t» ^ÍTf 
fí^wipr 11 kc f 


















A TÁEATIBf PK OEUS, 



TjíANSLATIOIÍ. 


37. It ia for tliía roason tliat we find ' bard and 
auspicious emcroldâ rcaembling tbo parrofa tliroaí, 
strisa ilowert tlie glDW>worm's back, tbo fresb 


greon sward, mosa, the kalhará Icaf, tender grass, 


and, finallj, tbe end of tbe peacock^a taíl. 

38. Wlierercr tbo bile, thua Ict ihll by Garura, 
dropped, emeralds aro foiind. Conacqiiently sucb 
oouatrieâ are valuable and rare. 


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A TBE&TIBS 0!f GEU9. 


1)49 






c^í*íir Gí 'íít^ <R^íít*r3 üpí^ 

^tíR, 


Tjunslâtion* 

39—áO, The giaoeful çyes of Talásurf finfl 
113 tli6 bltto Iotu3> ífell íuto thoso wúods wíiere th6 
Ciugaleso fair oncs bold thcív nurtEi and iicvolfyj 
wluch are encirclod by ttc "waTea of tlio ocean, and ^ 
wMcIi abound ia groTGs of tbo cheerful Jkelaka, 
TbLs placo produccs sapphirea. 

41. That spofc ia the inmálaya oa whicli th# 
akln of Paldmra fell, producea excellcnt topazea 


íftírtw '*lí^ <P*iílíi 

«ís|8« I 

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^ 7lW>'TT^t^W<tí 
5f^T ^n: ipiT^ 
v^w^fii ufüiii ntí I íí81 
^TWTTíTR^Íqnírap^qiT^ 

3]w^fy^^^'^q?irrnTríT 
nn ?wr: t^^ít: it^íí I sy. I 
!r^3fnt j 

^ 'ÇSITT^^ yi3*IT 51^ ^ q ^í g 

irtiíT% f^q f%ííT. fíre^ qrfw-qftW 
írfif ^ I I 

^íjq^T ^ qVfe 

qf?m ^^1, fk^i" ^fT ^ ^^1 8? I 

qqrmr ^ 

'irfk qfqw q^íT, ^ ^ qfirç 

» ^ m^TiiT ira ^iTqií fw, íTW, qhr- 
íiiT üw ii^íST ifkqíi 

qíT^ T®» kqiT qiíiw qri^ ííV| ^ir^rar 
irr^» ^í ’^Tír ^K %^qíT íttw, íí'g qq 
wrm Tw Tkrr % I 88 (Bit I 



















A TREATISB 0}f OJsJt». 


SSl 




TUAKSLATlOSf. 

42. PíTFflJw»* took the nails of tíie 
liflnds, and Hdth alaerity tlirew them into a forcst, 
Tüese §ir6 birth to cloan ójmophaitcs. 

43- The seed of tho dáwfva fuU oa tlie north of 
tlie ^mdlaya, aad to It excelleat visfna» owe tbeir 
orlgín. 

44— i5. After bavin" worsliípped the Jord of 
dánamst as the finakes were journejlng ín tbo 
north, they planted the nails of liis fect in sacred 
mountams, rítera and celebmtcd places; and 
heiice it ts tliat Dwáraká^ Bagdad, aad the shores 
of tbo Nerbudrta produee garnets resembliag the 
black spot of guiijãt honey^ the lotus-stalk, íbc 
musk dcer, üre, and the plantain trec. 


^ff% ?íríIí|Tê1í^ ^ííR, 

<2íi?fc*r (Tit^fí^TOC^ 

% <tl%s ini, 'sKlw'^ 

I s* I 

^Ísíií ípH 

4ÍíH'® ■^^'ã> *T^ í^^rrt^ 

PI ^Çtf^ ■^Tíl, ^IXt' 
PTíWf, ^ si^ím-lílí 
{tc?íí ), ^iy ií*rm, 

^ 'â íTIt? ^ 

TOTl 8 8 I 86 f _ 

*,Tho Miikw ot ths Hkidu Mylliu^lDfyü 



































553 


nim r 
* ' 


írt%íí í 

f3íf?%tr I lif I 

sfTsrnffiT^fííW ^cfiíTT^íir- 

fh 

ijfT^ ífçr ^sr ^«mr^íT i s'ò i 

íi- "J 

vi^^:1^3»í:T^^ínrVí<n?iwTfÍTT l 

*h 

íTTir^ arf^^t lí^íí: [ 

TjTwnrçf í ^rrar^TÍ ^sfvi wín i a^s i 




ÍTÇSTO 

^rf5üt*r Tnfk^*^ if1iíTs> gTí^TÍ 
Wfirí fk^ fqR, fíT^ 
^^fPT fV’^^íl'* T<*J^ ^ÍVpT ^T^TT 

>^V ^ ^T^nrfSrfire' ^jir 

Tm VWt f I gf t 8QI 

físM4M*ífií, ^5I¥T 
tmw, <^íl f^íT 

^Tk fíTU^ ífíTR tiftqn! 

mmrnrimm mfifzm nft i);n »r^ i bie ( 





































A TBlATUB OX OBUS. 


soa 




Teanslatiox. 

■iC—‘47. (fire) talcing tbo lorcliom and 

grace of tbe lord oP dánavast dioppcd it into the 
Kcrbudda and on a low fiact^ and tliía bas since becn 
prodacing rudMràíhjfas spotted liko tLe insect 
coclilncal, rcd like tho upper beak of tbo parrot^t 
and sbapod líke the full^bloTm dowcr. 

48. The king of snakes threw the svcat of Üio 
lord of the ddtmva^ npon tho shores of tlie CaTciy, 
tho Víndya Iiillâ^ tho countty of the Jaeanaaf China, 
and Kepaul; and it piodnccs a bríght sky^eolorcd 
cryatal namcd tuilákAffa* 


I 

^ ípíftrNfí 

'S TOR> 

« ^FfÍRrt^íT íJtlsí 

irs J 8* I 8^ 1 

fí=f 'S CT Wt=H- 

cspf ftcíTí xüKtc^ Oít <2tpfc*i 





























lífkmwi 




554 


•4\xni ^Pr ^*rf«jarT^ ?ir l 

^ g íS <í: i|?ft ^f^TP wf^^'V *Iüí I 
f^^ífWcTL T^íjífnjí«ífc^ I líí n 
fiffl! ^"Vífir W^51gTTf¥líítT 

^WT ^*1 H i í 

fWTt t^tsíT «tÍít 
sftfífi' ^ I yi« í 

5nf% gfi fd f Si^m 

T I 


ircsrw f 

f^íTT Tí^ TfIrS’* 

^ ftripí^ ^"VíTT 

íTÍw % 1 ^'kr T*t^ ^n^TT ^rm- 
^ Ví igfV^ w, ^ísrr^^ Ví^i ^ 
qowr w Ví^ ^ w Vífir ^ i Si i 

Vki T^raiUíiT^íw ^ ^ 

ir^f*i^ •< icu» 's I flt{ f •ítíij ^r*rf 3^™ 

íTtVÍ ^l^líít ^gl #'«fcJ f%Í% 

Vkr ^V ^^H««l<*l 1T1Í TTW qi?:?TT ^ ; 

4»*i<iii % Vk ^- 

Vkr w ^Ngtt fiam! $ I yi* 1 



















A TAÉATte» ON asus. 






I>wi8Ío» qf J)uimnd$ into Castes. 

TnAírsiiiTioíT, 

49. The wúni Atrcrita (díamond J ís olwayamae- 
culine; beth masculme and fcmíeinei. and it 

ís another name for chctttdret-mani (inean'etoae), 
A vhlte aajra. ís a Bralimfti, a red one ts a Ksha* 
triya, & jellow one is a Víuabyaj and a black one 
ís a Súdjra. 

50. The Brahmin diamond (tvyVa} is rety use< 
fui ín Chemical operations, and brlags abouò the 
acquisíUen of lordslitp, friends, courtfers, treslth^ 
hingdomt forts, armies, and good luck to onc'a 
famiJy. A Kstmtriya diamond ^ards oíT old age 
and prematuro death; a Vaisya one crewna orery 
endoarour aftcr aequisition vi th sucocss; vLile a 
Síldra onc is a panacea. 




«ní^íiTr I 

“t^ l^íTs ^ “Pf « 

^ ^ flTííT? F®- 

^TíR^f f 

’^*r ^ 1 «à I 

^1% <£Í*r5 f 

*Rí íltWTí 'sr^- 

J ■ap[iitlq*r ^ ^ífl '9 

fíffwím 

UI^Í ?3r ^Ttf^ TO U» t 























íífinimT i 


— 
(F* Ôáfi 




?r^f 

Ol fV 

^í^nr: I 

ígí tíT: \ 

"t 

^^írrè ^iwníT íwif^^çíWwwíí i y.^ 1 

^ f^^íTT I y[^ I 

%3 W‘ 3^* ^"ST T^^íepT^f^í I 

gi^f^ J 

^Tí^f^írtí H y.^ I 

AÍ _ 

Thro T I 

ÍT^TãTflT 1 

iRíTT^ir VHt 3^11» ^ 5)^Wj 

^ f?ítí f?rí^ ^nr^ mr 

«íT? 1 íi^^íTMTi 5rTín ^píww^Tj ^íT Ã’*r^ 
^T ^ ^ fçzT^^ ^f^fí 'tHr 

^^y a nf f w; fm^ ▼ IUL^ I 

fíT ^ fszT^^ci 3Tir, "«Ht 

^^ifíWT ^IWT VHt 

^TÍfl? ÍIÍ^T ^ I yi’? I 
«!▼ f7T5T ^ffRSI ÍK*f 37rií^TÍ^ 

«ífT WH i^JrasT «TílTff wItI ^'5; «al^ífíf 
'íft^ ^ ^TTiraT ^ %V 

Hq^<ft<*H(d 'ftX] ^ ^rfiraT^ 

•rü T t y.^ • 
























A TüSAtlâE OH OEUS. 


S57 




DtsfitUílmi qf Gendcr. 

Tranblatiük. 

51* Dianionds are úívíded into masculiae, fenii- 
niJiCt aud neuter gender, accordíog to cbaraeter. 
Eacb clags is distinguished hy peculiar marks. A 
finely circular diamond, possessing Lappy fiígus, 
bighíy lustroug, large, and free from rekhé^ vindas 
is masculine. 

62. A 8Íx*comercd diamond maiíced witb rekhA^ 
mndu, &c., ís femimne ; and a very large triangular 
diamond is neuter. 

63. Of theso, tbo masculmo kínd ia tlie bost, 
and very useful in chcmioal operationa, A femi¬ 
nino diamond bríogs grace, and ia very àuspicioua 
to women, Imt a neuter diamond is dcstructire of 
cnorgy, and bringa weakncss and diaappointmeat. 

I 

^ «rtCTT, to? ^ 

çsni ?t?r I wtt' 

^ c«?r€r» 

sfCífT íl*!! I m ^ ^ ^ _ 

i£i% fè? wtto ?í:?t 

ftorí^.^ 

^'SRíiWtlt Í<t^ \ 


































íTíríri 


%iít iT^ífsrr! ^ tí^hrvíi^ i 
IITO; ?!4^t t^i íhíl^iTT: Htí I 



iSRTOTflíf^ r 

^ •! lí^^Tu **1 *i*níT ^íVfWí ÍI5T1 

-giOT f Tn^g 1 ytyi i 

am<li |^ ^Tfl! gí^fETiT^^l^í i 

fpnnfím >ftí?í fíTífíTO I df I 


i íTOUTTI 
* 

^^TÍíI^ T* spí^ç^ifw %ÍT\ 

^ tfHr ^íIT § I ÍJl8 1 

4n^íí‘íii «n-çti ^ \ 
irifiira. ^íiíiftcr^5 
VTH íí^ irH^ 

$ I U I 

«afiS^ ^fçiíii qitai í^Tpr, 

tt^ tTtt, líteí íí^, 

TTTi ^ VT 

ffpft^ ^STfsRrr ^TÍH^ VtíTT t j íif ) 




























Â T&ÊÀtlSK OA OEMS. 


h- 


TflAlfaLlTlOK. 



5t. A fcminine díamoncl Is auepicidus to wotocn, 
a Qouter diainoiidí to ioipotent peoplOj whilo a 
r n^a nullpe dlamond 13 uséfu.1 to nlL 


The Proces$ of JZfjíMÍiíj Gem^ 

55, Acíd \rater refinea ru5ic9; tlie juice of tlio 
jayantl leaf, pearls j aslies, mdmaa and the mUk 
of cowSj, einoralds, 

5G, The gniel of kulithya kaUya refinoa tho 
ruby; tlio juice of tho Uttle mttyâ thorn, tbó dia- 
mond; bluo wator, tho sftppbire; tho urine of 
cows, tho gmmda (agate) j and tho water oUrifaU, 
tho vctidufjy<i* 

I Í8 ) 


ístSíPiTrtarftít íííf^, 

Í^Ja’^í C^tT^CÍ C^ttfw ^ 1 í4 1 




























&6Ü 


. . 

^ífPir^TfsT f«r^S^5ÍíT 11 yL« I . 

Wr^?f I 

W>lSfT JT ^ I 

^ fírí’^^) 

-m* iiTrín:^ flTTrimf^ i i 

iRm^ ?T^ Tgriigryq H ; f 

"*" * ^ 

^nmí f%^Kí('ínf^ ftrJnà’ ^i?; i j 



I - - ^Tí^l 

K^JÍT I 

iTínflRTí ?lítni ÍI7 

'fi^í íí^ ^k\' ^nr tíYtt ^ TWÍT 

ÍT ?í«7^f7?| ^ ^Vi 5T ^ 

TW ^íitfiJíT 'i)ín% I n© I 

iffTlií' I 

"Çí XI^ ftf^T 
(^ ^rrf ^ çíií^ wsrm, 

fm^ ^ -vnwr; ^ õfnr, ÍV?t 

íí^BT ) iTT^ ^TTfjJíí» íft(% 

vm ^ ^ ^ t í yic f 

t%^t *IHÍ I 

Tr^ T^t %|«(^t 

aiT ?n?j% ir? ^íf çm 

^?f ^íf ^ ÍTN m lííf^ TT? I lUís j , 


















A tE^nSE ON QEMS, 




5ffl 




TkA1Í8IÍATIOK, 

C7. After mising up (accordíog to somo) tlio 
jiiico of tlio, Mâãárat Manah^iltS, suípUer, and 
kariiált ono sliould boil tlicm m pntpãè eíght 
times: every other gcm except tbo díamond ís 
tlius refiued. 

68. Acçording to otUcrs, nibics, pearfs, corais 
and other gems are refined bj boiliog thcm for a 
prahara in a Tcsacl contaioÍDgthejuíce of Japanii^ 
liung tip orer a dre. 

69—GO. According fo others, all gcms are 
refincd by steeping and .boííing th em thríce scFen 
tímea rpspeotiToly ia the joico òf ffAníaéumdrí, lifctle 
naii^á thorni and the milk from haman tua ta. 


ws ^ J «“t J 

r : 

^ (c^ 

c^sstí:^ (TfífTO-íTs ^^ 
íjgl ««sRt^Ttfí ^ I «t-1 

' *lt ,'0 f 

íwT 5itr*rrf^ ^ j <t& 1 I 


































íiftíTTWr f 




HT «11 < f ^ i . 

írrfiuiw^s ftii>i^í' 1 
f^* irtTTft^iiírnríí 
THiri^ír f*l^W I I 

frÜHIÍWT! J 

ííVfiinpg ^ 

írf^xhrspT^ í%in^‘ i 

^n«TT«r ^ T \ 

wrsrar t 

wtfíf, *7iT, tHi- ^ 

^ ^ ^i^rarrí, «íI 

irrfírwTr ^ I 

^rr^T ^rrm *rTf^ "ítfr^j 

^T^fiiTtvT ^rnt «V^ T«Tí^ '*nw 

ítfír^tfiríí ^ ^TTT ▼ I 
ifrfír ^h^Itítw, %wft*riT, 

rm^r, ^ 

^ ff« (O I 

































A TilSATU» ON <»Me« 


56 a 


THÀNSIiATIOK, 

General Fj^operíiea of Gertiè, aecording to 
Sanskril Meãioal Science, 

Gl. Pearl, coral, diamond, sapphírc, the cafa- 
ojc, ciystal and other gcrns are laxativo, astriogent 
íu taatc, palatcablo and cool. 

Particular Properties of thé Mttbtf. 

63. The Science of Gems has it that rnby ia 
sweot, cool, specific for imperfect oxi^tion and 
biJioiisacss, and very valuaWe in cbemioál opera- 
tioua. 

Parlicúlar Froperitesof tiie Pearl, 

63. Tho Pearl ia eweet in taate, tery cool, and 
specific for eyo-diseaaes, cures poisoning and atro- 
phy, and brings strengtb and vigor to weak limbs/ 


^n&Ttfw 

jrajfHí I I 

^gfNtCq ^ CT» 

'Q*l I 

3f5?» %õ5r, 

^wfl ‘íl^N ^jÍVÍ^C^ 

^ 'S <5ttT%5í ^ 1 < 





















I 





ÍTfT^'lf^^ínniPÍ.1 


(iT'^5ra^ 'Hífrfí I í 8 1 

ijrqrpi^ f*<ÍMíí''J|í J 
^wnrpftí^: ítw I 

■mi: ^ ^ I I 

f%íwininí I 

TRm^ iruT^^: VifiriiTf^Víff I 

^ftlj^hlTnííT: ^>01 ^ Mf 1 



afti^ »ifir '^1^5^, TrcH"?! iTTv 
^ ^>r» fw^ 5ÍTSÍ ^í ^T^rtfH^r Tfç» 

'Tfínrw! vnw TRsrrsí 

'w^ ^ I f 8 I 

Wí ^ ^ I 

^'^T^T, TÍ^^íTIi l(^*lil «mr, ífç 

VT^I® ?W, ?r^t ^f^npíT 

wnr vtüT ^ 1 ^<4 I 

«í^TT^i 1%ítr ^ T* t 

ikW irPn 

^^5fii ítip^ tm ^ I I 





























6C5 1 


Tuanslation. 

Partimliir Tropcrties qf tlie Zircon. 

6-i, The Zireon ia aour, Iieatíng, and cotfttiro of 
imhealthy oiidation, sbarpens the appetito, helpa 
digeation, and tatea away ain. 

Particular Propertici of ihe Topaz, 

65. The Topaz ia aear, cool, and curatÍTo of 
abnomial oiidatioa, cauaes appetite, and hrings 
fame, wealth and wisdom. 

Particular Properlies qf the Coral, 

66. The Coral ia soar, swect, specífic for cold 
and biliousness, nutfitious, and grace-itnparting; 
and tho wearing of it is very beneficiai to wonien. 

CírWRT ^*1 ' 

C^ÍTPTT 5tf*i 
íTH^ I 'ísS I 

«i*! I 

íftSC*! 'aií«ôi'íi 1 < 

^*11 

ífTín:^ 3lwi4Í^(.íi^ 

TfW ('ísh I 




A TA^TTEE ÚN Útm. 


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J«WI 

* 

^í?í*íTOr ^=R 1 i^Q I 

I^Smíjiui; j 

=fk: «%aniÍW^ 1 

ír^T^ ^V<*5it'a’íi59n*: I 1 

w|; fro; ftíftrc! fiT^^nni: i 
^IW* 31 ^ ^ IT^^T^í I ii. 1 

Birsuni 

t\tw ^ % ( 

tNt <r!|r »T Hr R«fc> Bft vt, gw 

tt*r ir«iw ^ 

^Tm t, ww ifipríÇT «w tin %, t O ^: * í^tít 
$ ^inr í I 

^ T f 

^'flíí tVn ^T 3 í 

fíi^u ^rr^ 

^mr «w 11 » 

TT^w wf» ^hra, fTO> rM*H#i sinr 

^ ^ 

^>rm 'ffm 1 1 I 

U - 




























----- 

4 T11K4TIB* os OEltS. 607 


TaAJíSLATlON. 

Paríictãaji Properím of tlw Diamond, 

G7. The Díamend combines all ihe six tostes, 
cures Qvct7 kínd of dísease, is good in indi^estioii, m 
o blessíng, briuga robuatuess, and is Tcry useful in 
Chemical opcrationa, 

Paríicular Pfoperti^ of He Sapphire. 

68. The Sopphire is bittor, 'ivaím and good in 
cold and bilÍouaness,and alleriateâ the mge of suflí* 
w'hen wom. 

Paríicwíor Fropertie* of the Lapis hznlL 
€9. The Inpis lazuli ts tender, dellcíouslj cool, 
and curative of biliousncss, and ís auspicioaa. 

_ _ t 

I 

^*1 I 

<SÍ^ ’BT^*rwWHTílt* fF5í“ 

7t»*ptlTr^ ^ i 

tdT ' 4tcgn t I 

^ ^ C^n ^ I «r J 

c^t^PF, ^ít^; ff- 

c*iií 

^ I *&í 


• Oda of tho Ktm iuíiaéiiríEiíg tnf□'& daitÍBiffl. Tho uliiá laãqellcA 
la atill ncidokibtiDEljr Ixiüov^d Lu hj ttLA Bjadusi 



























fies 


i^faf TT g r 1 




|; um.. 

insiTTW ftií iTyrrr / 
ítPu^íÇW T^f ^ i 

wprf^níí^* ^íTTStíí I I 

ff^^gmr: i 

tK 

^in^fnrnr^ I 

^lff^«ll’líaí'5r *ÇíTfíT* I \&t í 

ftí®i-fl<ui: 1 

TOíWf iíÍT*!Í^ I 

snr’ft w: í;^*Tnff^T^s^: * i 

I 

'HÍríT *5^ ^ I 

qmT ifílTW, f^«T 

fiTWVT srnr, *íHnT^ 

irfN:^ VTx»ff 

finfi^ír ^íí ^ I 'S'> I 

^nff^^i !%T% T i 

^'çfsnn' '«^T'í» ^V ^líi^T ^rnr 

[ ^ íTÍTíT ’^1F^ 'fR7'r f%^iIT ^ 

j Ts^ tm % I I 

I ííTÍ V í 

I wfír ^^sr, f^^sT, T^TiiíníT^ff 

*rnr ^fír 

^sçj 

. _ ^ 





















Il " A mATÍ sÍb oh Oí 56a 

TiLUíSLATZQIir. I 

Fariiculaf Fropcrfiea qf Üte Emcralã, 

70. Tbã Emerald ís cck»!, good ia poisauiag^ 
sweât and purgativo, Lclps digeatioQi curea bilíous- 
ticss, removes disrelisb, ia mitritious, and warda off | 
spectrol índuoace. 

Particular Propetiies of thc CaVí-sye. 

71. Tbo Cat*8-eyo la watm, sout and enratíve of 
cold, imperfect oxidatioiij chromc deiangementa 
oí tbe spleen and coUo^ and í$ gcnerally auspicious 
wben wom. 

Particular Properties of the Sun-^toae, 

72. The Sun-stone is warcir flawless, good in 
cold and in defective oxidation, and Bacred ^ i( ís an 
elia^r vUait and ia the delight of the Sun. 


’9‘l I 

0*1 ( 

ote^ ^ 

; íprepftíf TOI li I 

o*i I 

farí% ^ípf f cj^ r 

^ ..LJ_^ 































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&70 




^5ççi5tm ftífirr: fro friTT^^TT^i 
JIww^fSí^Ir^5í: I I 
fiJÍTS^Ií I 

«fr?: ^1*1 À) *5: ^níL(q^<í(^JÍ’'HÍ^ai5^ \ 
ü^rr^^iFrT^niTrr ttS i t 

g T«íl54ir<t% w t 

^f^fíRíTfl I '«y. I 


íirsiwT* 

^^T3tT ^ ^ í 

^fsspfTsçTwfür TÍ>íT^> fTOí Twftir^T 5inr 
^rai, Pnè^r* wr^ro ww 
fiiTiTT aro ^ ^íf^íR smr iiT?n ^ 

a i ^feiii^f " ! ^ fVw, ^í «niv, 

?!▼ *11 n Tnf 1^ *líf*(T 

^ ▼, tf t Ug Tg ^fNre ísn «ifzí irmi^ 
ftiT$ Tftírr $ í '88 f 


fifTW ^ vrn^ ( 

tlERWffll Wt 

fa^tlRST ir^twTT^ vín t^ííi f%«ÍT 

fTTíir ^ íiT w?çi^ irfir 

I lôlA \ 






























Ã TBEATISB OÜ OElIS. 




I^RANâLAIIOK, 

Paríicuíar Propertiâs çf th$ Chandrakãnta. 


73. Tho Ckandrakáma iâ cool ond coôliog, and 
ctuô$ liEcinLorTliag^ from tlie noso and moulb^ ia 
transpareat, very much liked by Maháâeva^ and, 
wbcQ worn, removes * cUill poverly' and baneful 
astral induences. 


Particidar Propertie» of Crputal. 

74 Tlie Ciystal gives strength and cures bi- 
liousneaa, morbid heat and fia tuia. Ita rosary is 
infinitely more efficacioue tban any other. 


particular Properties qf ybíÍríf»ío. 

75. Tbe Pdikránía is specific for consump- 
tíon, leprosy and poisoning. It may enter into 
medicines aa a substitute fordiamond, basmuch 
as it ia fully cqual to tbe lottor in produciog 


oneigy. 


I 

bíüi^ltífafcl^ ÍJ*I I 

tíííTí « 

TTt fddtKH ft^ ^ ^ I 

ÍHê, ^ ^ C*ít^ 

=rt*mfí> ^ 

^ * 

br3fWiF ’©*t í 

bPFTs 

♦ítí^í, <TO1Ç ^ prfí^jtí^ 

i *\<t \ 


































572 






^ M 


fiSTSfí í'alllfl I 


Çk 

'^Piç^síd ft>ítKÍ^ 1 
mV^TÍT^: I 'd^a I 

nr^^ íTif^^ fV I I 


BT5WT I 


ífVgrTj ^"sfr *1^ '■'«■^11 

flftí ^TTpr irtf^<i ííVf^ ^iiT»fí Tío^ 

Tr f<i f H f V vpn ^ 1 is^ I 


qri^fd t ín -T ^ ^ 

Tçprr I 

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Â. TREATISE OÜ GEIÍS. 


K 






Thaublation. 

re. A blue, a white or a red Faikfânía is refined 
like a diamond j and when refined, may servo as a 
subititato for the lattcr* 


THE VIEWS OP THE SANSKRIT ASTEOLOGERS 
j ON GEMS. 

The Seatê qf the Graha» determined. 

77-73. The seafc of fcbe Sun is the rubjthat of 

the lloon, the Chanãrakdnía; thaí of Háhu, the 

¥ 

emerald; tbat of Sani, the sappliire; that of Budha, 
tho zircon; that of Vrihaspati, the orystal j that of 
Suiini, the cafs-ey©; and fiuaUy that of Mangalfl^ 
the cOral ;*—^so says tho Sdatrtw 


CHtf^ 

1 I _ 

C5fnf5t»íiíaní ^ 

«pinitím, ^ 

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^ ítt^wíí i 

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iftí^ Tíf^ íTT^íí TTÍTT I «M 

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^j444 ?fiT ^ ^ ifrijfiTir 

tUT I «€ 1 

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^H<id ^ ^^f»i«ii} IPT ilT 

ííNt» w^ ^pr>T ^ ^ wífvíi, f>í ^ ^ 
q^rrpT, TT^Çífít *í^ *ftfífi 'Ç^ íTÍ 

q^ T^» Tff^ ^ *1^ wrpíHr, TT5? 

vn V ífl^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^fr?n 

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Tbanslatioií- 

Jíí Stari and how to pre^itiate ihem hy bc»totoíd 
^ G&aia, 

79, When the Sua k liostile, a pure ruby; when 
tlie Mooiij ft good pearl; when Hangal, a í 
wbea Bndhn, tha emerald; when VrÜiaspati, the 
topaz ; when Sukia, the diamond; wlien Sani, tbo 
Bopphire; when Báhu, the zircon; and when Ketu, 
the caVs-eye, ahould bo given. 

Wltat Gema shoald he teom io toard off ettil 
Astral Ittjlüences. 

80—81. If the Sun ifl adverse, the cafs-eye; ^ 
the Mooo, the snpphire ; if Mangai^ the mhy; u 
Budho, the raby too; xf Vríhaspiiti, the peí^l; it 
Sukra, the dinmoDjd; if Sam, the «noMíiwa; u 
Sdhtíf the ziicon ] and if Ketu, the emerald, shouid 
he wom. ^_ 

CT dpÇ Cif ^ 

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C^ttOTf 

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Ti ÍTÍ^ ^<^ 5 ^ TfflfirW 

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^rnr^ ^ijWííT íl^fif^l^T, ufsííí ^Hlíi 

ig}^ 'l ?gg i^ | TT»^ xyf^ ^?i;'T^ 

Ifg^íT ^l^<fT TfniTII qreHí ^lfT% I \ 

^KíT ▼ ) 

' TPn# ^^ÍT ^¥T ÜTIÍT 

in^^ T?nirr ^ ▼, wfi wí tüt^i 

^ TFÍT^I^ ^Tnrr ^f%?» ^ »rf^ ^ 
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A THKATISE ON âGUS. 


GTT : 


TRAJfSLATIOÍf. 

What jewelled Ornamenis êhould he wiJrrtT^í" l^^te 
oíope purpose. 

82. When tbe Siui is evil, tbo ruby; whon th© 
Moon, the diamond; 'whcn Mangala, tlie coral ; 
wbea Eudlia, tho zircon; ivlicn Vriíiaspati, tlio 
pearl; when Sukra, the cat's.ey©; irlien Sani, tUe 
snpphire; and ivlieu Eáhü, tlie emerald, shouU be 
tised wiüi órnaxiicnts, 

The Seats qf Kings deiermined. 

83. Thh Seat of the ffraha uader wliosa ialla- 
enee a kiag is bom, is ala o his seat; and a ciystal 
aeat is good for all- 

laf^rr 1 

^TÍjtfííf 13^4 1 

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im f^Tl' ^ w ji«f I 


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Tprri^ 'ir^í 

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i 


TaASSLAXION. 

84. Ia coronation, in settíag ottt on a Joumer, 

in TÍcboryi and ín war, a seat of loadsíone shodd | 

be nsed. ^ 

85. In tlie rainy seasoní kinga sboulJ use seaía j 

of enieraldâ s nad. wlien the clouds begin to íoar» i 
tliey sbould sit on seata of pnrc goma. i 

The Tf^roíies of Kvigs detetmlneá. 

86. The magaidcent aeat on wliích a Icing aits, | 

ís colled thc Srlsinháiana, XJiere arc eight kinds of 
it;—vü., Padni«*íi'NA[íwBíi (Lotua4hrone), Satikha^ 
sinhásctna (Concli-throne), Gqfa^Mdsoí^a (Eh^ 
pU&Bt^thron6)^ (Swaii-tiirotie), | 

Sinka^itiMsafia (lion-ibrone ), Vringa-mtMmna 

(3lDÊtl6-tljroiie)í ]lírig£^*sifihâ4<iHí^ (Deí^t-tliione),^ 

^nd Hay^tsinhésüíí^ (Horse-^tíiTone)- 


I 


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A T)tEATIf£ ON GES3, 



Tbanslation. 


87 , In tbo oplnion of tlie autiiorities, these 
eigíit kínds of tUronca are icspeetÍTely auspicious 
to kíngs born utidor tho bight astral influoacea;— 
that is, íf a king is Uorn under tUo influence of tbe 
SuD, the Lotus; if of tbo Moon, tbo Conoh ; if of 
Jfanffala, the Elcphant; if of Mtd/ta tbo Sfran; if 
of Vri/taspaíi, tbo Lion i if of Svkra, tbo Bee; if 
(jf jSotíiij tbo Leoí I if of HâfiUf tbo ITorss t-broue, 
sbould ba usod. 


The Zotm Throne, 


8S. The ibrono whieli is modo of ffámbhárí 
wood, wbicb is mouníed witb pura gold, whicli is 
Jecorated witb lotus garlanda and rubiea : 




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I Küç^waiff WíT \ 

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I I 

j ISÍT^^TTT^i ^l'^T%T ^ÍT^irT, ÍTlíTÍ 

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A, TtlEATISí OF OEUS. 


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Tjianslãtto^í. 

89-90-91. At the foot of wliích_ tliere ís a 
padma&oslta ornamcnted 'witU rubiea, at the 
eiglit aides of which there are as many figures, 
cach measuring tho king’s tírelve fi,ngers, wbich, has 
four figures ia ifc, widch U exquisitely embossed 
wlth tUe uine ^ems, and whích is covered with 
a scarlet cloth, is callod a Lotus-íhrone. Kiogs, 
sittbig on it, attoin great power. 

The Conch Titrone. 

92-03. TuaT throne which is composed of mâren- 
âm ivood, 'trbith ia dccorated wilh chalua of 
condi, vvbicli ia inlaíd with puro crystal and slWeT, 
tbe fore-partsof whoflc feet are partly inado of conch 
and emhdllshcd wíth pure ctystal, whicli contaiua 
tiventy-seveii figures, and which is covered with a 
wbite sillccíi clothj is called a Conch-throne, 

«Títm I 

^ 

^ I Í 5 * í 

ílt^ 'iíSi<Cai ^TJT» 

íit^ír*l "síãrff 

^ I I 

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Títfim wvh ^ '^V ^>irT ffííftt 

TÍT^ TÍtfwíT ^"IT I Í-S r 

fjí ^íTf^íTT Wí ^ 

ÍI3IÍ :j=ia: ^ ^tnr^ ^ 

Tprftfv-m!» T. íív 

íPSíf^V^íT fíTwrw^íT ^ I í.y I 
vríê^T^^rar ▼ l 

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fí|íít% f^í%rf I í.^ i 






















A TnEATISK OH GEMS. 



TltAIfSLATIOK. 


TliC ^lõphaní Throne, 

04—95, That tUrone ivliicli ia made of panasa* 
Tvqod, wbicti contains figures of tHo elepliaot, 
Tvhich Í3 decked out ia cafs-eyes, vtdrtimaa, and 
gold, irlioso fect rest upon beads of elephants, 
wliích bas a figure on eacb lirob of tbe elcpbftiits, and 
wbicli ia covered ivitU a scarlct clotb, ía ealled an 
Elepbant Tbrone. It leada to empire, 

The Siiean^Throne. 


9G. That tbrono wbicb ia made of sdl iTOod,Tvíiicíi 
■ ís ombelüshed witb figures of thé eTvnn, wbícb is 
decorated wítk topazea, gold and kuntDindas: 


'SIíTtT J 

‘íiT^ 

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fífTft'T7^íí I 

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^íirra i 

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# ^Vr í»! TT ti, fTÍ^ f^wu TinT 
V I í-\3l 

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vtfwi ^WT> vV fír^ 

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A TRO.TI$E cm afsiB. 


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TBAVSLATIOir. 

97. TIio forcparts of whose feot liave fiares 
of swacs, whícb ía dcckod out nith twenty-oQo 
figures oomposed of zircons, and whích is covered 
^v)th yellow cloth, is called the Swan^tlirane. 
This removes eveiy cviL 

Tite jAOti Throíie. 

98 —D 9 . The tbrooe whicb is mado of sandal 
wood, wliicb ís embolüshed wítli £^urcs of Üio 
lion^ whicli ia onmzueiited mth puie diamouds aad 
gold, urhose íect eotitaln fígures of Uons and 
twonty-one other figures, which ia Jeoorated idth 
good oyster-begotten and otber pearts : 


C5f ç**R^tcè ÍhR«, 

cntfõ^, fèl^, 

ç^*rti5í ííi^í 


























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A TR£ATI5£ ÓF ÚEIIS. 


Tjlaksi-atjoií. 

100. And wbích íâ corered with white doib, 
goes by tbe namc of Línn-throne. Tlie use uf 
tliiâ tlu^no leads to universal doininíon. 

Tftfí Beetle Throne, 

101-102. The tlirone which ía composod oí pure 
champaka-viooAt wbích is decorated with figures of 
tbe bcctlo and with puro rubíes, wbose feet rest 
upon padmakoshaa and twonty-two figures, and 
which is covered with blue cloth, is the Bectte* 
throne. It hrings about destrnction of íoesond 
victory. 

Tiie BeerThroné, 

103, Tu IS throne is modo of niinòa wood, 
decorated with figures of deer and omamented with 
sappbires, mahãiiilag* and gold. 

t 

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i:r5fT ^Íí ^ isi^, f^íl» ínq^, 

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'^^PíT fiiT^ 
^içq ^íi ífpcnrT» fíi^ít 

Yírf^vT^ VI ^ tr^r íwin: ^ 

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A TREAnSB ÚR OEUa. 


591 


j—---- 

Tbakslatiún. 

104f, Its legs rest upon Iieads of Jcür; it contains 
jbity figures} and is decked out ia bJue cloth» 
This Seat confera trealth, TÍctory, prosperity and 
liealtUiness. 

The Tforse Throne, 

105-106. That throne wbioíi ia made of «àff-hesara 
iirood, whích is ornamented with figures of horses, 
vhose legs rest upon seventy-âye figures and 
beada of liorscs atiidded with all tLo gems, and 
whích is deciced out ín colored clotbs, is called the 
Ilorse-íhrone. It confera wealtk and victorj. 


I 

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A TftEATJSB CÜf OESS. 


603 




Tuansiation. 

% 

27t€ Regai Ckmer\€&. • 

107. A TfFO-nAXDEO whito dítuüoDtl-^dded 
cbowríe, with a gold handiej is plcosaut to kíags. 

108. The Landles of chonrícs of Bralmin, 
Kshatríya, Vaisya and Stidra soTcreigae should 
respoctivcly he ornaracnted with (üamondfl, rubics, 
cat's-eyes and sapphirss. 

The Regai Vmòrellae. 

109. The regai umbrellas sbould be iHnged 
with thírty-two cliains of thirty-two pcarls cach; 
and tbeir topa sbould be crestcd with a purc 
díamond of tbo Brabmin speciea. 


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A TBAJlTIgE OH OSlIS. 

Translatiox. 

110. Tlie pommels of the hantUes of tbe umbrol- 
las shouldbc set wíthX*irmt7/itc/aíaad rubics. Tbese 
are caUcd thjo regai namdtindti umbroiks. I 

Tlte M^ect 0/ pure Bmwotids on ihe Fronte ! 

! of ihe F<d(lces <f Kings. 

\ 111. Tn£ fronts of rcgal palaces should bunt 

witb purc díamonds. Tliis wards oiT creiy Mad 
of cviL 

TAe Vrtnjdra €tscerimned. ’ 

112. The Tosacl wbicb is nscd ia pooniig out 
water in caronatiag moanrebs b cntitled vrhíffára. 

The geius whícb sbould rcspcctÍTcly bo placed oa 
tbc vringám, Uaving rogard to tbe various astral in- 
■ Hueaces swajiug tbe ititeuded kings, are as foUows^~ 

fiinfTísíí 

1 ?^, íríintoii w® w ^ 1 í 

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^rfimüninTÍ 3iwTeií*i^7:^'' Thnr, ^- 

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T^íf TtüT Vl ííf I 


























A TABATISE ON 



6d7 




TRiUiâLÀTiOK. 


llS-114. por those rospiotÍTely iafluencod by 
the Sun, tlie Moon, Budha, Frikaepaii^ Sukra, Sani 
aod J^iu, the ruby, díamond, «it*a*eyc, pearl, 
sappbííc, cmerald and pourl sbould be ploced on 
the ooronation voasol. ííone neod he placcd for 
tboso kicge iofucnced bj Man^al^; but tho puro 
golden or the clay vrinpdra ia auspicious for all. 

H5, In tbo voeselâ used in the coronations of 
Bmbmin, Ksbetiya, Vaisya, and Sudm aovereígng, 
diamonde, rubies, cafs-eyea and sappblres eboulcl 
respectiveiy bo placcd. 

116. Tboae aovereigns wbo are invested in 
compliance wíth tbía ordínance, attain lon^lÍFcs 
and prosporily ; otbervrise bad results ensue. 


1 


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69 » 


À TníAtOB OK QEllS, 


TRAiraiATIüN. 

Tfte ptUiing 0 / Getta 0 » tke Grottnã inierdicted, 

117 ,118,119, BhagabAíía said r—WJjoevcr, O 
Earth, ehould foolialjly pliice on tbee èUe aword, 
I the hom of tljo rbinoceios, ciysta]^ topa?, 
tho sapphire, tbc suti*3tono, tbe Tudrákihaj'*' 
kmamãUi, tbo Hirmálya,f tbe eâibles «íTeied to 
agod, tbe cmerold, gorõdianá,X the pearl, the 
I oyster, tbe ruby, sih^er, goM, end the cora!, sball 

I verily líve for ten-thouaand jears» in tbo bdl 

^ called kálaiitra** 

I I / 

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I I 

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A mEATlâE OH 


601 

1 


TllAXâLA.T 10 X. 

» 

The Foriene aíiendiny ieaíowel of 
G&ne for Merit. 

120. He who bestows on Braluníns díamooâSj 
pearia, corola and rubíos, goes to Indra'8 heoTon. 

The FoTUtne aitendiiig ihe Wearinff qf Genimed 
Oniametiís. 

12L The weariog of gemmed oruaments bríngs 
lespect, fame, longevity» irooltli, LoppiaGas, atreagtti 
and fruítion. 

122. Orer and obOTO tbía, it warda oíT oril 
astral influence, makca tbe bodj' healtbjj ^moves 
Diiscry and ill-fortune, and woshea away sin. 


I 

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CT '« *dR«pi «íiíinHc-í 

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TjtAKSLÃTIOír. ;; 

123, Elegant dresses, garlands, fragrant olvjects ■ 
and jewelled omBiuents oro tíie objecta of dcsírti: 
tbey removo the dJsturbancee oí Sdksha^g, roatoro 
healtb and bring wcaltb and good fortune. í 

T&e Fortunea implied hy dt^eaim of Geina, 

121. TíIB man wlio drenms a figb, flesb, a pearl, 
a oonch, eandal or a diamond, comes by immcnsQ i 
wealth on awaking. 

125, If ono Boes a sacfcd spot, a palocc, or a | 
gem-bouso, atlioins success and strengtbj and ronps 
tlie merib of baviog actuaily Tisitod a placo of píl- 
grimago- 

126. O Vraji, tliG man wbo ín a drcam bestovns 

on a lira b min a pearl-chain, a garland or fnigrant i 
eandal-paste, gains ríubes and Iiappincsa. 


I 

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^ ^ I 

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^t^ípít^ Tii^iT*rí^ I 

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^rfro wm íít uídüi Wl!^=l 

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tht^ gf í íjnT;^ irg^^sffíi^ 1^ 

t% ^ ^ í!w^'í^6r5i^ 

f^KT, ^ xmfK w^ 3fTir irlíTT J t^€ I 























A TBKITISB OiTGEUS. OOã 

_ _ ... _ I 

Tjlaxslatioií. 

127. Tho man on wliom a vírgia of 
glísteniag with gems, smiles Ia a úrcam, 
tbc fiiTorite of JSbt/ffaòaii* 

12S. ne irho dreams of a gLrl, ilie rain.bow or 
& whitc cloud, or wlio in a drcam obtains a 
cliaín, rcccivcs rcspect CTOiywbere. 

3^ Sffwl of se^ng Gente on ihe ese of n JioUi^eg. 

129. On tho ere of setting out for a Sghti 
Bámcliandraf connted upoa TÍctoiy when h# : 

pencd to aeo aospícíoas signs and hcar aaspicious i 
sounds. 




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^ íprfsí ísm ^ ^ firtto 

_ __ _ _ _^ r -^*^ _ ■ — ^ 

• Tílfl BpoiiH of Ma&íEd4va autl pewoDiScaiíoíi úf th# eoaJaiú j 

t Ttu rei^oubtfld «olor L»io« ^ 



































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Á T&EATlâli ÚN 


007 


]_ 

TBAXSIáXION. 

130—^131- Ho saw on bia rígbt jubies, silver, 
pcarb, gome, curds, kAai,* wliito gmn, wbit® 
fiowGrSj saftroD, copper, crvstal, mercuij, vermílioD, 
tbe red and tbe wlíite aondal-paoto and dinmonda, 

The Itoearif deiermined. 

132. The rosnr^ sbould 1)o composod of pearlo, 
coral, rtídrakehifa, or cryatal; or t he names ebould bo 
countcd on certain finger-joints. A rosary of gold or 
gems is a btmdrcd tímes as auspicious aa any otber. 

The Effeci of Itadrâkehaa toith 6‘enta. 

133. The man vho wears ruãráhshaet togetber 
vritli pearls, conils, cryatalSj silrcr, cat'a-ej^ and 
gold, propitiate» Mahádeva, 

I 

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í 

fwí, ^1^ ^ itifí 

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í >«=i I 

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A TRBAT 1 SS OK a£»S. KI 9 


TrAXSIiATION. 

ILotc io puHfy Waterhy Gêms. 

134 Br first strainÍQg watcr tkrotiglL a piece 
of clean aad tliíck sUk, ít is freed from animal cuJfio; 
nõxt hy putting under iò gold, pcarb, Sx., it is 
rcndcrcd perfôctij pure and gond. 

í7m? Tktcing of coolced Food »» iuitahU Veêséls. 

135. s^ould alwajs 

be placed in vessela of gloas or ciystal, or in tboso 
Btuddcd wíth cafs^eyest &c,: otherwise tbe q^ualitíes 
of the tliings may cltangs. 


'STípirp I 

^ ^ n«81 

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(wtff^ «^5^ WTW) '8’‘í^ 
(^ ^ ) ^«/tfír C»lsr;2r^ ^r#rf| 

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* A úkh ^xfmpüêíiã Qf m lluii of bcu coUnl xaixed 

wLth tbo pgmegrünjifefi aiiti Üio gfapfl jtueç^ 

t It lâ oompOBcd of âoar tmicd mLh 




































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^ITT S<-j^<4bl-riTj 1 

ii^Tíí 5<ííNr^^^i^r| si^'fl*í' í’1'®' 

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tl^I íTTTW^ífm I I 

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èL TREATUE OH «EUS. 


TfijjfaiATioif. 

I7ie Setiiâg of Gems itt Te/aples, 


13CH37.^ O ãtfíjaf on tte east of an únage sLould 
be set the ãíamo&d; on tho soath-eas^ tbc pcarl; on 
the soutb, the cat's-eye; on the soutii-wegt, the 
conch * on the weatj the crystal; on the north-weat, 
the topas; on tho north, the moon-stone ; on tho 
north-eostj, the sapphiie; and near the middlCj the 
mby. 


The Effect qf Wonhipping Sakti toUh a 
Gemmed Vessel 


138-139. O OBAS, large-eyed gir], he who rereren'- 


tially worahips Sakii with a ycsael set with i 


tidrumast rubies, Bnpphiies, cafs^^yes, crystals, and 
omeralds, índubitahlj ohtaina wcolth, sonsj vt ivos 
and fame. 




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wíTíirr 


^ ^iit: T^ír»> ftfèr I 

'íft^ «TTTr*n>r wifqr^t *íVfíii ^rpíiTr 

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^ WW feíJ t ^8« j fgf I 

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SUTT^^*^ íÍWt^ ^kS 

W, ^ UTííSj^ Tmr «1^ I f 8 ^ I 

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A TUSATIfiE QH OEMfl, 813 

T= -^ 

Thé Worsbip o/ Lak^hmi tcUh Gems. 

IIÕ-IIL PaniARiXiyj Tíáráyana worshíppedZífit- 

shiai in BaUcuniha* wiÜi rubioB, pearK garUnds, 
good gema, diamoada, mUk, sandãl-pasto, beautiful 
tirígs, new cloudsj etc. 

The Fortune ohtained by Worshipping Genmed 
Imogeo of Gaddéisea. 

142. By worsbíppíng the imago of a goddcss 
Btuddcd ivith sappltires, Náráyàna bas obtaioed bis 
wondcrful apirítual power for ever and a day. 

143, By constantly worshipping a goddeaa mado : 
of ciystaJ, For«»o+ has become fcbe master of all 
tbe watera. 

t 

^ 

SI3-í^í^'S'C‘TfÍ‘-’3^ft^ ^ I 
^4t5í3# cwfk íFm 
'9 «rr^ II 

^*1TO<R1 

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t The gftd üf wfttgr f 

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?Tm w^fii «íW I 


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apn f^) ^ arríScí ^ ^rr^ aíi^ | 

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^ 1 garír wftw íítít "í^r» 

iíraaaT irítsfM^ artr VVm wifK ^rfím 

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A TREATI9B ON 0EH3. 


Traiísl^tion. 

ll-i. Tho Moqh oonstantl 7 urorshippcd a godd^ 
mado of poarlg, and henco Ms divíne cSuIgence. 

145. Tlie Fmaa^aa* paid thsír adorations to a 
goddess composed of coral^ and liavo, m conse- 
quanco, come by high stotions. 

146. Woman csan alvrays oscnpe tbe cnrae of steri- 
litj bj adoring a goddcEs deeked with diamonds. 

147. Thecefore, O God of gods, do thou too 
pay tby derotions to a gemmcd goddass, tbat tbou 
mayst see tbj denrest desires croimod tríth fulbl- 
ment, and tbat tby life msy be ** one p^pctual 
gn)wtb of bcavonward enterprisc.” 


53Í íí;^l3íft C>f^ ^ííR, <71^ 

^ Ofm lE^ÍTOT J ^88 ( 

c«t«^ ^ “TO ^ '2fr<9 ^ j bsí I 

^riFifí (?T% WT 3rt^ 

^ <2tttrT^írír^ i ^8'bi 

wwüi! c*fflíí ^síí^ 

C3srè íffè- 

^ I >8t I 


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^çrf^ trwT wrí^TWííf^f^I * 


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íTíríí íívi 

^f^íTÍ fHü 

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f^rwí^ qRÍ^ ^ I \ 

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rgiT^*^ qqn t M bí- t 

^ftfíiqrr, qifiR 'tHrqiTt q^tff wfro» 

TO íTtTO Tsn qf^ ÍW I ^<A» 1 

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A TREATlEE ON qzus. 


— 

017 


TjiAxaxATroN. 

The Foríutie acQttifed by Worshippinff Gemtacd 
ImageB of Sim. 

SlUa snid :— 

148. IIavtiío bepn desírcd by Brabiná—the 
Creator— Vim€ikai‘fná* luado for andgave to each 
a Unga of Siva* sultcd to liia posaessiona. 

149. >150. Viahnu always worsbípa a Siva-Unga 
of sapphirca; Indra, ono of nibies; Enzcra^ 
one of gold ; tLo sensiblo jU^oou, one of pcorls; 
Agnif an image of diamonda; Varimat an 
itnago of ciystal the tirelvo A'diiyas, an ímago 
of copper. 


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t I 

* Tbfi Hlodu Vuluú, viibQ^t tliD ojifrrübvãam of nbeUunt agpiint Ühí 
OmÊifv^Êt^ 

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TílAXaiATlOIf. 

161» Ágsia^ jitiaHÍA* and tlin otlicr gr^át ser-» 
pents adore the Unga of cora], Xiríü, of wood, 
T^nu^ of omeraldg. The worsüip of tlieae leads to 
the liighest povrer and greatness. 

Ijiílen 

152. We liaTe thiis gÍFcn a bricf account of tlio 
Siva-vrata novr xre shall como to tlio consider- 
ntíon o£ the months, in reápect of thU subject. 

153-154. In April, tho díamond ; in Jfay, tlio 1 
emctald; in Juno, tUc peari; m JuJy, thc sapphirc; i 
in August tliQ ruby i in Septomber, the zírcon i 


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A TR^TÍSE ON 0EMS. 








Trauslation, 

155-15C. Ia October, the coral; ia Novemberj 
tho cafs^eye; ia Becember, tbe topaz; ín Jaauory, 
tlie sorpcnt-stono; ia Febniary, the chandrakánia ; 
asd ia Marcb, tho gold Siva^inffüt ahoulil bo 
rcspectively TTorshipped. For want of othewj the 
ioiage of pare gold is good for creiy moath, and its 
TTorgliip ís auspicíous. 

157. For vant of gold, the silvor; for waat ol 
silror, the coppor; for want of copper, the stone 
imago; for irant of atone, the image, of tragraat 
materiais, maj bs fommlly worsbíppcd. 


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Tkanslatioíí. 

Idstea /ttríher* 

said,— 

15S. Tlie stono linga of the God of gods,—tho 
bearer of tho trident— ahould bo devoutly wor- 
sbipped by all meu as weit os by Bralmiâ and tbe 
other gods. 

159 — 160. A linga of sapplures, corais, cafs- 
eyes, diamo&ds, ziicons, rubies, pearls, gold, sll- 
ver, copper, brass, or emeraJds, is very sacrcd,— and 
tbo worsbip of it is attendcd with tboTuliilment of 
oTery desirc. 


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TBAjraLATIOK. 
jAsiea /uríher. 

161. ' Agttinj if a linga is mado of inerctiíyi ít 
causes great wealtíi; if, of pearb, prospcriiy; if, 
of chandrakdnta^ immorUlii;; and íf, of gold, 
fruitron» 

163* Evciy kind of geunnod línffa ía good; 
but íhô 'NvorsUip of á linga of diamonds brings 
abottt tho destruetion of fhe enemy ; of one of mer- 
ctuy, tho acceasion of Tast wealtli; and ÊnaDy of 
one of peorls, general good fortune. 

1G3. Tbo worsMp of a linga uinde of niahánílas 
or Hood-atoiiES, makes tíie body lienltliy; and tlmfc 
of one composed of load-stonC3 and tlio ítttrgakánía, 
bringa diguity to tlie fomüy. 


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ií TltEATLSS ON <JE>IS. 



TbaKSJíATION. 



IGi. Tlio vrorslup of a. iiiÒaii/iffa composed of 
cíiaudra-kéiíta removea tlic foar of death, tliat of 
0110 mado oí cryatol cauaea frnitlon, thnt of ono 
niade of sitláBi/ccf (a kintl of gem, tho WL-aring 
of wliíeh cures ífílít, cUoIíc paia) aud pearJs, re- 

movias enemies* j. j j? 

105* By worshippíng ^ SibãUng^ niade of eat a- 
pyes on ft sacréd E[jot, a mau attaina good, and Imm- 
Uca tii0 pride of liis caemy;—by irorabippirig a 
S-ibctlinffa rnade of sappbiros, Jie rcapa prosperity ; 
aud by tho worsUíp of oao made of cíiaitdra-Lâaídt 
íic real isca bis Ixíst wisbea. 


The efect o/tcorjshippítiff Siea JoUh 0'eiiis. 

I 1C6. A tiiroac made of ivory, decoraíed uitli 
gold aud^gema aad covered ivítL a maay-eoloreJ 
clotb ; __ 

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A THEATISB 


TjLtKSlATION. 

167. An umbrelLij bright os tbc fuH-moon, 
deckcd witli pearl-chaim, and Üio nino gcms and 
bavin" a atick nf gold; 

168. Two wliite ohowrieSf witU íjaiidlcn made of 
gold and jewcls and wearíng tUe form of tlie swan; 

169. A cool mirror fragrout witli perfumes, 
studdod with geinSj and decoratcd witb frosli loavea. 

170. A deep-broathíng conch, wbito aa tlie 
flwan, tbe kanda flower or tlic moon, and havíng ita 
back studdod wítb gold and gems ; 

171. A bcaudfnl káiala, (a kind of muucal 
instrnmcnt) posse&sing a Yarietj of souttds, tnado of 
gold, and decoratod wilb poarls; 


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A TltRATr»E OS CBifS. 



' TjtAírsi.ATioy- 

I 172—175, A goodly bricí:: or stonc palace, 

buming wíth gems, liavíçg golden tbrcsbbolds and 
doorst and a bundred píllara of goM andjevrels, 
—Üie gatca made of coral and hung witb a canopy, 
liavíng fringcs of lows of pcarls » 

174, By worshippíag Siva with thc aboTC^mcn- 
tioned objecta, obtained justly, oao propltiates Ma- 
liádova, inasmucli as be loves plcasuic. 

The tcorship of Sieoi íy NandL 
175—176. The grcat after formally puri- 

fyitig^ tbe Sihalinga in paticfidmrii&tf for a great 
Jcnglh of tíuio worsbipped Maliádeva íritli pt^ls, 
sappltirçSj zírcons, cafs-oyes, tliomoiids and rubies. 


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633 


Translatios. 

The religUMè merit ohtained òy teonhipping 
Krishfta teiih gerne. 

177. Bj worSibjppiixg Krishiui vith cortüj a 
man <sm subduo lhe threo worldg ,* and by wor- 
shlppíng Imu wiiU mbicsj he attoias tho positioD of 
Sdrvaòbamm.* 

178* He wLo woiabíps Krisbna wíth topazes^ 
surely obtaíns ‘tbe gelden rotmd oad top of so- 
vereígntyand if tUe worshipper i$ a JSjihütrígaf lio 
can lord II over tho wliolo world. 

170. Hc wbo woTsbips Krishna with omeraldsj 
altbínâ wísdom; and ko wbo worsMps tbo god witb 
diamondSj^wkat can be not acLíevo P 


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TuARaLAlTOK. 

180. B 7 woraíiippíng Krtshna wíth gotdeii ; 

Bower^ a mau can become as néh as Kuvera^ and } 
in after-líÍBí can attaín wínriíj»o.* * > 

* Further 

181. If tt person worabipa Ndrdjfana with ft 
tbgiiaand mirrorsj stndded witli jewelsj he attaÍDa a ^ 
beautlTiil navel. 

182. For attttining a good nose, 006 should | 
worsbíp Gopináth witb a tboasand lotusea decorat- ) 
ed ^itbgeinâ. 

183. O Daugbter of the MonntaÍDj for good ! 

teeth, a maa ahonld offer Oolaianâth one bundred 
thouaaJid pearia. | 

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A TKKATlflE 071 OaiS. 



037 



\ TEAjraLATlOlf. 

; 134. O Giri/á, for fine cbeets, one ebould offer 

: SrivAtta OQÊ bundied tlious^nd small baÜJS made 
I o{ gema. 

; 186. Místress of my heart I for affainm" a good 

I netfaer lip, the devotoo should ofFer Ndrá^ana One 
liundred thoiisand dice mado of gems. 

186. For a paír of good eara^ a Toan ehoald ofifer 
K™htnt one Imadred thousand ear>rÍDga taado of 
jewela. 

i 187. For attaiiiiiig a good toíoo, a mau should 
offer Vishtaesmara one htiadred thousand jajs of 
houcy, Btudded 'with gems. 

188. O Emprcss amoug tho goda í for attainlng 
good speecli, a pereon should offer Krishím a thou- 
j sand jaus of néctar, mude of gems. 


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TfiAySLATlON, 

189 . Por a paír of bcautiful ejesj a roan should 
offer the youtbful Krithna ona litmdred tbousand 
lampSt made of jewols. 

190 . Pop a ffoodly neck, Oopála should be wor- 
shipped with a Ibousand llovops, mada of goms, 
aod aliaped líke tbe Dhustâra. 

191 . For tíTO goodJy arma, AVwÍJia should he 
oSòred a thousand lotus^stalks, mado of jewels. 

192 . O Nárãyaní, to attaia a fluo chest, tbe 
god should be propitiated witb a huudrod thousand 
rubíes. 

193 . For haudsotne fiogora, a hundred thou- 
sand gommed riogs should be offered to tbo god. 


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A T^ATISB ON 





TkA>' 3 LATI 0 N. 


104. For good uailSj. ahoáld be offered \ 

ú. huadred thousond beautifuUj' wbite gems. j 

195, For attaioíog a boautíful buatj a wotnao ^ 

should offsr Kriahna a million cbaíns, mado of í 


jeireJa of rare excjellency. 


196, For tho gancml beaaty of tbe peraon, a ■ 
persoD ahoald offer tbe Xiord of Laksbmí heautLful i 
baila atudded witb gcms, 

197, For a pair of good buttooks, a woniatt 

should woraliin tbe Holoer of tbe cAbêto vfith a 
tbousand wheeU made of gems. j 

198, For a good bead, one sbould propítiate Ná- | 
ráyana wLtb a inillí oa goldeu umbrellas, adorned | 
w)tU gema. 


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TKAiíaLATlOy, 


199. O Stivraia^ íor a fair nature, one síiould ofler 
Náráyana a liimdred thoosand gems of gicat value, 

200. For a fair mínd, o pcrson sboald woreíiip 
Kríslma witli a hundred thoueand gems, ivhite like 
pura crystal. 

201. For ficcuring tbe good graccs of lior lius- 
band, a womaa sliould worsliip Krbbna iritb a 
thousaud gcms, red like tbe coral, 

203, For sccuring her hiiabaud for tbe spaco of 
ten miJlions of birtbs, a woman sbould offer Nâráya- 
na a bimdred thousaad rubíes of matcMcss beouty, 

203. For eecuring richoa for no cnd of births, a 
man sbould worabip Krishna with a bundrcd 
ibousand geaia. 




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A TBEATIfiE OH GElía. 


«45 




TKAiíSLATlOíf, 

The Besloteul of íkú Kalpn Tyee. 
SiiU saí cl ;— 


20t. O Suerata, I am goÍDR to tell jott of an- 
otber kind of offering. Tho Salpa troe shouM bo 
preporcd with a hundred niakas* witU bríinclics. 

205, Peiarls shouldliang dovra from its bougha; 
and beautifui emeralds slioiíld form ita sboota, 

206, Corais shoulcl form tha new kaTes; and 
mbíeSj the Jruíts. 

207, Sapphirea sbould form tbe root; díamonda, 
the notbermost part of tho trunt; cat’s-eyw, 
the part immedíatEly below the top; andfinally 
topazos, tho foremost part. 


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TiLAírsiiAriON. 


208- Tho leavoa síiou]d bo of zircons ; and tbc 
alter sliould be of sfíiyo Mwííw, c/uítt</ra-lániaít 
or ciystals. 

209- Tbeboígbtof tlie treo shouH bo ono ifi- 
^ íasít; and ilio sliould be ostalilisbed beueatb 

it, along wiih tlio otlier deilieg. 

r/tó Sesíotcal of í/m? Gcmmed Cow. 

The Incomatlon of tho Pish said;— 

210. I am going to relate matters pertainíng 
to tbe grcat besto’^ of the gemmed ooW;;—by 
which a man attaíns íroíaia» 

21L Like the ceremoiuea of íúld and purtísa^ 
ou an auspicious day, tlie prcaence of the deitíea 
flhould be fioHcited, before the gemmed cow ís con- 
stmcted. 




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A TllEATWE our ams. 


049 


Tkansxatichí. 

212. The Ilide of a JS^i^íihnasdrct* sliould hc 
touched iritb salt weighin" a dromr,i and spread on 
tbc ground ; and on it tbo jewelled cow sbould be 
mado with due ceremoniea. 

213. Tbo sages sbould placo eÍgbty-one 
mbicfl in its mouüi; and a hundíed topazea on its 
nose. 

214. On ita forobead, a golden atripe ebould 
bo painted; a hiindrod pearia sbould be placed 
near ita eyes; a bundred comia ncar its brows; 
and tvro oyaters on its ears. 

215. Tbo two borus of tbo oow sbould bo mado 
of gold ; tbo bcad, -wilb a bundred diomonda ; and 
tbc pupils of tbe cyest with zircons. 


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4 TREATISK Ot( GtUS, 


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TJUNSIiATION’, 

216. The back sbould be Jnaâe of a hunilted 
sapphirea; the two aídes, by a huadred catVeyes; 
t hc abdomenal regíons, with ci^stal ; and tho brca&t, 
with a liundred sat^and/iiía«. 

317. The Iioofs sbould bo mude of gold; th© 
tail, of pearlsj and tUe uose, of n/tandTa-Mnías and 
íwrya-Adaídí and fragmnt substanccs, stich as sau¬ 
dai paste and camphor, sbould be employed in mak- 
ing it. 

218 , The haírs sbonld be made of íanífíííw ; tb© 
navel sbould be of silver; and tbe bonesj of eme- 
ralds. 

219, Besidca tbesc, other gems sbould be placed 
in the jointa j and a fonrth of tbese gems that bave 
been enuznorated for tbe cow, sbould go to tbe 
construotioQ of tbe vatíoiui membera of tbe cal f. 




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A TILEATJSB ON OEVS. 






'fitAXSliá.XIOK> 

The Bístoteai of ihe Qemnied Mountain. 

220. Tbe Fisli Incarnation of tlie Dcity saíd;— 
I ani now goiog to tell of tbe bostowal of the Gcm- 
mod Mountain. TJio l)e$t Mountain sbould bc mado 
of a tbousand pearis. 

221, The next best, by five bundred; the next, 
by tliree hundred j and tbe loet, by two bundrod and 
êfty poarla. 


222 — 223. The eastem pnrt slxouíd bo made of 
gems teâembliii^ díamonds and zírcons; tbe 
eoutbcrn, by thoae reãetnblíng snppbircs ; tbe niíddlO] 
by ten thousand gems like topazes ; tbe by 

gema resembling cat’s>eyea and coral; and tbe 
north, by ruby-liko jewcla. 


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A TKEATIES 0 » 0 M(S, 


656 


Ta.AiíSJiAnoB'. 

T!ie Bestotoal qf the Vrihi Mounlain. 

224_225. The Físh lucaniation said 

Jji ^ pyraniídíU pil6 of paddy slioiilil bs plíiosd 
tbree treea of gold. The east of it shouM contain 
peãrk aod diamonds; the south, airoonsond toifaiM; 
the ^est, omoralds and sapphirea; and the north, 
beautifal catWyes i— and coral trees and ojatera 
ehould bo placod all round. 


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A TREITISB ON ÚHUS. 


657 


7 S 




Tkakslatiox. 


TAe Besfoical qf ihe Guradhcnu. 


226 — 228 . O bcst of Dwijas, the ears of the Cow 
and her Calf should be of oysteraj the feet, of sugar- 
I canes; the eyea, of oystors; the eye-hrows, of coral; 
^ tho dugs, of butter; ihe tails of eilk ; the pupila of 



j ahould be mado of solidihod trcacle and covered 


í with a whitõ tliiu cloth. The milking pail of the 
S cow ahould be of boll'meta]. 


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TBAXSUniON. 

The Vaija^antl Roeary. 

23,9. Tlio sappIuTo^ pâort, rabj^ catVoja and 
diamond go to maka up tbo Và^ayanti roâory. 

Hisiortj õf ihe Eauatuta. 

230—231. Hastilj tbo gods agaia fell to cbum- 
íng tbo occan of sweet-milk, wlth ímpetnosí^. 
Now TosQÍroin. tbo bosom of tbo deop tbo ‘sim-' 
ckd* efTulgonce and aplendour of tbat lígbt of tbo 
world —Kattaiuoat tbo best of gems. 


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A TÍt£ATieE GS OEUS. 




Teajtsuitioíí. 

232. The gods, placiog Ndréi/ana before, began 
to gaza at tho gem;—then wíÉU one voioa they gavo 
it him. 

The Anecdote 0/ Chinídmaí^i. 

233. Once on a, time, the kmg, ChanãrasejKit 
worshipped MtthédeDa rcvarentially, and thereby 
Lighlj pleased tho principal courtier of that god. 

234 Tho good and reapccted Manimdraf who 
hears on bís forehead a tnath of SieHt waa lilghly 
pleased with tho king. 


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A T TRiEAfP fme m OEMS. 


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Teaítslation. 

235. And lio piesented liim a divíne gemj called 
Chmtdaíaai —tb&t rí vai of Simsíuva. It does one 
good to ace, to praise or to tliink of this suu-like 
gent 

23Ô. Idke the l*kilosopher’^ Síons^ tlie fonch of 
it instantlj converts bcU-motal, copper, irou, leod, 
atone, &c., mto gold. 

237. Maiíivadra preaentod it to tlie Mng, wbo 
wom tho gom over bia throat j and on bis tbiono 
abono Uke a second sun over otbcr príncea. 


I 

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A TltVATlSE OH OEyS. 



665 



TftANBIiATIOH. 

230 . Whett tlie other lüngs camo to know thía, 
thoy bccame soro aick for enFy, 

239 . OrtbGso, aome Iiad pity un account of 
their tender^tieartod natura ; whílo othera grew 
mallcioua ero tbey luid loarnt the miglitj virtuea of 
the gem coveted by gods. 

2.10—241, Tbekingsof Saurdsihra (Snrat), KeJc&ya 
(in tbePunjab)r SálBa (in tbe Rájastháti), Kaiinya 
(between Orissa and Dravira), JUardraia (botween 
the lodus and the Satadm), Pdnchdkt (N, W, of 
Delhi, in fcho conntry of the Himalaya and Cham- 
bnla), Avaniit Stiiwíra ( between the lodus and 
tho Satadru), Jfítí^ndArt (Bobar), Matsya (Joy- 
jiore), Srinjaya (in Mathura), and other placea, 
mtonding to defeat Chandra Sena ín fight^ began 
to atnoas a qnadripartíto force. 


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A tbeatise on oeus. 




Translattos. 

242. Thereaílter they carne» breflthíng unlted 
Ètrength, wíth &ti innutnerflble fojce to UJ/ainf; 
and sat doirn at its four gates. 

243. At thÍ 3 imminent pcril, and cooped up by 
tho prond princea ÍE his palace, Cfaandra Sena 

prayõd to AfoAdídfot for delivorance, 

244. Pinnly, courageously, resülutely and Trith 
perfoct conoentration of mind, the kíng wofshjppod 
Mahddeva dnily and niglitly. 

S45, At tlús time, a milk-maid who bad heen 
travelUng, camo volantorily to the templo of 
Màhàfcdla. 


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CTff^ *ílf*fí5nõ ^%:?R I ^84) I 

íttfííí^H r =^8â I 

c’rt^‘^1I 
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Tn^^aftiíftrçr fírífíifl-itíi^ir?^ i ^8» i 
^rfàr ^ HWrfír v^nrisnfài tur: j 
^pfhr ^RT aftrr ^ar^rr^ aífiiJií i ^sí i 


«l^^Hi I 

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TO arvníiTO ipriiTíaii jwí aRVÃ arnft 
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^ ^iVH^ ^(<l*if 'TÍ'^ íR" ^ iRí 

Vtinrí ^if^rr 

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w^«narr i ^gisi i 

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& TIEATISX OH BEM 3. 


669 


Traxslatioií, Í 

2i6, Tlie ividow camo with a cMld of fira j and 
after witnessmg the devotíons of the kio§, and 
boviring down Her head| vanishcd. 

247. Tíie chíld, haring aeen aJl this, ont of cu- 
rioBÍtj, preparad for wotshipping Siva—wliiclí 
worka out inanas salratíon. 

248. Tlie cowheid boy 'brougbt a píeoe of stono 
after good selection; and in tlie camp bard bj 
eatablished it as the image of Siva. 

249. Then fiom treea the flowers of wbiob. ho 

eoiild reacbi he ctiUed flowers witli bis own haods j 
and with thein bogan to iroraliip the imago. j 


I I 

1 

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t \Bò I 

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- ?f fííííw f^’çrra fíííw' ftrfuTí^ I 
*n^ ^"VísT ?i^i I 
^refwif^TÍV ^rfíT «íiíí^iíi I 

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V ' * * ^ 

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A TRKA3IÍSE ON 




I— - 

I TEASBLATIOxV. 

250. When tbe motlier of tbe lad aaw ihat tbe 
time of hÍBnóón-tido medbad gono by, sbe again 

i camo to tbe spot. 

251. SeeiDg bim Tíitb closed eyes, absorbed ia 
I the contemplation of Sira, sbe gteflr wrotb and 
I pulled bim forcibly by the arm. 

252. Wben tbis, aa well as upbmidíngs Iiad 
í failcd, tbe woman dangaway tbe image at a dis- 

tance, iíi order tp diaturb tbe boy’s deyotbns. 

253. Seeingtbe worsiiip of the tridont-bearíng 
god of gods thus disturbod by his owa motber, with 
piteoaa cries bo fell down on thé ground. 

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A TREATIBA OH OEltS. 


673 


Traiuslátiov. ' 

254 remainíng insenaible for a whilot be 

regained Ms sbnses; openíog Ms ayes, began 
to vrcep uBoessmgly. 

255, Wben lie opened Ms ejes, be saw tho tent 
decoratcd wiib gemmed pillars and fimúshed with 
golden. doors and gates; and with on. altar deched 
with sappMres and otfaer gems. 

256. Tlio boy found in tbe camp a biilliont 
pslace of goldj with domeg of curioua and exquisifo 
workmanship. The palaco embosomod an image 
of i5tra. 


^^nri 


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5 Ttf^ I ^«8 I 

síwtfòvo, ^ 

lirt^ f^^nraiPiT 
cítf^ f^íbg csftTfstfíi^, ^1% 









































674 






tWIT J 

^ íiw irrít fijwiiTíi finrwwmi 

n^rltin^Trt^fiiiíffRlVf^prr I i 

KlTTíIÇftfhmFÍ* f^rmfíTTÍ^ 1 , 

f^a(«i íq»i HfW)ít t 1 Hí 1 

V Tí^T íffTwnEr ^^nífíTíiírt fíiftr ( 
iníTí firTa>rí i 
f^íçiT^ f^nr íifVír^ifr’^ f 

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in,!WTt i 

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wnr vTTíifflr 

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rfiíi íptiir itrS w 1 ^ I 

íNr »rc Tisr^r 

TÍ^ít, V9 M\wm Twis^i q^Tgf^ 

^in^i TPTT^ ^ftr t?r« wtfSnr* 

wií wpí ví I I i'* 

xrm v^íçvvftrí^i^m irwrfff ttIwí 

vriví íTHRt wní^iST irv^sf^T fí^* ítí«T 

fW«(vf^T, írfwvT ftRfíÇ íTTftv^ "ík 

í^ii^vT ^íT^ vw t • I sf t ' 
























A TRBAtISE flRMS. 


675 




TUAjrSLATTOy. 

3d 7. At Sun set tbc boj wGiit home, and fnntici 
hís houso turned into ono o’f gold, and flámín;^ with 
gems beautcous and rare> It Jookcd Uke lndra'a 
palaco. 

258—259* Then he sair hís motber, boaríng on 
her bead a crown adorned wíth gems, aittíng on 
a milk^whíte bed, upon acouch ricbly embossed wiÉh 
gems, decked out ín jeirels, wearing a divino 
míment, and beaming wíth a divine radianco, like 
a vcrj goddcss. 

260—261, After Qnísbmg bis devotions, king 
Chandia Sena suddonlj went at nigbt to tho shin- 
in" paliioa of the milk-maid, and witnessod tbe 
míght of tba cowherd lad, raísed up by Mal9Adeva's 
giaco,^and tho golden palace of SLva with bis 
imago. 


I 


In(.5 C^rf^Rr, p3rt<ia 

TO í r 


ai ^ ly íT ^^1^ ^itc¥=ií^ ípR '•nrm ^rit- 

âífí'^» fW 'B f^íT^fl^TTO j 

C*T^44rtí CWf^ I \<th' \ ^oís ] 

f^^JTsrl ^Rtíl ^í#íf1 íHS^kífít^ j 
Círt^few -ífTO, sRrtí^rt^ \ 
PniTO, 'ü^ srtft w ; 





































jil^jinrT I 


676 




^ ^n^rrat «»>ji*<iiiyi*i%« i íf ^ i 
^ %?nninsrf I 

?ni^5íf wnr]^* írpsn ipí 1 

<nínffl‘ 'TT*níTf5ÍTíw I 

ir^ tr^ iíf%^ ítfpsw* i I 
iffi: TíftirTiTO Tnrí TiT?nrfífir) 

^ Xflrfan Wi{\ I ^íy. I 

ÍTC^JTT I 

^ TT^r «níhnc 

^ TtíIt ijni f« nmk ^ ^ítí íhrv 

m ^ ifí I 1 

TTOT f MTWT, 7IT ^ 

f^íi çnr^, TTTTW líVí* 

^ ífPT ^f*WT ^líw W 1 I 

Ttt ^ qrií wfroÍT 

Ítl^ "ÍTT ^í| ^Í^KÍt 

mi l-^in 

«fiíí 77^, ÜT ^ 

inir ^miSi '<n^ vw ^ i ^L * 

































A TKBATtaE OK CEMS. 



TBANaLAIIOir. 

The ttnecdote of Chintáeiddhi. 

262, Xlie lianásome and intolligont Mug, Bar* 
jaj%, begot two beautífal eoiis; and| aftcr &ome 
yeara, went ínto the aeigbbouring forest. 

2G3:. Ob Corning theie^ be foiind tho holj, derotit 
hermit, Gauratmkha. 


264. He entered tbe hermítage vi th tlie inten* 
tÍDii of seeing the holy sages. 

265, On seeiog the king, Gamamukha gladly 
welcomed hiin. 


'S ?t«r1 <3®- 

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^wífr rr^wtiT ^^ít: ^»r%?r! i 


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ín«í^: fí V 1(T^íT ift^sí fiqv t 
çffl ^ÇT^T ^\*nríTT^W?f I ^ I 

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j TTw ara 1 I I 

i íffira ^ iíWt% ^ ^ ; 

; wfir«ít '«rrfiiínraT arra^ aí^, ítt ^wafw rrarrar wní I 
I ^KT w tVt í í<ç Ô I : 

I ara^ft^wr^ra arí!^ $í-,^yfÍTar j 

^jtt, TraíTaít ara iTíí^ apra f^sm «ri ^ \ 

Vtíai^l I 

wfil KT^r f«r^^ ftww 

I ftw, lf^ 'iftíí iftar ^ tv ^ f^^ TT^rc^ | 

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A Trtl£ÀTIS£ OK GKMB. 



ert) 


Tjunslation. 

2C6, “ O I king, to-day I aliall fced yoit and youp 

retíuue accordingf to my pownr. Prayi do you 
leave yonc beacora.” Tba derout man said this, 
and 'tvaa ailent. 

2G7. Obíiged by tho liormit’8 courtcsy, tbe king 
acccpted his iavitation wítU bis foUovroira. Ho Imd 
witb bim fonr aWtankinít of soldíers. 

266- Símil this poor hermit be able to proride 
food to Bo nmoy mea ?j" tbo king; tUought to 
bimself- 

269. On ths otber Land^ tbe hermít begau to 
tbink bow iie cotild foed such a nuaibor, 

ceí^^ 

c*rf5ii ^ír, 

^fííC«1^ t í 

'ítrin a Ptfí 

(?r 1 i I 

la^ Tf^is 

ifR ? íTW íTTni' 

CV\*íM*TR I I 

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ta^ai^f fè^ ^Tícs t i 









































estt 

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♦nr; »ríTm í 

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^WfitíWíííT^^ ^ifàiír* a ÍÍ^S!? I 

W í* f5rÍ5r^í<i ^^TfÇinT i 


íirsrm i 

Wfír íTY U<bl<^ ^ífT ^ ^ 

^íTw^ tt«a^ ^TPriif ^fííi^ iRv "smi 

Tü^ j I 

ir^í- ifKrawí 
«HTT^ww ■sriíWTí íTiTínir^ ’«?n>rfí 
«5r I I 

T í TiTiT ^irpí^ 

^fíifV Wt f^íí Tiifinri «ikíw* 

^fir^fTw ftw I t'ô^ i 

▼ ^ I ^rm ^tt fjj^ «nrir «iit 


















A TSEAttaB OH OKKS. 


«SI 


Traxslatiok. 

270- Wlien he w&s thus laborinj uüder anxioas 
thougbtt tUe memoiy of the god of gods, Nérâ* 
yaiia, arose iti liia mínd. 

271. Tlieii tlmt best of hermits dcToutíy coa- 
templated ^drd^ana; and, descoadiag into the 
waters of tUe sacred Ganges, worsbíppcd tbe god. 

272. *'01 best of Goda, to-day king Dur- 
jaya haviog gmccd iny cottage wi tU Uis royal pre- 
seace, 1 am anxíous to cniertaia blm. 

273. " 01 sovcrelga of tUe ITaíverso, do thoa 
voncbsafe to provide thy poor devotoe with suM» 
cicat food.” 


c^FCTfnr •ilaiíi‘i 

r 1 

m c«R =rraiií’iw ^ ^ 

■^fà iri ^srnr ■9Í«txs 

I I 

c^cwcTí?! 'íítwi ^23 c 3( <«rrf^ 

^Tfsf^í ^ 

^ 1^*151 

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«fí^w j í 


































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'^ííii*íR I 

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j ^ T ^firifrT 1 

j wnn fsr^írr i ^08 i 

í irf% 9 Tc^ f 

j r^í^ftTT qrTSTTTTsi: t 

f __ _ 

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Í «qwq t t i 

; Í^^ITWç^^ ÍT^ I I I 

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j qTJTHqfír 3íTTl^»q ii> qjfTO qqnw j 

I ■?irf?T^ Tiçqr fJnmr ^*q 

j qt^ qq, T wf^q í Tqrsr t»j TiVt, ^ 
í qíq> i I 

i 

trq j qiftí qrcrWqt ^ 

] ífhnq t j 1 

; %“ ^q %Tq I 'qqw «nri imqr wt tw* | 

qr q^ ^rq qq, qV TTWí "Çq^^q 'qqq qq qqrqi 
qqqrq^ q^iTT qrrqf vt^rq qrt% 

fqf^fiprq qrqq ^íWlI iTTq qrl* q^n I 

qqq^ qjTRq qq qqyqq wf^ qqqqf líq* \ 
qqq qq^ qwRT wT^sif fq^rrí^ff qrq | 
qfq wfqqr ^ i i [ 













TíUírSLAtiON. 

274. Pleaacd with the 8age’s prayer, Keslmvft | 

presenied iiíms^lf bcforo liim m propt-kt personai 
and said, " O best of sagos, do you nsk of me wiiat | 
boon you líko.*' \ 

275. O goddees, tlie íioly man wondered exceed- | 
ingly; and ^n^íng low, and ivitli elasped iiondâj 
spake tbus :— 

276. " O Kesbava, íf tbon arfc picaaed ia tiiy 
ficrvant, do íLou grant tbis praycr of mínC;, tliat the 
king Duijaya iritli bís retínue niay to-daj be fed at 
my cottage, and depart thence to-morrow mornícg,” 

*277. Iliuâ aeooated by tbe sage, Náráyajyi wiU- 
íngly gare bim a verj powerfnl gem, collcd Chin- 
tásiddhi.* i; 


I I 

^ ^1 ^ ^íwr, j 

'5ít*rT? «ifsJTffs ^ 'Slt'ííi I 

^) ^^8 I I 

c*ff^! cíf^f I 

f i I 

^ 'ítfè íSPIf í 

^ «spít^ I 

^ífT® í 

^TTí^rTw 'Sííc® 

I ^ i 

f .»TC<^ írnrtii‘1 


F £it.f thjtt whioli MúUa uur (Utir«i. 



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aiíííi^cí friTT^^fi wni ^5^, 

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f^T ^TM j I 

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^íysRs^ V^íRín^ 

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Tjwr 5«q ti^T^^Tl iríj í líTTOR ! ^Il-íf 

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4 p£31S. 




TEANSIlATIOÍT* 

278. HaviJag won ít, tU^ Bralimiü cama back 

to Lia cottage, and imagmcd a apacíaus palace, 
grand likâ a poak of tho Himalaya, Jofty like a j 
great cloud,<and whíta líke thc moon-beam, | 

279, By TÍrtno of ViahBu‘8 Llesaing, and the | 

magtc of the gontj Le outright caused to '* rise liko 
exhaiation" myiLula of polacaa like the one Lo had 
concfMvcd. ) 

280. Tben he made the four kiads of foodj* and | 

goMcn dishea and sucL gear. | 

281, Having dono thia, tha sage spake to the } 

puissant king, “ O King! let yoar soldiers enter 
mj honae.'* í 

I í 

3^^ ^ 3IW StCíí i 

I I i 

^ 's fè^tfíifer ápotcí 

c«lw, c*í?r'« líi^F^n 

^rtítsPTrí-^ C'*t«f*(*íííí 

^ fícSH J 1 

^ íSpFta Wí*! 

^ :;Etta^«0, dmJcftblws àtk 



































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cní^ wfíT: [ 

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wwsnwfTTíV íim r ■ 

f^fw 5 ft^nrT^wT 5 ^í^í?’arifV ?t ^ r i 
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^ vfií í^5TtTf%fy írf^T ÍTT 

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% ír*m^ r w ir ^ 

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fH^ VT^IT TTWTT X^ TO^ TÍift 

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->-«->VK V^-l.H.K-1.-^ 




























A TRSATISB ON OBUS, 


- 

687 ^ 



Taaxslation. 

283. When tlicy entcred in, Gflurmiikha took 
tho dÍTÍao geni and saíd to tho kiag:—* 

283. '* Ktng, you may havo got rery tíred by 
your joumey; and fcLereforo I shall proride yott witb 
the attendance of au adeqn&tc numbcr of male and 


feranlo servanta/’ 

284. Having said tbis, the Brahmm placed on 
j a Bide befotfi the kíng, the gem gircn te him by 
) Viabnu. 

I 285. No sooner bad he placed the sun-like gem 
on the ground, than ten thousand womea (beautí- 
fui 03 the Graces) begon to íssue out of it. 


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A TSeAtXâK OK OEJIS. 


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Tbansiwition. 

286. Hí^ríng wítaesaed with Iiíb own eyes tLís 
inanrelt Íio was ftmazed and thougíit witliin him- 
self—«Tliia ia eitbflr tbe work of thisaíge» or liia 
ansteriües, or the virtue of tbo gem itaelf." 

297* As a forlom iover’8 inisery is only agg™* 
Tated by the balmy Hght of tbe full^mooUf the 
wicked, even Trhen lirlng in the company of the 
good, can never bring forth good. 

288. Having witiiessed the virtue of the gem, 
Daijaya became i^cry sad; and with astomsbmeat, 
thought how he could posaeas bimsolf of tbe jcwel. 


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I--- 

I Tkanslation. 

I 289. " I must tite pos&esaioii of thísgEm by any 

I means,” thought Durjaya for a wliile ; and hastily 
< leaving th© cottago, he despatchcU liis courtier to 
j the sago to aek for ChínttUiddhú 
i 290. " Do you gmnt thia beat of goms to Hía 
I Majaaty,'' said ]ie to the sage í ivhen tli© latter flew 

j into a wrath and saldj— 

i 291. " The Brahmins arc to recoive, the kingB 
1 are to give. Bat how can you, beíng a Idng, come 

asking liké a poor maa. 

293. *' Go to the wicked ktng, and tell him at 
ODce to quit thÍH placCj—let none know this hate- 
I fui desíre of hjg.’’ 



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A TMATlSE ÚN OElfSÍP 






Translatioií, 

293 Having said this to the courtier, tlie sage 
went ■ to prOTide kit^a and sacriacia! wood, 

tliínking of tlie virtue of the gem, m cuttmg off 
enemi&s. , 

294, The courtierj on the othfir hatid» oeing 
tbus told by tUe Bago, went to tho kmg, and 
related in detail all tbat tlie Bralnum bad said, 

295. Heariijg the baughty words of the l^ah- 

min, Durjaya wos vary wioth; and saici to 
anotber oourtior of Mb—" Go i^tantly to the 
wickcd Jírahniiii, and anyhow hrmg the gem to 

me,” ^ - 

290. AccotdLng to tho klíig’3 ordet, Mta, ii^th a 
large narahcr of Boldíers, iront to the woodland 
cottage of the Brabtnin, 


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A THFATISE OH GEilS. 




*>97 On Corning to tlie oottago, Im the gem 
at the apot ivhere the ngnihotm ^vas being cele- 
bratcd; and hastily descended to tbo grouad. | 

298 WUeü NÜa bad desccnded from Ids car, \ 
witU èvil la lii 3 beart, arnicd warriora bcgan to | 

comoGut of tbe^ago’a gem. j 

ooQ AnrriA were mounted in cars, somo bore 



300. The gem-begotteu waniors, beariQg vnn- 


oum ua| 041. W -- -- - - 

enemy, and began tbo figbt with flxed oomage* 


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097 




Teanslatios. 

301. o bot of B»ses, the íimiient courtler 
,rith h» «my wero «nt to » Flato', gloomy «.go 

in tbat figfat. ^ 

302. Wbea tbc courlier wM MUea. tbo puBsoat 
kingtome wilb bis Cteíoroogo nrmy to tbe üold; 

oommoocod a desperalo Sght mth tbo gom- 
begotten forcea. 

303*304. Itt tho meactime. GautnmukLa returned 
Tfith kusa and sacrificial gmss to hía cotUgo; ^d 
Mttíng ot ifs door bsgott to think of tbc feorf 

bottlc. 


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A TREATISB ON OEJta. 








Transiation. 

305. Knowing tliat the gcm wbh the root of the 

evíl, bo contemplated Nfirílyoiia- 

30G. Immedmtely Nirâyafli preaented bimseK 
beforo tlie suge in hh yellow dtess and mounted oa 
earwmian^d, "Sage^wby haTe you thought 

^ 307. GaumniuTcbii wiüi cbsped bands saíd t« 
Náráyantt» *' O God, youclisafe to destroy theincked 
Iting mtli lufi atiny** 

308. Therciipon» bo insbintaneously reduced 
Duijaya nud his host to ashes. 




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TBmÜí SL^TION* 

309, 3l0* Aíter liaviug: aimiliilãtGd Dtu^aya with 

hisarmy, Náráyjmfl said to Gauramakba, “O beat 

of sagcs, ÍTOm tlie clrcumstanco that hü3 !«! to 
tho instaat aonibilatíon of tlia Dánova force in tMa 
forest, ín fature it shaü lio cüUod NamiaMrafíya. 
It will be the haunt of Bráhmwia.” 


Náráyafla vanisbed witli theso words i and 
the sage contímiod to pasa hia days in perfcct happí- 


ness. 


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A. TllEATfaS 03Í OEifS. 



Tbakslatioh. 

Princes otid ddi meu now-a-days uso dia- 
mouds and othor goms m amamenta ; Lut m 
anciont timos, they used them m decking their 
housea, in makíng idoU, b worshipping tliem, as 
TTeil as in making ornamonta. ITany instances of 
tLis aro faund ia tUe Furán^ê and otber works; 
of which I cite tíie foUowlng instances 

The Cúurt of Yudhisíhira, 

312. Tho Asura made a court irliicli stood 
nnrivalled in tbo three \Torlds. It blaaed mth 
gems and was & marvcl. 

I 

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A TttEATJÊE ON GEMS+ 


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7DS 




Teanslatíon. 

313, O KÍQgl íüe edifico Tvfls ndomed wiÜi 
goldea trecs, It meivsurcil Eve tbousaTid yarde. 

314. It lootod likc tlie court of Agni, Síiryy», 
or Cbandra. 


316, It dimmed tlie lustre of tbo glorious sun, 
and bumed in ita own daizlmg briUlnnco. 

316. The Bpadoun and splendid con- 

taiocdoMsodseatstuddolxriUi goms; md stood 
piorcing tho beavens, libo ínaU oltrad». 


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707 ^ 




TraííBIíATIOS. 

317. Visvákarinaí the ArcUitcct of tUe god^j Fur- 
nisbcd it with furnitiire of supcrb graadeur, fitlcd 
it with ireasnres, cncloaed it with a gemmed waU, 
and hung it all jround witíi faiíy piotures. 

318. Tho cou-rt of YudliistJiira, mado by tlie 
Danava Maya, beat hollow the court of 

at Dwaraka, tho Araaravati of ladra, or for that 
mattery tlie cQUrt of Brabma iiimself* 

319. itaya decorflted the pabce ivith lotus- 
plants, liaving Icavos of cat’s cyes, and boaring 
IotiiãÊ& composed of lustrou^ gems* 

320. Ho ornamentcd it ivUh gold aud «*«?<»«- 
dhikas, witb birds of ricb bues, and witb íuM- 
blown Jotuscs of gold, fishoa and tortcuscs. 


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A TfiKATISK OS asUB. 


70B 




Tbanslatioií. 

301 322 Mftya made a woíiderful tank, of wHcli 
the^teps ware of excoUeot .rystal. rUoata»n.d 
anudl pcarls; and waa fnrimlied with rmsed 
platform of brüUant gema. The wators lookc 
Lnalucnnt, and aeemed waving m tbo 
brccze. Peoplo (míatakmg tt for a roal tonk) tned 

to ploiíge in- 

Tke Cotirt of Indradvt,mm, 

S23. SOP.» pMls «f *'>“ «’>'*■ 

Eedis, some wltU sold. some srith «ystal, Míd tbe 
wilh saver;-that is. aU theso «ro plooed 
in tbeir piopet plaeea. í« »”*“ *« e^ee^veueas. 

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sffl ifW Pi^ "iFfeTa ptt«iPiía'. 

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Teansx^tion. 


711 





324. Tho Windows were fiimisLcd tritli gemined 
plUarathíijr w^ro buDg witli rich tapeatnss, 
fringed witli pearLs. 

325. O Dnijas, as the couría of tUe goda 
fascinatc tho mind,—ao it was witli this ooiirt 
madc by Maya, 


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Bbagabâiia said^ 

32C. Malte a goodly cifcy, a Uundred yojaijas in 
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327. Enchaka* (tlie g«m whose color is like the 
Ubá lemon)—(wliose color la hke tho 
pdliittjnddãra flower), Palanhaí fa kiad of gem), 
Suamariíaia, Oandharvcu (wbose color is hke that 
pf musk deer), Dárínuüt (whosc color reacmbiea tbc 
pQiii 0 gx(Uiatc floworj ChufidTitiiínUí^ f 

328. Sarifakania», whíte crj'Btal, otber greeu 
gems excepting emoraldsj, black gema, cat s-eyefl » 

329. Gcms jeliovr like Goracftana, tlioee ra- 
sembliDg tUo palo-rcd poraegranatc-seeda, those 
resembllng the lotua-seeds, those Lke blae lotusesí 

330. Gema dark like colyriuio,—those wbicli 

rcBcmble the champaka flower in color and whicli 
are faulticaa and transparcnt,—thoao nesembbng 
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Tranblatiün, 

331. Wciglity, pale.red gems valued at ó prico 
S a hundred times tlmt of gold,-ajid being tbe best 
I of their kinds. 

332. Put thcse and ofclior precioua jevFola in 
their propcr places. 8o ]ong as your work ia not | 
finished, indent for geras at the treoaury of Kitjsera, j 

j PurtUer:— j 

333. Goda, Asuras, Gandharvas, Kianaras began \ 

to ponr into Dwáraká, to aee Erisbna and V aloráma. j 

' 334. Some deacended from the sty, somo front j 

! tbelr cars,-&nd nligbting undemeath tho banyan j 
! troe, looked on Dwâraká tbo matebleas. | 

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TitA^■SLATION. 


335. The City was s^juare,—ít measured a Iiim- 
dred y&jonas^ and all orer, was decked in pearls, 
rubies, diamonds and other gems. 

336—338. Tlio city was hígb,—it waa oma- 
mented with gems; and ivas furniahed with cupolaa 
of rubies and diamonds,—with emerald piUars, and 
vith court-yarda of rubies. It contained endless 
tomples. It had ctoas-mads decked with sappbiies, 
—and highwaya blaaiag wíth gema. It blazed 
liko the meridian aun in Bummor. 


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I 'i’jlAj! 3 LATIOK. | 

I Descrípíion of Aifodhyá. 

( 339. Ayodbyá contai ncd palacea of gold and 

; jewelSi—iís ground was boaten goltL 

I 3JjO, The City looked like tlie celeatíal residenoe 
of the trident-bearing God on the Smaeru# Man- 
! dara or Kailáaa. | 

í 311—312, Tbo Ayodbjá of ítie royal anchoret, 

\ Eantideva, woa studded vi th jevols,—Chnndra 
I Knntas, which oiude dev, omamcnted its count- 
i lesa Windows and roado. The City contaíncd gema 
} ia such profhaion, that it would havo been couating 
í tbe stars to enumerate tho jcwcls. 


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Descrípíion 0/ the ciiy 0/ Kantsct. 

343* çaw tlie dtjr of fijinsa niaclo 

of crystfll, funmhed with bigh gatea, mith 
goldon doorá, witb impregoable brasa and copper 
batUements, witb gardens, and fairy wood-landa. 

Sdfi. He eaw the city furnished with golden 
croaa^wsys, paíace^ gardens, ranged coiirts, 
cornices and raísod platforros, studded -«rith ^t’a- 
eyes, diamonds^ pum sappbires, coral, pcarls, eme- 
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TRA.V&LA.TIQK. 


í Í7ic Cifíf of the Kinff Cfiandra-seUara, 

345- Cliandra-setbara, kiag of Karavir», said ■ 
I íbis aad fotinded a City adoraed w-ith liígh palaces- 
I 340- Ttiüsc Iiousps wero seven Lundrcd yards 
\ liigU and fifty two and lialf yards ín Jength. The 
f court-yards wcre made of gold and gcnas. 
j 347. The terraços wete mado of white cat'B^ye3j 
I the pillara wero of gold and gema. They Trero 
constructed by Visva-Knrmá, 

\ 348* The staira were of gema, tho cornices wero 

! of cat’s-eyo3, the rest,—of gold, The roofa míght 
i become the courta of the goda themselyes. The 

{ King mnde the palace to meet the wísh of his | 

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Trakslation- 

The d^scrípíiOJt of ih^ CU^ Áhi^húWuitTa, 

After pasaing throuffli maay citica, wlth 
tho horee of tlie ABvamodha, fiatriighoa came 
to AMchchhivtra City, whicb Êllcd with people 
of tho four caates. It waa adorned witli gcina of 
various kinds. decked in gold and crystal, and 
fumiabed witU palaces and gates. 


The City of tho Yahhya Purnct-vadra, described 
incid^toUy. 

351. O Agostya, tlioreupou tUo Yakshya Puma- 
vadra called in bifl principal wife, decked in golden 
pendants ; and Baid—* 


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TiíANSLATION, 

352 " Love, tliís palacís fumíshetl witU 

mo«t8 hun- witU mirrors, fúh 
in rovTS of pearia, an-i with yords adomed íntli 
ch(/adraka,Uag, faila ^ please ma. ^ 

353. '* Look I TUe coorlryard ía raade of rubics 

and aappKires, the pillara are studded ^th corais. 
It looka ILko a flowcret about to come cat. 

354 ** Arouad tUa Lousa abioe geuimed 

and it‘ia redoloat of the odour of tUo bkck ttgura, 
355. " Lottb I Tlie cUamlsers aro perpotually sick 
with tlie a CO ma b rcatbed from lotuaos í^^bat tbe 
want of a soa íills aU rouad with rsAíaiiGy. 


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Traiísi-ation. 


J)èacription 0/ FaikuntJia, 

356. Then Bralima and MabAdeva wont to the 
TCaidonoe of Dbarma, and the threc thon went to 
Vaikuntiia. 

357. Poeta fail to describo the bcauty of ita 
liigh-ways, dccked with rubies and sapptiires, 

358. The pnltujea wero funiiâhed with gemnted 
Gupolas, with getnmed atahrcasea, and with ten 
tbouaand milliona of apartments. 

359. All round the city stood pillara of ver- 
míllioiL-colored mbiea. 




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Trajíslation. i 

360 The middla of the city was adomcd wlth 
heautUul sapphires. Tho waUs also wc adomed 
Trithjewda. i 

301. Besídes these gema, the city was fiUed 
^tli every thing that could plcase tho senaea. It 
contoined five LÜndred milUona of hotisoa set apart 
for tbe milk-men Jind otlier deTOiit people. 

363- It üontained raised platforms oomposed of j 
auppliirca, ruhies, diamonds ao d rucltakas (chiyso- | 

pUnscs). It blazed m the liglit of these geiQs. | 

363, It contained a court which exceücd othors | 
ín eiandeur; it was adomed with tbe very bwt gems | 
of pricelfiss wortb, and fumbhed wíth a huudred ; 

temples. | 


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TeASíSIíATLON. 

J}etíTÍpíi<^» of Kailása. 

36-i. Fumiabed witli n hundmi híghwaya made 
of gema of eíccUent lustre, with Jmndsomo rüised 
scats studded witb gems; 

365. Adorncd witU pictures— funiislied a 

thousand miUions of rooms VLúd decked mÜi blíis- 
ing cupolas of geTM i" 

36Ô, Waa tb© residence of MabídeTO; whiíjli lie 
3ftw in the luidst of Eailâsa, glorious with a buu- 
Uk e lustro. 

367. The house wos sarrotinded hy a gemmed 
wall. * It was beautlfiil to look at. It was faraisíied 
vitli siitoen doors, and adomed wítU a buadred 
templea 


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; Tbaií 3 LAT 10 S* 

1 308. Tho temples werô studd&d wíth nonpareil 

geds. Thej had getnmed staiicasea,—gemmedpil- 
I lais,— gemtned doors, It iad briUiant capolas 

í dected ’Sí'ith díamonds and chaina of rubiea* 

309. Tho mam gate of tbo placo waa furnisUod 


mth doora of gems. 

370l Tnsido and outsido tho houae stood raised 
soats of rubiea and cmeralds. 

371, Himfilaya aaw within tbo boraao a liundred 
temples adomed with cupolas of brigbt je^els. 


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TJWN31*ATI0K. 

372. The tomples wcre macie of prícelcss gems. j 
They írete furnished witíi doora of pearia, glasa and í 

diamonda. 1 

373. The rooma wcro yellow lífce gorochana; | 
they contamed a tliousand gemmed píUara, and had j 

staircoses of gema. - , . , #. * * 

374. They contained various kinds of picturea- 

They were fringed xrith ebaina of pearia and ruhics. 
J)eitcriptim óf the Citg o/thé Nágas, 

375. TUeKingChandráagadasank inthe wotera 

of the as he descended, aaw a number ; 

1 of ndga femalea. | 

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A TBKATIB* OJf GEMS. 


TfiAlfaiATlOlf- 

376. Tlie faír ooes bad b«n sportíng; but aa soou 
aa tliey saw the king^ they took Mjh to tbe palac^ of 
the Nágoi. 

377. Thua led» the monartli entened the wonder- 
ful paldce of T^^hshoJsí, 

378. ne feU to behohüag the bmlding, which 
icfiSDibled the palaoe of Indm. 

379. Itwas fumished irith many staír^joseaj mads 
of <»t'8*eyM aod corais. Tho maiii goto was 
ndomed with rubiea; and the hooae looked beauti- 
ful in rows of pearls. 


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A TBEAtlâl ON DEUS, 


741 




TnANSIüAtlON'. 

3S0, The yard tvus of ChaadraMnias ; tJie doota 
and door-frames were of gold, AU lound tlie Uouse 
were Jighted innumerable himps- 

JDescripíioti of Jagciuuáihíi9 JTwííjjíííj 

381. In it waa constructcd a raiscd seat of won- 
derfd gema, on which was pbced a jeweUed throne. 

382. Somo mrba of the templo heíng made of 
gold and gems, looked hriUknt; aome, being made 
of orystal, looked líte the autnmnal hesvens. 

383. Some, made of sapphires, appearcd JÍko 
niaases of douda. Some parts weco stadded witU 
gems. 




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A T1Z4T1H1 DN OEWfl- 


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TEAÜStiTION. 

384 _386. O Dwijafl, the gnindfather of all, 

Brahmi, laado Jagannitha sit at tbo door of 
the hoiiSD, omamented with gcmmed pillars^and 
mirrore, with the view of mstalling him. Afler 
spcínklmg him with tho aacred watera taken out of 
gemmed pitchers, he inataUed him on a throne of 
'^royal atato”—fot bringing people. 

DescripOan of Bésa-maf^ola. 

387—388. O Vraja, thou art the mino of prc- 
cious goms,— thou mfc abiaze with no end of 
diomouda, rubiea, kaitatuvax^ &<?. 5 thou art teu 
mUlions of yojouas ia breadth and long a hundred 
times in btoadth.—Tbo rlver Vimjâ surrounds theo. 


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A ^REATIãE ON GElfS. 




Translatiow. 


389. The Ííí£s(í-«wi:w<ifa/ff was Burrounded hy a f 

thousimd millíonfl of hoiises of exceílent gema, for j 
the accommodatión of tho milk^maids. \ 

390. Theao houses were ablaze Tíitíi gemmed 

lampe. Thcy were fumisbed with floral beda. j 
They were aick arith tho odoar of incenses of Vftri- | 
003 kinds: they wero hung round with garlanda ] 
of tlowers, and trith gemmed tnirrore. | 

391. In additíOB to the guards appomt^ for | 
the purposo, thirty miUiona of maidâ bclonging to > 
]íádh&i deched in gemmed ornamenta and clad In 
beautiful dothes, kept watch and ward over them. 

392-393. O Vrajo, the Bása-tmttdah jaituated 
in the mídat of these honsea was round; and 
looked fin e liko thc image of the moon in water. 

It was deoked in excellent jewels. It meaaorcd ten 
yqfana 9 í it waa furnisiied with sacrcd pota, fiUed 
with fruits and Icaves, and with beautiful chaioí of 
diamoads* _ _ 


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A tl^EATISB ON OKHS, 



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TbaK9LAX10N. 


J)eBcriptiom o/ SádhUiSa heme. 

394. O sage, the houso waa veiy beautiful. 
It waa oLrcular, mcaaured twenty-four milea, waa 
furníslicd with a hundreâ templos, and blazed 
with gema of varinas kinds. 

395. It was made of priceless gems; it waa 
cnclosed in a fine wall studded with gema. 


396, It contained raised aeata of gema, and waa 
fumiahod witli seven doota. It waa ostremely 
handsomo, and contaíned rouud thiogs of gems. 

397. Ita doors woro made of precious gems, 
some of which wero yellow, and othora, díamonds. 


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A TOEATISB ON OÍÜS. 



TRAIÍBIíATJON. 


393, Tlio pUlars were of emerõldâ, diamonds 
aad otber gams. 

399. The house «nras two thousand jards high. 
It floirted tu jewelâ. Tho goda were strnck witb 
the appeaiance of tbe mansíoa, 

JOeacriptioi» of BhagabatVt Ckir, 

400. üearíng this atrange news from tho lipe 
of Nárada, Rudráni askcd the pcrmisaioti of her 
spouãc and went to her father^s place, 

40L Thereafter, sho aaceadcd a car, wõnder* 
fuUy mado, be&utiful, hating auspictoue nmrks, 
agreeable to drivo ín, and furoished witU doota on 
all sidos. 




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A TREATISB ON aEH 5 . 


751 


Xranslatiox. 

402. It waa biilliant lilco molten gold, ivas 
^ dcckcd wítli good gotos, trtlh garlanda, and with 
1 conopíes beanag rows of poarls. 

) 403. Adorned wilU gemmcd pillars, with dln- 

: mond staits, with doors of corab and molten gold. 

I 404. 'With floral beda, with seate of jcwels, with 
i Windows fringed with diamond chaíns, with spncions 
[ parts, studdod with Hawless gcms. 

I 400. Snch was tho car whích tho groat goddess 
í oscended with her farorito maids. 


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Teunslation, 

Deseripiion of íhe SãàhiM*$ üar. 


406. Hearílif this, the faír one ftKeaded tlie 
car, witii Ler tiwentjHjno tLousond míUioDS of zoilL- 
nuúds. 

407. The gcmmed car waa funiishcd with thiríy 
millions of cupolaa, and with blazing pícinuee j —it 
looked líke the eun. 

408. Tbe central part was made of gems; it 
was omamented mth gems like TermillioD, and 
with teu millions of pilkrs. 

409. The gemmed lion^ which graced the upper 
part of the cart its gemmed doorst and the yaríous 
pictures, added graco to the Tehicle, 


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755 


Tbanslatiox. 

410. Tbe top iras aclorried with «it polas marte 
of gcms; its interior, with geiumtrd bcrts and vvitU 
vnr jous artíeles of gems. 

411. The car liad tca miUiotia of stair-cases 
made of Sraraantaka, Kaustuva, Eucliakaa (Chry- 
sopb rasca), Sparsamani, and other gems, colored 
like íumlium^. It iraa íuralsbcd with emerald 
raiscd seats. 

412. Tlie othor parts of tUe car wero opa- 
mentod wttli gotumed mirrors, aad otber artielea 
never scen or heard of. 

The Car of Chfjabana. 

413. Parta of thvs woce made of omctalds j^its 

raiaed seats urere of coral ;—the apaces in front of 
tbc dooi^s w^ro füKiisli^d vdth of coral tbo 

doo rs wcio of díamonds. 


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TRAKSLATIOy. 

414-415, O timid creaturc, afler batbing in tlm 
lako^ stsceod this CAr> wboso sappblrQ top is fulomeã 
witli goldcn oupolas, wliich baa a curíous caaopj' 
decked with emcRLlds and riibíes, and whose gato ia 
adomed wíth cbains of gems. 

Tlie car of a Certain righteom tnart. 

416-417. Tli© mfe of tbo Brabmin in tbe mean- 
time saw a car descending from the aerial regions. 
It was made of gold, waa furoisbod with gcnuued 
ynir miHj and with gemmcd pillars;—it blasod witU 
gems. 


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Liiimctions of lhe mge, Válmgana. lo Soimghna, 
418, O Satruglmii, on your fine body, like thflt 
of Knndatpa, wear goWen aniuletsand on your 
head. decked in gems, a tnrban studded wítk dork- 
nes 9 -de$troying diamonds. 


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DetCfiption of king Snvioda. 

419. Satrugliü», accompanied TritU his mini aterá 
and forcea, sair tha Taloraua king, Sumado, dressed 
ia exccilent pearH rabies and other ornwnents. 


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761 ^ 


TBAKSI.ATIOX* 

Insirneíiom issued by Bharata on íhe reíuru 
of Bâtnchandra, 

420. Let tliousands of thousands of fair girls, 
decked in jeweb and mounted on elephanta, sbower 
* barbárie pearLs’ before Eámcliandra’â patU, 

The ions of kinyt Pushíalo, to tieir/aiher. 
421-422. O great king, bcatow ou Rámchandca 
gems rescmbling the sun, elepbanfc-begot pure 
pearls, a hnndred tbousand cotais and other pre- 
CÍ0U9 tbings. 

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Díseription oj RámichandTa^s ABhvaméàha. 

423-425. The neble kin^, seeíng tbe horse Iiav* 
ing wbite bairs, decked ia golJen leares, gema, 
gonimed chains, curious saddios, neias conaiatiag 
of obaina of pearls, Liriag <1 apeed 2íke tbat of 
thoughtj betautiful, well-bcgot, weat to Satrugbua 
on foot, droasod ia regai gaxmeats. 

Coviing of the Sitnála}/a on the Ceremm^ 
of Pármtu 

426-427• Takiag vi th hím Icade of jewels necca- 
sa^ for the cerenioay, a míllíoa of ktac, tea 
millíons of moharst four buadrcd thoasands 
ruckakaSj (cbi^soprasea), feur hundred tbousaDds of 
“ phüo3opher’s gtones,” foor hundred thousaads of 
pearls, four hundred tbousands of díamonds, and a 
thousand kaustuvaê^ Himàlajacame to tbe ceremony 
of liia daughter Párvatf, 


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A ÍBKATIM OH OEMB. 765^^^ 

TBAHSIíATIOW. 

Beètoloal of alvas hy Bhagavati at ihe Upasiãyaaa^ 
of Krishm. 

428-429. First, Fárvatí gladly blessed Krisbna, 
with poarls, rubies, díamoiidã and diamond cbams, 
given to ber by her father, in a gommed Tcasel j mext, 
ahe bc^towed wbite floirora and ãurra grosa. 

Sestoisal of gems by Vasudeoa and Devakí for 
ihe wélfare of KHsIma. 

430. DevaM bestowed gema, pearia, gold, mbies, í 
diamonda aad ílre>proof irhite olotbes, to Nanda. j 


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j Translation. 

j 431. o best of sages, tbe widow Kiintí, in ac- 
I cordanos witU tbe irishes of Vasudeva, acqutred 

I varioQS kiculs of geniSji aad irent to boí lioiue wítli 
i her aoQS. 

I 432-433. VasodoTa and DcTokí distiibuted to 
I Brabmins and ôtbera, paorls, rubica, díamoada, 
luacioua sweetmcata, &o.i to call their bleeaínga on 
tbeir son. 

BeatOKal of Gem» hy ihe yods on the occasion of i&e 
birth of Ganesa, 

434. Hara and Pâmtí carne out and distributcd 
various gema to Br abonas, for thelr bleasínga on 
tbeir son- 


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Tsakslítiov. 


4S5, Himilaya distributed to the Brahmins ten S 
millíons of diamotiâs, pearia, rubiea, &c. 

430, Visbmi waa glod, and ga?e to Brahmins 
clotbes, omaments, and, amongst other tliinga, 
gems dorived from tbe ocean of mlik. 

437-438. O Nârada, Gandarras, Mountoins, and 
tho goddcsscs distributed to Biabmins a tliousand 
** pbilosoplier 3 atonea,’* a hundred obiysDpraaea, 
as many Kattttavast as many diamonds, a thousand 
rabies, a bundred other gema, and a himdred 
Gnndha-tasifas. i 


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Tbakslation. 

439*440. O BrabnÚQ, tho goddess üakshmí wíiA 
dcligbied» and fa^toired on JBiabmins a bundnMl 
chandi^ikântasi as maoy «Hr^akánUi»t a tbausand 
cmeralds, and ten thousaad gems wbitcr than 
kauitutia. 

Beaiotcal úf gtnis m Gamm by W<s gítds. 

441*442. Saraaratí besíowed on Ganesa a cbain 
tnado of gems, rare ín tbe threc worlds, fiawless, 
and mnre biUlIant tban tbe sua. ]iubies« dia- 
monds, kanaiu^ and otber excellant gems graced 
tho cbain. 




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043. The goddcsB Sárittri bcstowod a chain 
mado of the veiy best gema to be found in tho 
tjbrcQ worldSi and other onmiofinís. 

Kuvera was glfld, and beatüwed a hundrcd 
ptiocless gctns i Indwii a tíiiona of gcuas i and tli6 
Sun, a paÍ7 of geninxed eax-riugs. 

445. The Hoon, a nhaín of mbies ; Kavera, a 
; Varuna, an umbitUa of gems mà two paira 

of banglcs atnddcd with exceUent gema, begotten 
in tbe ocean of aweet-milk. 

446, Tbereaíter other goda and goddesses, sages 
and moiintains, began to bestow jewels. 


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A TRBlTISE OH OBM5. 


I Tbaiíslauon. 

i The Imtàilation of Kdrtiha, 

i 

í 447, Theu the Mher of the unirorao, Vishnu, 
I gladTy raísed KárÜkeja to tho gemmcd tUrono, 
j at aa auspioioua momeot. 

448. He sprínkled ou Kártiltoya tlio waters of aH 
the sacced apots^ oontained íu a huadred gemmad 
ressels. 


449. Ho tlieo ga^o Lim escellent ornamonts of 
jewels, tbe Kauitma geiU} a garlasd of wild 
flowora, and tbo disims. 


Tke Birih of Vaiihyânora fFiref 

450. TíUottamá, Urrasí, Eambbá^ Prabháf 
dyutprabhâ, SumaDgalAj StiTálápá, SusiJá^ &c., 


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TSAysLATlOK. I 

151—453. JojfuUf carne thcre witli golden j 
Tcssela in theír lumda, contoúiin^ pearia, rubiea, | 
tlio Yakye mud ( a mistore of ctunpIiDF, agurut | 
kaaiurt, acd the firuit kahltola)^ diamonda, cat'8- | 
;! eyes, lósips, tiinneríc and oüier pastes, ememlds, | 
conchcs, oysters, car(^ rubíes, comia, kumhittMt | 
zircona, topazes, sappbíres and garlands of exccUcnt 
flowers. 

454. Celestial giils,— kinnaria ,— and tbousands 
of other femolea carne there,—came witb otber 
tbinga neoessaiy for tbo cercmoay, waTÍng chotoría. 

455. Ganâarlbaj Nógat and laugbíng Ydkhya 
womon camo thcre and be^an. to aing eiqoisitety. 

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Tbanslítion. 

Deacripiiofí qf 

450*45BádhS, alwaja woro gommcdí orna* 
mente, auch as pendante, ebaina, necklaces,—flnd 
sat on a fJiroiie of isappliires. « 


RàÂhikA (o Krishjia, 


458-459.' I bave seea that, belog decked in Ooml 
chaíns, punted íu sandal-paste, and ornam ented 
ín jewels, jou sat on a bed of Tornai flowers with 
a girl, named Santf, wbo wore gemmed oma* 
mente, ín tJie Rd^a-maiidala of the gemmed polace, 
ligbtcd witb lampa of goma. 


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TRA^'SLAT£ÜBf. 

The jBeauty of Kriahm. 

‘160-4ÕL After íiaishíiig hcr projersj Bhogabaií 
fíxed her tboug-lits on ICfislina, and sair liún clad in 
a lialo,~-inQuntdd on a (^r made of gems^-^rna* 
mented witti diatuonds» deckcd in clioína of prcoioun 
dtones,—on n car of wondürfal boautj. Tlie fas- 
cínating god was deckcd ín üoral garlands and 
gommcd ornamdnts, 

Btàscripiion 0/ Báimna. 

462-403. .áfter this, Duigd aa^v before bera dwarf 
wbo iras a Bralimin boy, refulgont liko countlesa 
suns,—decked in gemmed bangtcs and amuletet— 
in obaíns of precíous stonos^.—in gemmcd anklets,— 
in a diadom of brigUt goiusj—'in gecumed eor-rings. 


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T&AlfâLATlON. 

Beauijf oj J^rajd. 

464465 . Seeing tlio beautiful Vimjá» whosc eãw 
wero decked ín eai-rings, iflioae breast was orna- 
I mented with cliaste flowcrs and pearl chains, whose 
noae was graced with an elcph&nt*begotteii pcari» 
whoso arma were ornamented Trith gonimed 
banglea and beautiful oonohesj whosa buttocks 
sounded tho kitikittís, who wote gemmod anklets,— 
Krlslma waa in ecstasies, and he fell to embiacing 
and kUsing tho damael inoessantly. 




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SACRED JEWELS, 


Anciciit and Modern Jewelr^, 

P N all countríes, genis, set or unset, ircrc dedi' 
cated to tlio gods. Mention of jevek has 
becn frcquently tnado in tlio Siblc. The 
breast-plato of Aaroa, tho Higli Pricstj was adonied 
with twelre stoncs. Epipbaoius saya that irbcn tho 
Jowiâh Higli Friest outered the sancíum aattciúíuM 
oü tíic three great occasions (tlie Fosclia, Peutecost 
and ttic Poast of Tabcmaclcsb bo wore, auspcnded 
orer the bjeaet-plate, the '* ürím and Tbnmiiúm/^ 
which bo (PpiphauiuB) translated by the irord 
‘'Declaiation,” because the Adamos of acemlian 
color (by which our Sapphíi}} ia meant), of which 
ife coQsIâted, declared, by chaage of color, tho 
pleastiro or dlsplcasare of Jehorah towords bis 
people. The brcast-plato was named by the 
Groeks, the ^'Oracle of Judgmont.'^ Ib was in 
the form of a span, 9 inches square, and hod the 
stoues set thercon in four rows, ín the follo^ving 
ordor;— 

l«í iíoie.*^Sardius, rcd; Topázios, yèllowish 
green; Smarogdm, bright green. 

2nd jKóio.—Carbunculus, red i Sapphírus, bloc ; 
Jaspís, greeD> 

3rd itoic.—Ligurioa (Lyncurium), yellow ; Ach- 
I ates, black and white; Amethystns, purplo. 




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j tíh —Chrysolítliuâ, yelloíF; Onyx> blue and 

1 black; Borylltia, país green, or pale bluo. 

! The nainea of the twelva tribea of Israel vrere 
I cngraTed, each ob a sepacate atone, in tbo Batio^d 
I character (by which, perhapg, the "chaldee” is 
! meaiit), witb the object of Beouring diviae protec- 
j tioQ. This brcast-plate was takon over to Rome, , 

} aloDg with the otUcr spoila of the tomple» by 

I Emperor Ti tua, aad iras tbere deposited in tho 
Teniple of Pcace, Aceording to some, all the 
gpoils wcro sent ofí by Geaeario to Carthoge, 
wUen Eomo was sacked, tmd wera said to hove 
been drowned with tUe ship thafc carried them | 
away. Othcrs say, that theso werc takea back from 
Carthage, (wliero thcy had been really sent), and 
deposited by Justiniaa in tho saeristiy of Sh 
Sophia; bnt, seízed with the fear of having com- 
niitted sacrtlcge, he sent them off to tho Chríatian. 
Church of the Uoly Sepulchre, Jorusalem. The 
story continues, tliat when the Holy City was taken 
hy Chroscoes II of Peraia {in 615), he took tho 
breast*phite away to hb own eountty, where, thero 
i ia rooson fbr thbking, it may atiU be fbuud buried :| 
ia some of the troasurios of the old capitais. In 
Lis visioa of “ tho Holy City, Now J cniaalem, Corn¬ 
ing down frotn Godoutof HeaTon, prepared asa 
bride adorned for her hnaband," St. John des¬ 
enhes her walls as built out of íBCÍae courses of 
j prccious stones. Tho arrangement iiTas as foi* 

' lows;— 

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1, Jaspia, dark greea. 3, Sopphirus, blue. 3, 
CbaJcedoD, a greemsh bluo aort of Enierald. 4» 
SmiwagJus, brigbt greea. 5, Sardonyx, red and 
white. 0, Sardiüs, bright red. 7, Chrysolitc, 
goIden-yelIcuF. 8, Beryl, biuish grecn. 9» Topaa- 
iu^ jellowisU grccQ. 10, Cbjryaopraeus, apple^ 
grecn, 11, HyaíCÍnthua, blue. 12, AmetbyfiÉ, 
riolet or purple. 

Ccrtain stoncs liaro been dedicatod to tbe deitiee 
by CDgravÍDg tbeir figucea upon tbem. Ter estatn* 
ple, the aplondid pyramidtd Amethyet, in the Bos- 
borough cabinet, bas been tbue conseerated to Scra- 
pie; a oieolo of an estiaordínary siso ivas dedlcated 
to Juno, Pompey consecrated to Júpiter tbe rarcst 
niinemts íound in the treaauiy; Cursar dedicated sú; 
caskets of bis seleoted ríngs to Vcnus í and Mareel- 
lus gaye anobUer to tbe goddess of Feoco ; Ltvia 
Augusta dedioated ia tbe Oapítol, the lorgest bJock 
ofcrystal ever scon. Tbe cuetom of dedicating also 
obtaincd in tbe Míddic Ages. 

Gecaa aie in uso from time immemorial. It ia 
mentionod in tbe Taimud tbat Noab bnd no otber 
ligbt in tbe Árk tban tbat wbicb waa produced by 
the precioua atoaes be bnd by Mm, Abiabam, it 
is said, being jcalous of bis many wires, eoabaed 
tbem in an irou prison, ffbose walia were so Mgb 
as to exúludc all ligbt of tbe sky; and in order to 
suppiy tbem witb ligbt, be placcd with tbem a 
large bowl studdcd witU prEoious stones, wbich 
ülumined tbe ivbolo piacc. Tho grandeuc of tbo 

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I foast oí Cleópatra is porhaps onparalleled in ancíenÈ i 
Listory. TUo baaquottiog bnll in wliioli Ctusar was | 
feastcd struck liis adiuiration* Every^rbere were 
s«ea “colunms of pprphyiy, i^^ory porticoà, 

\ parements of Onyx, tliresh-liolds of tortoiso-sbeli» 
itt cacli spot of wliich an ISoacrald ípas sst, fiirnituro 
inlaid wítíi yoUow Jasper, coucUes studded witli | 
geins.*’ Cassar liiinself was the possessor of splen- : 

didjewols. TUe ocdar sUips biUlt, by CaUgula bad 

their ater os ínbid witb precious atoaes, InciUtus, : 

liis favorito bgrse, ivere a coUar of Pearia. Tbo | 

golden bouec of Noro Uad panaeLi made of motber^’- \ 

pcarl, cnricbed witb gold and costly genas. At tlie i 

í great games iostitutcd by bim, among otber í 

tbinga, Pearia and procious stonea were dnily j 

tbrown away to tbo peoplo» as lóttery*príao3. I<ollia ^ 

Pauliiia, tbo wifo of Caliguk, was bnown to bave \ 

dressed Uerself, ou tbe occasioa of a snppec of | 

ordinary betfotUals, witb jewelry to the value | 

of £33(1,000 sterluig. Apitt tbat bad belonged to ; 

tbc Empreas Sabína was found in tbo ruins of . 

^ Pompeií and Herculaauum, and is now to be soen j 

in tbo Musoum of Naples. Sabina, the younger, | 

possesscd a pair of gartors, wbicb, on account of j 

! tbo ricb camoo clasps, was estiuiatod at £40,000. | 

? A relic of tbo 12tb Cfontury is stül to bo found in j 

■ Englaud. It ia tbe gcace-cup of Thomfts-^Becket. | 

^ Tbe cup is of ivory, witb inounüngs of silvcr, tbe ^ 

; upper and lovrer parts boiiig studded with gems. j 

Tbo inscription round tbo cup is * Tinum tuum . 





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SiÇE^ JEWEtJÊ. 




788 




bibe cum gandio," i.e.t “ Drínk tby cup witb joy 
butroimd tbe lid, is tbo restraiuing íojunctionj 
“Sobrii estote,” witb the iaitials T. B., interwovott 
witb tbe mitn;. Eleouora of Frovence, tbe wife 
of Ilenrj III, (I3th ocDtury), posfiessed a vast 
amouQt of ^jawel^- *' The coronation preseat giren 
her by ber slstert Queen Margaret of Francês was 
a iaigc silrer pcacock, wbose traio was set with 
Sappbires and Pearia, and othcr precious stooes 
wrought with aílver. Thia olegaat píeco of jeweliy 
was used aa a reaervoir for sweet waters, whioh 
wera forced out of its bcak ioto a basio of silver 
chased.” The Spaniards and Italiana of tbe 14th 
and I5tb centuríes wero famous for tbeir cxtmva> 
gance in apparel, loaded with gold and gems. From 
tbe time of Franoia I to íbat of Lonia XI11 of 
France, the major portion of tbe jewefs wom 
oonsisted of Fearls and colored gems. Ib waa not 
until tbe death of Maria Theresa of Áustria, tbat 
brillianta camo to bo tbe fashíou. Tbe scorf, or 
Spanisb mantilla, worn by CathcriQO of Arragon, 
at ber wedding, bad a border of gold, Pearia and 
preciona stones. Wben Henry VIII mefc his bride, 
Anne of Clevo, he was dresaed in a ooat of purpie, 
atudded all over witb Piamonda, Pearis, Bubiea, ifco, 
The dreas of tbe bride was a gown of rich cloth of 
gold, embroidered very thickly witb great flowera 
of largo Orient poorls.” Tbe dreas of Queen Maiy, 
wben sbe was married to Philip of Spain, was u 
robe brocaded on a gold ground, and had a Jong 













i, tKEATlflE OJf 0KJI9. 




í traiu bordered with Poarls and Diamonda. Sho 
i alflo wore on ier breast the celebrated Diamond. ^ 
i wbich slie had receiTod as a preseat from her j 

i huslMind. Tbe rich wbite eatin dtess, which j 

1 Elizabeth wor« at a tournameat given on the j 

! December 155 i. was aet aU otoc witb laige Pearia, j 

Tho jewela of Harj. Queen of Scots, were maoy | 
and splendid. The appeals sbo roado Irom her í 
captivity to Eüzabetii for the reatoiation of her j 
jewelry» which had been tahen unjust possesaion | 
I of by the rapacioua Qaeen, poesess a melanchoy j 
Jiiatorical mtcrest. The great H, of Diamonds and j 
Rubies particnlorly demanded by Mary, \ 

namenfc for the breast in tUat form, called ' ^ o : 
Great Harry/ having bcen given by Heary V j 
I to hia daughter Margaret. on her marnage to ^ 
\ Tn„,6a TV. Rã nart of her rich bridai outfit, so that | 



nectlace, a ahort account of which is given below, 
In Loüis XY ordered the Gourt jeirellera to 














8ACBBD JEWtlL!», 


ÍOO 

coUecl the bost spccimeoa of ÜiamoniLj, atiJ, to pro- 
pare a necklãce tUerowitíi, fof prcsentatioa to tiia 
favorito Madajue du Bariy. 2Jut boforc tho nack- 
Ifle e vas complete^ tlwí unfortuaato King breatlied i 
bisJast. But the jewcUor fiaished the necklace, 
(valuing it at £72,000 sterling), in tho hope of 
it to Louis XVL The new King refused 
to purchase it, sayittg that a ship waa more aoccs- 
sary thaa o necklnoo. Consequently, the jevelry 
I remaiaed ia the hands of tUe makera tíli erentâ 
to pass in which the Queea lilaría Aatoi- 
nette, Louis, Frince Cardinal of Kobaa and one 
Madame Lamotto ivcra invoived. Struggling for 
a long timo for the baro ucceesíties of lifo, Jeaaue r 
I do St. Komy, daughter of Chevalíer J3aron de Sb. ' 
Bcmy of tho blood royal of Valoís, maaagod at 
last to mnrry a nohlo man of tbe name of | 

Lamotte, aad camo up vi th hor husband to Faris, | 
where abe procurcd an ínterviev with tho Cardinal | 
aud flung heisclf on his protectíon. But hía ; 

I Bmiacnco littie know tbe vipor hc woa nourísh' ’ | 
in? in his breast. hTadnme Lamotte ivas an ad- | 

; yoaturess of the boldcst stamp. Ta king advaa- | 
tage of tho coníidencQ placcd npon ber vhen she | 
vos informcd by the Cardinal of tho disploasure j 
he had incunrod of the Quoon, n hea he vas ro- 
\ quested to introduco her to Hor Mnjesty, sho 
I devísed a piau, the denounietit of vhich voa the i 

I sensation of vhole Europc at tho time. She imposed i 

I on the credulity of the Cardinal by meutioning to | 













bim the etopa she had been tajting to reator© Iiim to ! 
tho favor of the Queen; liod forged lettors addrossed ; 
to him, as conamg from Hcr Majesty; liad forged \ 
ordere gíven to iiim, commandÍQg ccrUiinmoney 

paymeats, ou bohalf of tbo Quecn ; bad procurcd for í 
liim an uitorviow witU tbe Queen, wbo was persoBO- | 
ted by a fcíend of tUo Madame j and at last mado , 
bim negociato for tbe Díamoad necklace, on bebalf | 
of nor Majeaty, wlio wanted to have the transac- 
líon kcpt a profouad Bocrot, and irbo wisbed tbe 
Cardinal, by a powcr forgad ia Her namc, to o^ngo > 

• for tlie payniont of tbe money by oertora m* 

i stalmeats. Of course, tbe Queen was in suprome j 

i i^noranco of tbo audacioua uray in u'hicb her ^me 

i was being used, and Üie Cardinal, m bia bUnd 

í cagernesa to tegain royal favor, novet Buspeetod the 

: fcricks tbat wero boing played vrtth bun. T o ^ 

; necklace tho meantirao taken away to | 

Londoii, where it was aold by piet^ tbe moaoy j 

; hv tbe saio beins deposited in the Bank ot | 











JEHTÍLS. 




Madame and lier eonfederatea. Tho Cardinal vas, 
bowevÉr, íbund innocsnt and Icí oft and sulisB^ucnt* 
ly exUed. Madame Lamotte was aentenced to be 
flog^ged, branded. on botb sboulders and imprisoned 
witli life, Wben the first part of the sentence was 
carried out, sbe mado the baaest calumnies ngoinst 
tliâ Qucen and tli® Minister. Her liusband, irbeo 
condetnned for conspiracT, throatened to publish a | 
i pampblct vberein the character of tbe Q.uecn i 

I and tbe Minister tt ould bo revealed. It is alrangfe j 

I thot Her Majeaty, vhoso moral cbaracter wasaboTô j 

j tbe brcatb of acandal, should hava ordered tbe | 

Tclease of Madame after ten months and allowed j 
Ler to escape to England, where a larga sum of j 
monej vas sent to purcbase tbe sílenco of the f 
’ dever pair, Bnt tbis bribe was, in a manner, re- j 
fused; for, tbougb tbe Mcmoir of Madame Lamotte j 
vos bnrnt, a second oopy vas soon after poblisbed. j 
Copies of tbis scandaloua Memoir vete, it is «ud, i 
found in tbe Palace of VersaUIes, and taken posses- j 
sion of by tbe llepublícan Government and are J 
nov to bo found in tbe State Library of Paris. J 
I Tbis unfortunate aífoir, in the reign of Louts XIV, ^ 

I put a damper on tbo taste for jowclry vbicb bad so < 

far incceosed durlng tbe precoding reígns. The Re- 
I volulion of 1760 stamped out tbe last vestíges of 

I tbe passion for precious stonos. Tbe time of the 

í Directoire >vas chameteriaed by the revivai of tbe 
( Greck and Roman fasbions vith regard to dresa, 

I monners, arts, and fashions* Witb tbe Restoration^ 
















A tltEATISM ON 




Díamonds, wMcil liad been suporeedad hj Pearls, 
bacame the fââbíon i aml ftll tlio lost fornis of usiog 


precioua stones, came back to use. Fiance tnily 
Loosts of ele^neo and tasto as díspioycd iti tlio ■ 

\ ooUcctioB and making of jeweiry, to a degroo j 

í which otber uations haro found it impossible to j 

attain. A lisfc of jeírelry bcloügíng to a ricli noUle* 

! moo, taken in 1820, sUows tbat the art belougcd to 

\ tbo eclcctio school, i f., the fasbion iraa not copied 


from any períod but borrowed froin evciy age and j 
couütiy. j 


Aiuong tho many ornamenta used by the j 


ancíents and bronght down to the present tiraea, 
mav bo mcntioncd the rings, car-rings, braoelétSj 
I chains, necklaces, bcoocUes, daapa, diadema, gírd1e$« 

; hair-piüs, aigrettes, &c. The Mexicana, Peruvians, 
and tlio Oriental nationa have dclígbted ín. 
boríng their nose, cbeek, and ebin for hangtng 
\ jewels thereoü. The ladiea of Bagdad, aceording 

j to laTernier, woro a collar of jewels round the 

j Jhee, os well as nose-jewels. The Arab women put 

\ ín. the cactilage of the nose a ring, so large aa to 

I encircle the month, and to prove no ohstacle to the 

! passing of Food into it The Indian oourtesana bore | 

I their nostrü and wear in it a riag set with precioua j 

} stone. The womea of Lara and Ormuz pierco the \ 


upper portion of their no«e, the bone itaelf, and paas 
! through the hole a hook that fastona a eheet of 

! gold shaped to oover the nose, and enriched witU 

i Rubies, Emeralds and Turkoises. The priaces and ! 













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SAca&P 


prinwsses of the Maliomedim blood r<^a], us®, m | 
tho badgô of thdr position, two poniards at Üieir | 
bdt. The daughter of the Duko of Álba, odo of • 
tbe mrnda of honor to tlio Queen of Spain, always 
; carried a pístol faatened to hor si de, of fiuely 
I polisbcd Steel and roadj* for ex^ocution. 

I Tüo coUar, cliain, and necklace aro of a highly 
I classical origia and had bcen cxtcnsivoly uaed ' 

by the Medes, Babyloaians, Elgyptians, liebrevrs, 
Grcoks and Bomans, Gold collars were given 
I by tlio anciont Bomana to tbeir auxiliaiy troop s 
’f and to fitrangers, as rowards for military prowess; ; 

I silvar ones, to tbo eitízons. But subseq^uently, 

{ tho metal usod wos in accxirdanco wíth the nature 
í of the position or doeds of tbe fortnnate re- j 

cipíent. The golden celJar in use among tho Ganis ^ 

í and tlie Bomans was ma iasJgnía of knightbood. j 

Collars are even novv used for the samo purposc, tho | 

I cbains to whíeb the diJTorent Ordois aro bung, bcing | 

j oalled the colíars of the Ordcr; for instance, tbe j 

I 00liar of the Holy Qhost^ of St. Micbaol, &c. Tbe 

; Chain waa n^rdcd ín tbo East as a badge of j 

1 honor, and an insígnia of authority givon by the j 

I kiog. Joscph was invcsted witb th is honor by j 

\ Pharaob, and Baniol bj Bolabazznr. In Pérsia, no f 

I man could (vear a cbain nnlesa he was in offico and í 

nnless it wos bcstowed by tbo king. In tbe roign of | 

Muirbeanhoin, tbe Irisb gentlemen only wore a | 

clinin of gold round their neck, fay coiumand of tbo | 

king. The oorps of Edward tbe Confessor oa beuig ) 


















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oi)oned in thc reiga of James II, lías found to liaTc j 
Tiiider ooe of tbo shoulder.boues, araong Tarioua | 
ottier tliings, a gold oliain, ái iochcs in lengtli. | 
Noblemea were in thc Uabit of wearing heavy gold í 
cbains, in tbc MidcUe Ages, and domí to tbe 17tli : ' 

ceutury. As items of fomitiine oraamenfe, tlio ^ j 

clmia and the necklncé were used cvea in ttio | 
niost remote ages. Tlie wealtby Romati ladíes usod \ | 

cliaios <of golcl or silver) round their waists and i 
tbroats; tbe poorer ones, of cop|>er, Neoklaoes 
carne into fashion, in Franco, íntlia time of Charles 
Vlí I, wben ho presenteei one of bis Diamonds to hís 
Jlistress Agnes Sorrel. Tlie Satm-stone necklace 
was profusely worn at the timo of tbe Kcatora- 
tioü. Tbe Fearl neeklace of the present Queen 
of Prússia and Empresa of CJormtitty ís n tbíng | 
of great interest, and will bc more so, if pre- 
aerml iinbrokeii. On the first anniversary of licr ; 
biríh-flay, after ber marrige, sUe reccived tbe . 
pi'esent of a magnificent Pearl frota ber royal buS’ 
bnnd; and sinco that time sbo continues recoiviiig 
a siinitar Pearl on the eame occaslon. Tbe Pearia 
so coUected have euablcd her at the present time í 
to get a necklace foraied tliat oncírcles her hosom ; 
and falis do%vii to the waist Accotding to a cnalom j 

Corning down from time immemoríal, the bride ‘ 

of the Emperor of Franco is presenfad by the City 
of Paris wíth tbe gift of precious stones, A neek* 
luce, consistíng of splendid Uianvonds, Iiad hcen ac* ^ 
conUugiy prepated for the Empress Eugènie, but 












SACilfíD JEWfLS. 







! tlio people were grcatly áisappomted. whea She | 

I erprMsed a wisU that She preferred to tli© gift an j 

\ ediicatíonal institution for poor girk of tlie Faa- j 

: bourgSt. Antoiiie. Tliis buildiag called tUe Jfaison \ 

I Eogííaie-Napoleoii, was formally opened on tUo : 

I l 3 t Januíiry 1857. The custom of wearlng a 

I cross, of çold or set witb gems, caa be tmced back ; 

j to tUe 16th century, TUe fashion waa rcvived ín | 

the 18th century. Clasps wero formerly uged by ; 

I tbe llUitary menj to fastea thcir mantlo witb, but 

j tUe faabioQ iras generally taken to ia the 3rd and ^ 

j 4tli ccnturics. when the use of the toga was dis* : 

I continued. The Roman women wore gold chains^ 

I collaia, necMaces, braoelets, ear-ringa, rings, 

díadomsí fiUets, clasps, inüf-pins and ankle* 
f bands. 

The Greeks, Romans and Jews used the giidle. ; 

In the Middle Ages, tlie bankrupts had to anrrendcr 
í tbdr girdles in open eourt, as the signal fot their 

I ínsolvency, the belt in thoao days scrriüg the aame 

I purpose as the pocket or pnrse does in the preaent ' 

i tiroe. ín thoso doyg, a knight iras coDsidoired a 

traitor, if he was pnblicly divested of bis belt, Thçre 
I was once ín Paris a du^,, lovied on the people every 

I thrceyears, known as the Queen's girdle, which 

i was required for meeting the household expenses |i 

I of Her Müjesty. Caliph Motavakel instituted, in 
the Hejíra jear 235, the Christian’s girdle, to be : 
worn by all Christíans througliout tbe Eost. The 
Diamond gírdlc of Dona Isabel II, Queen of Spain, ! 



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I wardod off tlie tbniüt of tlie dag^r witíi wliicli 
I üD oâsassia intcnded ta stab her, 

Tliú crovrti troa considercd in tlie moat ancíaat 
i túneâ more as a badge of diTinity thaa of royaltj. • 
TLü drst montton of ít ín tUe BJblo ís in tUe Book of í 
! Saniuclj when tlio Amalekitcs bnougtit Saul’s crowu | 
í to David. Tho first diadema, worn only to te- ; 
I proscnt temporal power, were, perliaps, narrow ' 
! fillets, tied roíiiid tbc templés. Crown b were nert 
uaed as signals of rictocy, joy, sorrow, &c. In 
tbese cases, thcy were mode of branchos of trees i 
and of flowers. In Bome^ the Magis trates sat, | 

I on pablie oceasions, crowncd with diadems of olivo | 

I or myrtle* P> Claudius Fulclier, the Boman Gon- i 

sul, introduced, acoordlng to Pliny, the cuatom ■ 
of gílding tho circlet of the crown PinaiJj, the I 
gold Crown caoio into use. Amoag the militarj i 
orowna, the mural, cÍtíc and naval crovvna were : 
mado of gold, The triumphal erowüâj originnlly ) 
of laurel, were fiuallj truusformed to gold. Heleo> 
gabalus vraa tho ârst to use Fearls iu the fíllet 
rouud his temple. About the 10 th oentury, kíogs, i 
dukes, earlâ, &c>, woie a crowu or golden clrelet. j 
The celebrated ixon Crown of Lombardy is, ín fact, 
oue of pure golA Its narro w irou circlet is said to 
have beeu formed out of the nails with wbich 
Christ was crucided. This is put Insíde tho ^ 
Crown, Theodelinda, upou her marriage with ! 
Agilalph, Duke of Tmin, prosonted her bus- 
bsnii with this crown, whích is stíll worn by 

















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; ali kings of Italy* It was kept near Milftn, m : 

ilio treasurj of tlio monasíery of ilonaa. Tiie íirat í 

Crown iraru. by a Frankish king was the one sent 

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: to Clovisby the Emperor Anaatotiug, togiJtUcr witii ; 

tbc díplnnifl of Coasul, Tbis orown vraa mado of r 
gokl and atuddod witli precious atoiies. Tlie orow na 
of the ancíont Moxíoau kings were in tbo ahape 
of a mitro of gold. Threc spccioiens of tho 
' Boman art aro still in cxistence, wliich desorve 
mention, not on account of tlieir excellcnco ín 
) workmntishi p, hu t for tl le i r rari ty an d for tlic L is tori- 

! cal interest they poFsoaa. 

i (1) Tho eíght cfowiis whicL some labourei^s 
f dí^ÍDg a placc near Toledo cnoio acrosa ín : 

: 1S58. Thoy wcro set in gold and sttidded with ; 

í gems, tlic vnluc bcing computed at £2,000. Tbc}' | 

are noir to be seen in tho Muséa do Cluny, Piiris. | 

I Of tlicsc tbc mast fniportant ís tlie crotvn of ktng : 

I Boccsívinthus (053), a broad circie of Uno gold, I 

j 8 inches in diameter, and sot witU 30 extraordi- \ 

tiar}' Pcarlâ, intcrspcrsod wlth aa many fine Sap» 

] phires. Tbcro is a mngiiificent Latln cross, set witb 

í 3 Pearls as big as uUerries, attachod to it. Tlie 

second crown^ sald to bave belonged to his Queon,. 
is set wíth Euicrald, Sapphíres» Opala, Pearls and 
i Crystals, &c. Tho otUer six wore coroucte set witli 
inferior stones. 

(2) The Crown of Chariemagne. Charlemagne ! 
waa crowned Emperor of tho West by Pope Lee on í 
the 25th Pecember, 800. fíis erovFii was, perhaps, , 









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mauiifacturcd ia Home j aad íta workmonshíp 
; beacs erítlcnco of tho Byzaiitino style. It ís octago^ 
nal ia sbnpe, formed by 8 plogues of gold witli 
round tops, oach altenmte plaguo beariag the 
figure of o saint in onameL AboTe ail Í 9 a Greek 
I crosâ set with largo stoneg. Wben Cbarleniagne 
was canoaized in 1166 by Predoric Barbarossa, 

I big Crown was takea out of tbe grave. It is now 
to be sçen in th© Imperial Library of Víenna. 

£3) Tbo Crown of Hungary, It is a relic 
of tbe regular Byzaatino ort, and is formed by 
j a broad ílat band of fln© gold, from wbicb spriíigs ati 
; arcb aupportiag a croas. Four portraits in enatiicl 
j aro set in tb© sprmging of tbe archea wbicb dose 

j tbo top of the Crown, rbere is also a laedallion 

! cí Cbrist attacbed to it. Quoen Elizabetb of Ilua- 
I gary pltídgod tbis crown with tbe Einporor Fredoric 
IV, and tbe deed by which it was eaocuted, enu- 
; mcrated tbo nnmbar of stqnes it contained—õS 

I Sappbiros, 50 Rtibics, one Emerald, and 320Poarls. i 

I Its present wbereabouts are unknown. { 

I Ear-rings played an iraportant port in tbe jeweJry | 
í of the ancicnts. With the liebrews, tbe name signi- j 

! fied «toundness,” and thair uso was confiued to tbo t 

women. The IDiad mentions Juno as adomed w'itb ;í 
penda uts iu tb© ©ar. Tbo Atbeníans considercd bor- 
ing tbo caíra of men a siga of nobility; tbe Hebrews ; 
and Pboeniciftus and Arabs, the eymbol of slavery. 
Wítb tbe Arabiaas tbe esprossion, "to ba ve a ring 
in one’s ear/’ means "becotaing a slavo,” Tbe 















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Lavo bcon fousd ín Tiicbes. It Í8 said tbat wLen ! 

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£ve was baníahed froni Pâfadise^ sbe bad, as a sign 


of slavery, bec ears bored. Espensíve PoarUear- \ 


rings werc worn bj iho Eoman ladies. Tlioâo of the 
Enipross Popp^ca wcro wortL tUree million fraucs; 
those of GsÈsar^s wife, six millíona. TLe Grocian 
chddron wore car-rhigs on the rígbfc ear ooly. Tn 
Índia, tbis omament ia uacd by boththc aeses. Tbe 
titio of tbe Etoperor of Astmcan ia, amoDg otbor 
tbÍDgs, “ Fossesaor of the white Elephant and the 


tivo ear*ríoga,” In Soutb America, the Incaa woro 
the eor rings as badges of kniglithoocl. Eojs were 


at one time nsed as ear-oruaments ín England, 
wliere also ear-rings wore uscd eveii in tho reígn 


of Qnoen Elizabetb- ShaJcspearc had his ears bored 


and ornamcnted witb them. The pieturos of Heniy 
II and III of Franco and tbeír attendants show 
tbat tbcy irere estensively nsed in tbose poriods. 


Sailors and otber people of tbo iower class ín tho 


Continont aro stiil in tho babit of uslng ear‘■rings. 


Speaking etjmolt^cally, the omamcnt worn on 
tbe arra ís caUed abraoelet (lAtin èrachialej, but 
it genemlly signifies any círciet worn on tho wrísts; 
that on tho ann above tbe clbow, ia known as 
tho armlet. In the Eastcrn countríes, tbe former 


I is worn by women, the Intter by moo, and is there | 















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uODSÍdercd as a tokeii of royalty. Botli ai'e ■ 

oraauienta of Üie liigheat antiquity. The bracelot ; 

was worn bj Judahj wlio was the head of a tribe j | 

tho kíngs of Pérsia presen tcd it to all ambassadora \ 

from íbreiga courfs. The Egyptiau kiags, as well | 

ag tho Egyptian ^omeü, woro armlets. Bracelets j 

were used in Greeco luucb later tLian rings. Mea» i 

tion is made of tbem in soveral plaoes io the Bible, | 

Among tliG lloivinns, they wera considered as marks I 

of IioEior, and when made of brass or iroii, as sym- | 

bois of slftvery. 33 ut tbey were oo no accouut 
worn by uninarried females, not at least befovo tbcy 
wcre bctrothed, The Sobine warrtora, acccirdíog to 
Titus LÍTy, wore th em on tliéir left armSi In tbe 
Pompeii waa fouad the body of a lady biTurg two 
braceiets ou one arm- In Pliny’s time, the meu were j 
in tho habit of using braceiets of gold, The Emperor j 
Maximüian (tho successor of Aiexander SeTerus), 
who was 8 fect and 1 inoh iu heiglit, uscd his wife’s 
braoclet as a thumb-ring-. The braceiets wom by 
tho Homan womea were sometimes sliaped in 
tho forni of ft aerpent, or in that of a rope, or round 
Ijniid, aerpenta’ heads repreaenting tho two ends. 
They were also used by men ae rewards for militaiy 
prowess. The Gauls used he&Tj gold armlets and 
braceiets. Atuong Eritish kings* the emblems of 
authority wore gold bands, worn on tho neck, arms 
and knees, King Edgar was meutioned in tho 
Sason Chrçnicle (965) aa the bastowec of heroes, 

Í.Í., the rewnrder of valor, The Norwegians, Gauls, j 















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; Celta oacl Síixoüs alao consídered tlio ornameata 
I fts tho roTi flríl of bravery, TUmê wero alao uaed 
by tbo Normaiis aad by tbo aavages of Oueaaía. 

; Tbeae vere used in tbo 13th century to be ofTerod to 
tbe deity. Tbo oncícot Jlexican and Peruvian kings 
poaacssod & good number of them. Tbe best spoci- 
; niens of armiets of tbe prcaent day aro to bo met i 

wílb ia the regalia of tbe Persian kíngs. Tho : 

celebroted Koh-i-nQ&r was ooce uaed by Kunjsefc 
; Sini? ia an armlot. 

' Of ail tbo ornamen ts uscd, rings appear to bc 
; tbe oMest. TUey bave, ia ao me couatry or other, 
i been meant to symbolize faitb, frieadsbip, com- í 

I mandj raiik, bonor, slavery, &c., &c. Tbe Bible 

I makos raention of rings in acvcral passages. 

I M^Jien Pliaraob made over tbe gorcrnment of | 

f Egypt ta dosepb, be gave bina lus ríng, taken off j 

I liis fiager, as a mark of tbe commaad bs veeícd ; 

ia bim. Among tlie. Hebrcxv's, tbe fiager-rings | 

were príniaiily used as stainps of geaumeness of : 

í letters and documents, So witli tbe Babyloaians. ; 

i Beiag used for tbis purpose, tboy wore called ; 

ÍQbtioth, which sigaifies " to iaipriat and also 

to Seal.’' Tliey ivfero usually worn oa tbe little- j 

I íinger of tbe rlgbt haud. Froin Babylon, tbo 

í fashion \iras adoptcd by ibe Jledea aad Persians, and 

I tlierefrom it wes transmítteíl to tbe Greoks and 

I Pomans< Tbe Grcehs called tbis omament by a 

I nome which denotes flnger; the PomanSj froni 

} the woi-d U 7 iffula, i.e>, nails,—it bcíng used by them, 


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prímariljí-, qn tbefirstjomtof tliefingeraiul near 

thc nails. lu thc Egjptiiaa galíery, iu tlie Britísli 
ilaseum^ is to be aeen a gold ring, among matiy 
«Üiors, with tbo figures of Serapis, Isis and 
Honis. A!1 tbe mytbologícaJ gods of tbe Hindus 
are dt-scribed as wearing rings. The niauner of 
wearing tliis ornauieut varies witli each uatlon. 

Tlic Ilebrews put it on tho riglit band; tlio Greeks, 
on tlie fourtU finger of tbe lefc band; tho Gaula 
atid Uritona, ou tbe third fingcr of that band; tbe 
Houuins^ on tbe Jeft band. Tlie Asiatics, Peru- 
TÍaus and Mexicans wcar it, not only on tbeír ÍLngers, 

buton tbeir toea. Evon somo sarage tribes iu Asia, 

África and America put ít on their nostrUs, cbecks 
and cbin. 11 is supposed tbat Tarquin tbo Elder lirst 
madc tbe ring tbe insignio of knightbood and 
tho roTrard of Leroes. Tlicn it was mudo of iron, 

Long after, tlie sonators nsod tbe gold riíig, wbich | 

was nevoc allowed to bo worn, nnloasit was tbe gift j 
of tbo State, nu d tUen only on pnbUc oceasions, tbo 
iron ono betng used at liome. Tbe Afíaulus Spaiisaíi^ , 
fim ía a Hebrew instítutáon, adopted liy tbe Romaus. 

At tbo eonclnsion of tho botrotbal fiiost, tbe bride* 
grooni bad to place, aa a pledgo, a ring oa tho ; 
fourth fingcr of bis intonded,—tlie fonrtU finger 
being preferrod, from a auppositíon Ibat a nei^o 
oftbnt fingor had a dlrect communication irilb 
tbe heart. In tbedays of Pliny, tbis ring vas made 
• of iron, Bot witb a loadstone, vbieb slgnífied tbe 
foroe of attraction vbicU drev tlie bride out 



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of Iier owQ family towards aaotlier. The gold ring 
catueíato íasbion a Uttlo more timn a century la ter, 

In tUe Itomoii year 775, the riglit of wcariag tlie 
riug waa grattted by Iftw to thgse who, as well 
as tUcii fatliers and grandfathcxSj possesscd landed 
property to the valüo of £3,300 sterling, and ^bo 
Lad the prívllege of BÍttíng oa tho 11 rows of Boats i 
ín tlie theatrta. Clnudius íatroducod tlie esgraviag | 
of the efllgy of tho sovercígn on tho gold ring, i 
the uso of wliich was confinod to oertam persons. ■ 
Vespasian put an cnd to all rcstrietíons, and gave I 

goneml poroiissíou to all the suhjects to uso rings | 

witb the imago of tbcír Emperor. The drawíng | 
out of rlngs froin the âtigor meaut a token of 
batgaLn. Tempomiy eschanges of ríngs were oon- 
sidered as vouehers of the fuldlmont of engage- 
ments, oblígatory on both padíes, A ring vr&s 
orígínally worn on the fore-íinger; a sccond irns 
tlien used iii the fourth ; a third one, on tho tJiird; \ 

and ÜnaUy, on the thumb and all other fingers, i 

c%cept tho middle ono. The one ploced on the | 

littlo fingcr was the costUest, and never u^d for ; 

isealmg purposos. Smaller nngs woro somctimes ? 

put on tho sccond joínt of tho ãngers. Sometimes ' 

three ringa were placed on the líttle fingee, The j 

Greeks changed their rings wookly. Wintoraad 
sammer rings wore in uso ín the old daya, lUngg ■ 

for tho lattcr scason sfero mado of the Sardonyx, ! 

Carnolàm, Bock-erystal and Hyacinth, od accoant of i 

thcic líght weight and snpposeU cooling propcrties. 1 









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Tlioso for tlio formôr wero formed of the hcavier 
stones. Rings^ weigliing sometimea two oiinoea, 
iFcro iQQdc uso of Ijy tho ttnolOtiti pugiUstSj Tflrti0rcn*itli 
to deal mortal blows on tlieironemice. Heliogabalus j 

tievor ttsed the samo ring Itrice. Cbatmod rings wcro { 

beliered in aod extensively ifom by the GreelíSj Ro- 
T unii fi Míd the Norfcbera nations. Dr. HerMots* ia a 
‘‘ Work called " The Cusíoms of tUa Musgulmaiis of ; 

i I adia," gires tho followmg formula, for the niakmg j 

of a riQg, \rberby princea nmy heeome obediout to | 

i toouc wishea:—"Sliould any one rtesiro to mako i 

princos aud grandoes subjcot and obedientto hís j 

will, he miist have a silrer ring made with a small | 

i aquaro tablet fixed opon it, upou whioh ia to ho cn- | 

j grared tho numbor that tho letters composiog the 

I Í9Bi reprcsont, whioh iu thia caao is 2 ' 013 > Jliis 

I nuinber hy itself, or added to that of íta two demona, 

386 and 113, aud ita genius, I SII, amountiug iu | 

all to t-833, must ho formod into a tuagic sqimro, i 

í of tho .tolacee or ro&oíe kmd, ondíengravod upon. > 

í When tho ring ia thus fiuished, ho is for a week 

I to placo it befoto hini, aud daíly» ia the moming | 

I and orcoing, to rcpeat the fsw* five tlmusand timos, í 

and blow on it. When tho wbole is conctudod, he 
ia to wear the ring on tho littlo fingor of the ríght 
hand.” 

TJio soai ring has boen in use Cfom timo ímmemo- 
; rial. Alexandor used to seal tho letters he do- 

i spatched to Europe with his own seal; those to | 

Aeia, wiüi that of Barius. Cajsar bad on his seal : 


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rÍQg tlie íraage of Veniis; Pollío, tliat of Alcxandfír ; 
and Pompoj, tliat af a fío», Prum tho Ith 
ccGtiiry tho ríag liaá beea eonsidorcd os a aymbol 
of crierical digiuty'. Tlio episcopal ring shoidd bo 
inade of gold, set wíth some ricli stoao, goneraUy 
nu AmetLjst. Uisliops wem foraierly buríed witli 
riiigs. Xhey uscd tho ring on tbo fore-finger of 
tlic rigUt liaad; now it lioa been removed to tbe 
fourlli fingcr duriog the pcrfomiatico of tíie Iioly 
ritcs. But fcbo bíaliops of tljo Greek CUurcli wear 
no ring, tliia iasígiiift boing rcacrred íor arclibisljops, 
In the Churcb of Home, it is ysed bj tho biahops, 
arcbbisbops and cardtiialg, Tüo «glit waa aftci-wards 
extendod to abbots. Tbe Pope bas ttro seals. One, 
a large ring, is tho spccial acal, and known as tbo 
Atíimlits I*iscatorÍ 9 , ^'hieh means that it bears the 
cfEgy of St. Peter dmiríog hís neta. It is uscd 
BS well for the apostolic briefg as for private lottera 
written by tho Pope hirnself or wítli Lia sanction. 
Tho other has tho head of Sh Peícr on the riglit, and 
that of St. Paul on the left, and a crosa between 
the two. Oti tho reverse, is tho Pope’8 name, ac- 
companied sometimes witU his arms. Red irax 
is nsed for senlíng briefa, and leod, for bulis. Each 
Seal ia broken up aftor the demiae of tho Pope, and 
» uew one presonted by the cíty of Rome tó Lis 
suctflssor. TLo ring betotens investituro of some 
one with royal powors. The coionatioii ring of the 
Engliah kings is mado of plain gold, with a largo 
violet tablo Euby, on which is engraTed a plain 


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crosA, OT tliat of St. Georgo. Tliat of the Queon^s | 
is iilso made of goíd^ with a largo Rubji and suc- j 
roíindad wilh sixteen sinall bríUiant^^ Tbo Cbris- ^ 
tian church baa odopted tbe cb&sio cuatom of usíng i 
tUo ^líiíiííítíí Sp<^nsãliuín on íbe occasíon of betro-^ 
tbals. Amoog tlio Armenmnsj tho betrotbal cscre- [ 
raony of oküdren (wbieli takoa placo very early í 
in thc life of tbo conplo)^ is performcd by tho j 
motlier of the bridcgroom wlio presente the bride ; 

with 0 ring on belialf of lier eon* Tbo gemmed í 

ring is^ of Frencb and recent origin* “ It b com- \ 

poscd of twin or doublo hoops^ wliicb^ thongli | 

eacli ís twistedj fit so oxactiy ono ínto the otberi. j 

that, ivhen united* tbey fbrm but one circlot, \ 

Fach hoop is uanally surmonnted by a hand | 

mised somowbat aboTO the circloj and, wbcn the 
hoopa am brouglit together^ caeh band elasps its 
fellow, One hoop irsâ sometimoa of gold, and tbo 
othcr of silverj tbey wcre thendividod^ one being 
worn by the lo ver, and tbe other by hia mistress.'' g 

The íüBhion of wearing monralng rings is an old [ 

oae, Einga were, in days of yore, giren away to í 

the attendants on tbo day of inarriage* The word 
hügues^ rings* in Frendi, in some caseSp indicated, 
baggage, personal effccta* The Frencb espression 
uiw hagm «i* ãmgi^ “ a ring on tho íioger,” means 
a sincciire. With tho Ãmbs, tho pbraae to put on 
a ríng” signifios "to get married." Tiiumb-tings 
wcro wom in England in Chancer^s timo. In tba 
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gold ring upon tíieir tliumbs. Oraíors tmd war- 
riors of oM JiaTO heen kDotm to miike ubú of riiigs 
^ aa receptacJes for deadlj poiaons, Ringa Imve, io 
I oU couDtríea, be6ii extensivolj' tiaod as souveoira^ 

I possporta^ and tobeoa of recognítioa. Tbey played 
I na important part ia tlio lifq of Queens Mary and 
I Elizabetli. Daring Mary’g reígn, a criminal 
j was soTed from th o vcry scaffold by mcana of ílie 
I Queen's ring found viritli him. Elízabetli had senÈ 
j to Mary a Díamond-ring 09 a pledgo of her friond- 
; sUip and promiso of assistaace. But thía stono 
j scnt back from the prlson to tha givor, as a roínin- 
der of former pledgos, brougbfc no good to tbo 
onfortunate QneDn of Scoto, A similar prcsont 
to Essex wag tbroim by him from tbo tower to 
Q boy, trlio xms to bave takcn it back to the Queen 
through a lady fríend. Bufc íbís boy, ínaíoad of 
j gíving ít to tbo ríght party, bandeei it ovor, by an 
unfoitunate raietake, to ber siater, wbo bappened to 
j be tbo TTife of fcbe Earl of Nottingham, tbe worat 
enomy of tbe condemned. The inícntional appi-o- 
priation of tbís souvenir by tbo wrong party tended 
only to causo irriíatíoa ia tbo Q.ueen’g mínd at 
íTbat appeared to ber tbe obstliiacy and pride of 
Esgex in not asking ber pardon, Tlio consequonco 

was, sbe bad to aign bjg deatb warrant Wben 
tbo sbe-domon, the Countosg of ífottingham, ex- 
plamed, on ber deatb-bcd, all tbo circnmgtancca 
to the Queen, sbe is known to bave sbaken the 
dying TToman violently and exclaimed—« God 


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I may forgive you, I nevcr will,” The cvont toM | 
) 60 luach on her constítutioo, Ümt the Queea | 

\ díed ahortly aftcr. Sacontola, after sufleriag a ] 

I world of miaeries and ínsaltâ from her hus- i 

; band, was at iast reeogoized by hím, wlien ho í 

fguud out tlie nog, whieh he had presented her | 

oo the occasioa oí his marríage, and whicb ehc ' 

had 60 unfortunatlj lost. Passagea aboond ín | 
Shakcspeare oa to the use oí rings aa tokens and aa 1 
omamonts on which were dovioes, mottosí and 1 
: whnt were Ihon eaUed postes. These posy-rings \ 

ba ve now come back to uae« TaTemier recoids j 

f tbat the Fersítm jowellera never made gold riags, \ 

I as their relígíon forbida the uãe of any nrtiele of 
I gold during pnayors. In the reign oí Henry III 
i oí iVonce, three rings were worn on the leffc haad^ 

' —ono ou the eecond ângcr, one ou the third and 

ono on ílio fourth. The Turkisii and Cíugaleso 
women wore linga as wcll on the fingers as on their 
toes, Many Eas tem nations u6e them^on their toes : 

^—some ou aceount of their supposed medicinal vir'- 
tues. The King of Burmah ivears on each toe a 
í ring set with precious stoues. During tho Dlrec- 


j toíre in Francej the ladies revived the classical 
; custom of walking in the gardens with unstooking* 
ed feet and eandals, tliereby dispbjing their I 

jeweUcd toes to great advantage. Gold rings, set f 

with precious stoaes, ivero worn over their ankles - 
by a oertain class of women in JÍome> who, oti ac- í 
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fashions, ircro tormed hilâríiiiíS. Hings liaFu been 
made ingeníous receptacles of affecUanate »auve’ 
jiirs, tojs, liair, portraits and wntches. A\i nmnsitig 
instance ís tnnwn of n ring containing n ejringo, 
l>y TvJiicU a lady tbrew oíit a jet of water agaínst 
thü face of a Russian ambassador. Tbe ciiin, 
cbecks and nostríla havo also lent themseJres for 
tbe use of linga Now-a-days, tbe use of íiugs on 
particubr fingers serves ns a matrimonial bnro- 
meter, and mdicates tbo state of tbe lovc-mor* 
ket. '* If a gentleman wauts a wife, be \rears a 
ring on tbe íirat finger of tlie left Land ; if he be 
CDgagod, ba wears it on tho second finger; if niar- 
ried, on tbo tbird; and on the fourth, if he never 
intends to be married. 1711011 a lady is not eü' 
gaged, sbe wears a hoop or Diamond on Iier finst 
finger; if engaged, on ber socond ; if married, on 
ber tbiid; and on tbe fourtb, íf she intends to die 
n maid. As no nilea are given for wIdowSj it is 
presumod that the ornnmenting of tiie right haud 
and tbo little fingor of tbo loft is oxclusívoly tbeir 
prerogatíve.*’ 
























ggjjfllíliçís. 



The Froperties of Preaioiti Stoms. 


li^IXEKALOO Y is iLat scieticc wliick makcs us 


acquainted witk ího imorgam2cd portionB 


of Uic earth wliile ^oology and Botany give ub \ 

i tho knowlcdge of tho orgaDÍzod parts^ namcly, I 

' animais a ml plant:;. By tJio toriu orgaoizcd aro ; 

I lueant those objecta wbich cousist of scraml dit' j 

ferent parts, all varying with ona auotker in rcgard | 
to theír Etmctu re, position and functiona, but so ' 

coastituted Ihat if you takc away one, Uie body to ■ 

wtiicli it beloags would bc Uestroyod or at least j 
rendorcd iacomplcte. For iastanco, íf you take ? 
away tbo atomaoli or muacloâ from atiiiuals, or 
tUe root from plauts, tbeir exiatenco would bo woU- ■ 

; Digb im possible. By unorgaoizod substancos aro f 
mcant tbose tbinga n liicb, if brokca asundcr, will > 
ropreaeot, in one bit, tlio very eamo propertios aa ín í 
anotbor. Under Ibis bead como tbe Minerais, j 
i l'bey are cUaraeterked by fonr diatiact propcrtles, t 
vi»,^ externai, optical, eleetrical and Chemical. The | 
llrst may be eubdÍFided into six parta j^fonia, í 
hanlness, lustre, díapbaneity, color and treigbt. | 

Beddcs lhe regular or crystallino form, (wliidi is j 
to be found in a Taricíy of sbapes), some Miner* ; 
ais, wbich do not crjstollize, take dellnite forins | 
externally. The snrface of some, for instance, 















I 



ArrRNPicm 



cousists of porttona of spUefcs of difièrent dímou* 
sions; wben thcse ar^í spaall, the mass Í9 called 
botrgoidnlt from the Gne^k Word ôo/riw, a cl tia ter 
of grapca, wtiich, wlien cloaelj proased together, It 
somcirbat rcsemblcs. Whea tbe globular surfüccs 
are of largcr dicacnsLoas, ít ís then called marnii- 
laíed, (Lat. raammiff tlio broaat); aa tho cLalce' 
dony. The aodules of iron pyribeSj wbich sbow a 
surfioicG like tbat, but on a amaller scale, are kaotiTi 
aa reni/bfm, (from I^t, rett, a kídnéy). Tboac . 
substanccs ivhicb ci^atallize dJsplaj thcir regular 
atructuie, ^heit broken; but iboso wbicb do aot . 
yield to cleaTage, break ia to iadctermiuato bita— i 

the forma of the fragmenta beíng determined by | 

the textuTü oí Ibc Minerala. The bcst examplc j 
of tlie coaehoidal fracture ia to be found in the f 
breakíng of a large ílint pobblc. In othor sub- 
stancoSj wtiiob are lesa ha rd and compact, the 
fnicttiro will bo evea or earthy. 

The tcrin Lartlnesa, oa applícd to Míncrola and 
precioua atonea, dooa noi aignify difhculty of 
; brcakagf/* but the resistance thoy offer to tho | 

I mecbanícal prcosure of anotUer;—theii liability or | 

I non4íability to scratch. It is diíFcrent from tena- ! 

j city whicli significa tbcír poiver of reaisting a blow. | 

i Tbo Diamond—the hardest substance knowD—and 

i next to it tbe Sapphire, aro so bríttlo that tbe blow 

of a Iiammer can eaaily break tbem into pieccs; 

: but otber atques, which are soft^ and can tbereforc ' 

! be caaily cut or scratebed, offer great resistance to 












A TRRATIBS OW DBlfS. 


j-“ 

; blow. The degree of tenaeity depends upon the 
clíisticíty and structure of the stonos* The follow- 
iug ia the scala of hardness, deFised hj t^e Gcrmaii 
Minoralogist, Moli, who has, it frill be seco, takcn 
tCD difforent àubstancc» aa standards of the various 
degrees, uadcr whicíi all miaerals should come— 
the last beiag tho hardest body known. 

1—Tale. 2-'Eocitsalt. Calcapar, 4—üuor. 
apat. 5—Apatite. 6—l?eispar. 7—Qoartz, 8— 
Topaz. 9 —Sapphire. 10—Diamond. 1 

lhe degreo of poUsh being regulated bj the 
degree of hardnoss, Diamond is Busceptible of 
receiving and rctoining the best poüah. It is this 
property in the stones that has prestírved them 
from tbo raíagea of ümo and haa enahled us to 
come acroas jewols, handod down feom geaeration j 
to generation, even íjfom the catacombs of Egypt | 
and the ruins of Potnpeii and Ueroul^cnm* | 

The lustre \rfuch precious stones possesa is í 
known by a variaty of names, classod by thô Mine- .i 

ralogists under tho íoUowing deaignntions í 

: ^damo«í»»í—Showing the briUiance of tho Dta- ; 

mond. j 

Fitreons —Reáfembling the surfacc of glosa. 

/feíiflons—Shiuing as if mbbod with an oUy 

substonce. 

Peariy— Showing the lustre of the Pearl a» often 
obserrod on the bases of priamatic 
crystaLs. 

a fibroüs reflection similar to silk. 














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Sü 



Tliõ namca of tha UifForeat degrecs of brílliance ■ 
are, — spleodeat,—tlie highest dagree, (almost ezclu- 
sireljT Applied to Elumond), brilitant, sliiniog, glia- 
teaing or glimmerÍQg. Tbere are some soft Mioer- ; « 

ais, whíeli bccome lustrous irhca sciAtctiod bja 
sbarp point. | 

Many atoaes are gLfted witli the powcr of tra&s- í 

mittiug %ht. Tlie diiíeroiit degreea oX Díapha* | 

neity are classcd as foUows: — | 

TroM^arcBÍ—Wbcn objccts can bo distinctly | 
seen tlirough a stone. 

lAmpid — ^TThen it is colorless, i 

Semi-trantparetit ,— Whea índístinct outlíiica of 
objocts are seoa througb it. 

Trafislueeví—Whea liglit only ia ü‘atifiinittedj 
but objeots are oot seen tbroagb, 

Semi-íraaaluemi —When trauslacoiit at tbe edges, 

Opaque —^Wbcn no liglit ís transmítted. i; 

The opaeity is some times tUe effect of intermíz* 
tiim wifch foreígn siibstances, or of de<xi<mposItion, í 
loss of ivater, &e. ^ * 

The color is, no donbt, ona of the externai pro- [ 
peities of Minerais or prceiona stones, thongb it ia ! 

the efieci of Chemical composition. Color ia an | 

important consideration in the identidcalion and 1 
vnluation of gema. In some Minerais, tíie color is 
easential to them, as in the Sulphurets, Oxides, &c.; 
in others, it is tho result of intermíiture of 
substances ín species whicb aro originally colorleaa * 

AS in the mArble or jasper, ín which the vaiious 



















1 ? 


A TRCATISE ON 


ehades of red and vellow ara diie to tUe presence 
of the oside and pyrons-oxWo of íroD» In soma [ 
gcms the color bacotncs bo íntense, in íts varietj", as | 
to be often caUed by anothec name^ whcn seen in | 
a iiiasSt To deseriba tba trna color of a Jlinaral, | 
iro sbonld tliarefore spccify that bue to whích ít | 
irould turii when reducod to powder. SucU inter- 
lui-iturcs of üoloringf mattcr as ara inerelT mecha- 
i nical render a Mineral more or less opaquej as | 

the varietíea of clialoedony—red and yeilow jasper | 

are liighly translueent, or sometimes semUtrans- | 
paro nt, t üougU tliey are eolored by parti cies of | 

j oxide of iron wliieh are tíiernselres opaque. Bat 

f gucli colora as am tlie effect of Chemical eombina- 
tioQ tierec aficct tlic transparency of gems; for 
: mstance, tbo violot tint of Ametliyst, wliich is j 

dae to the minuto particles of tbe oxide of Manga- j 

neae, and Qunrti; and tUe green of tbe Emerald, ! 

cauacd by t!ie présenoo of oxide of chromOi The | 

Tariety of the abades of color is attributed to | 

the variablo quantity of coloring matter in th* 
Minerais ; as blood-red, fleah-red, chestnut-brown, | 
sky-blue, &c, Accidoutal colora produce streaka | 

and clouded íbrms, aucb as are seen ín Agateg> 

jl Sometimes, thej tako tUe shapo of Icaves and nioss, j 

orTcins, as ia tUe Marblc. There are otber coíorg 
which aro neitlier iuherent in stones nor produced 
by combination ; for iustaace, the sulphurot of anti- 
mony, whtch diaplajs on ita surfaoe a brilUant 
I tarníab lu which tUe oolo-rs of tbe pristn are | 
















AFJ-ESlíItKÍ#. 



arrangcd ia ordet. Prismatic colora are sometiuicâ 
soca in ihe iaícrior of transparent objccts, and <irc 
caused by tbo prcBenoc of míuute fiasurea coataining 
partíclcs of air. Tbose can, liowevor, bo remoTod by 
a littie prcBSure. Tlie color of a stono oftoa olian<*P .9 

I 

I 



colors in tlio same specimou; tliia pocnlinrity, called 
jíOÍycAroww(Gr,^oíííjf, nmny, and cAroa, colorj, is 


exanipled placod between tbe cye and ligbt, If 
the texturo and composition of a síone^bo the 
samo aU tJirougU, it wíÜ eibibit but ono color, 
^provided ifc ia ciystallíícd in the cubic ejs- 
fom. The peculiar light díspkyed by some 
Minerais by friction or heating, is called I^Aos- 
: jAoreacence. Tho rubbing of two bits of quarta 

! against each other will produce a greenish JigLt, 

Some Minerais display a green, otherB, a pale 
fiolet light, wLea placod on a hoated sliovel. The 
Tariable lustre obsorvod in the star-ntones is said 
to proceed from an imperfection in their eiys. 
t^zation* Sun or gas-üght showa thesereflec- 
1 tíoaa to great advaatage. Somo stones transmit a 
j different oolor when lookcd through or looked at, 
as the Opal aad Tourmalíne* 

In order to pick out real CPIPTnÚ 'fwtnm ^ _ 














A rREATJJíB OS GEM9- 




: siHjcific grarity ia ncc^ssary. This knowledgo was ^ 

: possessed by tUe aacienta. and was carricd info j 

’ practice in Indía several centuries back. A símple ; 

ivay of ascertainiog tbe specific graTÍty of ájiy gem ^ 

is given below :— | 

! o Tbe Btone of whicli tbo specific gravity b to Ijé | 
j obtained, ís first weighed in Üic ordinaiy manncr | 

1 íd tíie ecalea, and liavíng noted tUe cxact weiglit, j 

j it is tben fixed by means of a piece of iTÍre bcnt í 

! in the form of a liook, and a smaU pieco of wax | 

to oue sidc of fcbe scalc, whilst in thc otber is | 

platícíl a pieoc of wiro and a picce of wax of the 
same woígbt, ot thair eciuivalent in ivreighta. Tbo 
I scalo, witb thc stone atiachcd, ia now allowed fo | 

faU in a cup of distiUed or eveh filtered water, and | 

weigbts aro put in the opposite ecale tili' tbo | 

[ weigbt of the stOQO b counter-balanced, and tbo ; 

I scaks cxactly evcn. It is evident tíiat alcssireight 

! is rcqnired to counter-balance tbo stone submergcd 

in water, compared witb tbat when it was woigbed 
in tbo air, as tbo water in some meoBure supports 
it, Tbo weiglit in the wotta? is tbcn subtracted 

tbo weigbt in air, and the weigbt in air j; 

divided by the diflorenocj vis ; 


"Weigbt in air 
Ditto water 


17 caiatsÉ 

12 « 


5 , 4 - 17 = 3 * 5 '*’ 


s^a-m 

















1-*^^ SIS 




Í ln íakiijrj the spedfic eravlty of ii gem, caro 
should be talceii to seo that ít is tliorougbly deati 
and scpamted from any foreign substance^ euch aa 
I dust, grcase, &c. It sliould also be froc from iioles 

I or pores ; sliotild be rubbed íu water, (to renioye 

I tbo adbereat aír)} befoTO being put into it;andJf 
porousj ít must be allowed to absorb ae mucb water 
j as it íh oapable of, befono being put iu tbo scale. 

I Tbo bydromctor and otber acientific ínsirmuetits 
i hnve now been devised, iu order to ouable otie to 
amve at very accunate resulta; but, for alJ ordi- 
uary purposea, tbe rulo given above wjU be found I 
Eufíicicnt, [ 

Tboro are otber propertica of Miiemls, aucb as i 

toste and arneU, wbicb might be mcluded under í 

tbo Lcad of but tbese being beyond the 

province of a book on Géina aie Jeft out iu tbe 
present treatise. 

The powerof refraction and of polaridng bglit, 

; inherent iu gems, comes uiidcr tbo beadíug, j 
*‘&píicai.’* By power of refraction are meant cor- 
i tain characteristies possessed by ali transpareat subs- 
tances of altering tbe dircction of a ray of light, dasb- 
i iug against tbeir surfaces. llefcoction is two-fold, 
single and double. It ís a case of single refraction 
; irlien, a my of líght falbng obitqitely on tbeaurfaco 
of a transparent substance, it is bent or rv/racíed j 
írom its originai courae and takes auotberdirection. * 
Tbe power of double refraction is possessed by tbo | 
i tmnsparcnt varieties of calcspar in aucb a bigb 















A TIlEATJiK Oíi BKHa, 


8 J 9 




dc-roe. thit tUeseliavc oblaiued ílio nmo ot doiM) 

refioelixg >pt>r. "If ” lioe tta=«l 

Tiwod througb a fragmcat of to Miooral, tm 

liaet will «ppcw: ““I ™ ‘“'“'“K “'“''"f 

lOund, as it lies cin it, botU images ivill mo™ imtü 
thoy ooiBcidei and on tuming it slill fartlier, oao 
will seem to pas. orcr to otUer. TUis is becaasa 
oao nortion of to Ugbt is refiaoted m to onUnary 

maaner. as ™ soe in glass and wator; to ator 

portian, oallod to exiraardioarí «y. « mfiactri 
to a diffaront mnnnor : and it is tonad tot axcopt- 
tog tose substanoes whase crystals 
cubiosístom. and snoh as do not crystalbze. all 
Minerais bava, in a greater or less degreo. the same 
properly.” Bot in all anbstanoes. tUero « at least 
L Une thcouBh wbieb no double retraetion is 
visible: tolineisenUed tbo asis ot to orjs^, 
or tbe asis of double lefraction. Tbaknouiodg 
of to double «tmcliro power belps one 
ably in speeifying Minerais. wb.eb a lirst s gbt 
„oL to bo similar to eaeb otor. rvUen. by_ oultm 
and polishipg, or in easo of our reeomng urogolat 
bits.« ennnot form any idea ot to.r Mternal form 
A bit of red Topas svUl, for esainple, refraot 
doubly; wheroas ono ot Sptoel Buby. (toorystnis 
being oetabodral), rrill not. Bnl tbo dogreo of 
donbly reftaotiTO poner toUcrent in to i^ispar 
boing seldom mot a-itb in any ntor Mmnml. .t 1»- 

oomwnmatterofgrcat diilicnlly to «soerUun .t 

to any better uay tlinn sritb to poinnsed ligbt. 








A ppKjfmcEJi. 




For tlii$ purposo, tho fiiibstutice to bó oatamined 
shotild be ínterposod betweea tbe t\ro redcctítig ' 
pJatcs, ivben eo tirran^cd tüat the origítml rav 
rcfusos to bo rafloctod, ia wbich case, sUoutd the 
body bo doubly refractíng, a posítion. trill bc found 
ia wbich a great poption ot tbe previously inicr» 
ceptcd lígbt wiU be more or less transmitted/’ 
Light may be pokrized in a Tariety of ways ; such í 
as, by reflcctíon at a certaln aagk, from a poli$}ted í 
surface; by traosmissiou tbrougU plates of Totir- 
I malitte, Icclaud spar, or otber doubly refiactÍQg 

bodíea 

I Eleclrieity is tbe properly whicli some sub- 
I fitauoes possese of attractiag and rcpalliog smalier ^ 

; badies. This ca a he e^cclted, eitbcr by friction, ^ 

pressuro or heat; or, as tn some, by all tbese me- | 

; tbods. Some Minerais aro condnctors, and otbers, j 

uon-couduotore of electricíty. " A Topnz, a Toiir- ^ 

í malino and a immbcr of other Minerais, ivben rub- | 

f ^ « 

í bed on a piece of woolloa dotb, will, liko a stick 
of flea]tDg-wa£ or glass rod {ao excitod}, attract 
I snudl Ugbt bits of coiton or tUIn paper. Sut tbe 
i metais and those ores irhícb approacb to a metallíc 
1 State, being oonductora of electricíty, this result I 
cannot be obtained uoless tboy are prcTÍousty iso- 
j lated, by plactng tücm ou a sapport of glasa or 
I some otber non-conducttng substance. A vety Binnll 








A TltRAtl&K ON ÜÜS», 




Sil 




Oà approacliiDg' ií to tlie gíJt popcr, it wilt íüiractU- 
fttely attEoct it," Electrícity ia eithep positivo or 
ncgative; or, as it iâ somotinies called, vítrooas ■ 
or resíuouB. Tlie amoont of tim© for Tvbícli some 
Hincrals retain tUe clectricty, lielps ono ín. a great 
meásuTO to ostabHsU tbeir ideatity. iíany scienti- 
fic matruEoeata are iii use, to determiae tLe elec- 
trícal propertiea of atoaes, but tbe simplest piau 
woulcl be "to use an ordinary eiectromcter, and to 
com mu dica te a known eíectricitj to it, by toochin|f 
it witíi a piece of rubbetl sealing-was, until, on 
' approacliing tlie tvox slowly to the needie, it ropols 
it. The needle bas tben acquired a uegative elec- j 

íricity, mú ffíll be attracted by a poaitive eiootric 
cfystal and repoUed by a negatíve one. Thís ex- 
perímeot abould, Uowevor, be tried on a dry day,” ; 
Aa a role, transparcut crystaIs,/iifitU brigbt pollsbed ' 
faces, acquice positive electricity; tüose tliat ba vo 
a rougb surface, or are uot limpid, uegativc electri- 
City, AtnODgst tbe cryetals whicii become eiectric ' 
by presBure, to a very bigb degree, may bcmentioned | 
tbe Icelaud Spar, Amougst tüose that aro siíghtly | 

I so, are Topaz, Ametliyst, and tbe varieties of Quaits. \ 

I Pyro-electricíty is tbe eiectric ity whioü is produced 
ia some substauces by oieans of beat. Tbe Indlans 
were weü acquainfced witü tbe oxisteuce of tliis pro- 
’ pcrty; so were tbe Greeks, as appeare from tbe 
uamc tliat they gave to Atabcr, cloctroxi," on ac- 
I couQt of its power of attractiug sraall bodies by fric- ; 
tion. Tíic TourmaiUie is called “ AscUeutrokker,” ia 











AÍTKÍÍIIC^. 






the Butcli languagc, owing to ita altoraately attract- j 
ing and repellíng liot if plnccd ámidst thojn. i 

Those gcrus that ncquím oleetrlcLtj by bent gno^raJ- j 
lypKàcnt opposite poles, í.c-, otie end of ttie crjstal | 
becomes positively, and tlic otlier, negatively alec- [ 
tric; asthc Taunnalíne, Topaz, &c. It ía not tlie \ 
lieat but the clinngo of tcmpernturc it canses, that | 
prodiicos tho cleetricíty. Bj increase of hcat tho | 
positive pole Itccomes negntíre, and the negative ' 
pole positive. To examine tíio pyro-electric pro- ■ 

perties of a getn, it can bc beM during tts henting j 

or cooling against the needle of a sensitive electro- j 
meter, avoíding eárefiiliy any fríctíon, The lengor j 
j the crjstal, tbc greater tho quantitj of electrícíty 
produced in proportion. In ordor to oscertain tlie 
lengtb of time during wbieh a stono retoins its 
etcctricíty, ít must Ue left in eontact wíth some 
motnllic bodj. The Topaz continues to afiTect tbo 
needle after Uventy-fo«r bours." 

Ail Minerais .are eitlier eletnontnry (or simplo) 
subatances or cotnpottnds. The simplc on(» aro j 
tbosc whose component pnrts, onr presont knoW'. 
j ledge of obomistry bas not cnablcd us to separat© 
or dissolve; sneb as Bmtnond, tvhícli we noiv kDO'w' 
to bc notbing else hnt carlxtn ia its pureat state. | 
The conipounda are tbooe wboso clementary parts 
j canbc identiãed and separated, as the Emerald, Tour- 
I maline, Peridot, &c., &c. Tvvo mcthods ate in use 
I for thochemicnl exaraioationof Minerais ; tbo wowí 
and the In the former, they arc dissoíved ia 














A tllEATESB ah' ÚKVS. 




water, ar, \rhea that iü Dot founrl posiiíblc, ín «íòme 
acid ; ín Üic Jattoi', tUc^r ara subjectcd to lieat by 
uieans of a blow-pipe, The case or diílícully with 
wíiicU getns arc ftised. determinos tbcir cljcmícat 
composítion and coloring matter. Tliero are laaiiy ; 
gems wbtcb are altogethcr iiifuaíblc, or fuaíblo 
\^'itb great difiLculty, by meaiij; of fluxes, such as | 
soda or borax, or sait of piiospborus. The Diamond 
is an example of the formcr : tlie Ruby, Sapphiro ; 
and aLl tlie varieties of tbe Corundujus,tbe Emcrald 
2írcon, &c., are of the iatter iby meaiis of bomx). | 
By the a])plicatíon of licat, somo Minerais chango | 
color; some sweil and decrepitate; some hum; 
globulcs are prodaeed ín somo; an enamol, on 
othcrs; dusl, ín some oiliors; pbosphorescence, ín a i 
great many. The blow-pípe usod, should be eilher 
madeof eilver, (whicli does not corrode), or made of ji 
tíiincd íron, tbo caríty boing sq uare and plaeed at 
the bond. Tlie Iatter ts much ebeapor. But in cithcr 
case, tbc tip should bo of platínuin, and removable 
for cleaning purposes, Care sbould bc taken not í 

to interrupt tbo streatn of aír and steady flame. { 

For this purposc, the aír sbould be supptied from I 

tbe mouth, as from a rosorvoír wbich sbould not bo | 

allowcd to get cxliaiisted, and not from the lungs j 

wbicb may coustantly necessítate tbe act of respir- í 

afiou, so detriraental to the arriral at siiccossfuJ í 

rcsuUs. The part of the jet of flauie to bc iised 
is au important point ín the use of the tdow-pípc. 

If the oiilside flanio, or, as it is callcd, tlio 













j fiajm, be used, metoHio substances get oxidiacd» as i 

it does not eatipely provent tho coatact of tbe air; i 

I if tb© inncr flamc, otherwiae ternjed th© redudnff | 

I Jlame, irbicíi is of a bluish-red and intensely hot, I 
í tben th© Minerais, irbicb now become partiallj or ; 

j fally do-oxidized, get fused. For carrying on tbeae [ 

I experiments, a small qiiantity of tbo gein, reduced | 

í to powdor, and held íti a srnall plátínmn cup, is 

I found to be sufficient. If a Mineral beated ia a 

\ elosed glass box, by flames directed agninst and 

beneath it, contams water, it will be Tobtaiized, and | 

I condensed on th© uppev surface. If fluorine fonas ; 

1 one of íts componcnt parts, tlie glasa raay be coito- | 

ded by it. Some gems are affectpd by adds • some ! 

: are not. Tbe Opal ia nflected by ^tasli; tbe Garnct, ' 

j TurqaoUe, Chrysolito, &c,, by acida. Tbe Diamond j 

I and tbe Corunduro Taríetios nr© not affected by | 

\ any chemical substances; tbose Minerais tbat | 

í cfifervescG on tbe appbcation of acid sbonld bo j 

’ kijown as contai ning carbonatos ; tboso tbat do not, | 

i wben dissolTcd in aeid, generally turn ínto a gela- | 

I tinous substanCG. To produce this reault, heat ; 

; and strong acida aro neceasary; to produce tbe [ 

I Gffervcscence, tbe acíd slionld be diíuted witb irater, | 

í and in aome cases, tbe assistance of heat is required. \ 












j tb.6 art of Mosaíc was known to and | 

; ÈSS waa in cstensivé nse among tbe ancíents, t 
I does not admit of ihe loast doubt wbaterer. 

I **]!íosiiic paToments," aays PJitij, "bave been \ 

I driven írom our Hoors ao d baro mlgrated to i 
our ccilings and are mado of gta^St a tieir ínren- 
: ttoti tbis; for Agnppa ia tbe batbs be built 

; ia Rome nsed terra-cotta decorations paiaied : 

; in eneauaíic tn tbe hcatod ebambers, for tbe otber | 
j paris empioying stucco-work, K^bercas be 'irould 

I certainly bave made bis ceilings of glass bad 

I tbo invention csiEted in bis time.” The lithostroion, 
j tbe liret spedes of mosaío, was, as ita Greek namo j 
aígaifios, coraposed of veiy small bits of murble [ 

I "parvolís crustis." Tbe floor of tbe Temple of Por- ( 
j tune at Fimneste, biiilt bj Sullaj is tbe earliest \ 

I specimen of mosaie in Italy. All tbe finest ancient 
mosaies were eatírcly made of cubes of natural mar- 
\ bles of various hues. Tbe iutroductlon of bits of 
I glass for tbe brighter tints beiongs to a subsequent 
■ períod. Of tbis tbo best example is tbe Circenoester 
I pavements. But mosaica of tbe Lower Empire (of I 
j \rbicb tbe earUest ozistiug specimen is tbe ccüing 1 

: of Sta. Coatanza) are made exclusively of cubes of í 

i colored glass rougbly broken from tbe mass, 
f Tbe Taj at Agra afibrds a striking example of 
i tbe art as practised in índia. Tbe jem-els wbich 











Al^^MNDlCKS, 


oiigínaUy furmcd tlie oioaaiu of llmt spíendíd | 
spocímen of Indían architocturo tiave now j 

replaccd by ÜQÍtation». > 

TLo Egyptiaa glass-worfeers oi* aotiquity pro- 
duccd inosaics âo (niiiutcly that thcy could be sot 
ia riiigs and íit pcndanta. Tlie followiiig simplo 
í but ingonious roetbod was adoptcd : " A num* j 

! ber of fine rod« of voloured glasa urere arnvng- j 

! ed togetber in a bundlo, so tbnt tlieir tadê \ 

j compoited tbo patterii wished—a blrd or a Jlower, 

j exnctly a» now tbo makers of Tuabridgo wnre | 

j do witb fcbeir slip» of diíTercntly colorod woods. 

< Tbia bundlo was tbeii enclosed ín a coating of 

; pot-metol, usually opaque blue glaaa; and tUo 

í wbole maaa bcing fused sutRciontly to run all tbe j 

j roda togetber into a eorapaet body, was laatly 

I diawn out to tlm díametar required, In thh way | 

all tbe roda wete equolly attennated witbout alter- | 

i ing tlieir relativo position, and tbe externai ooatingt 

; wbcn tbe mass ivaa cut acrossj becamc tbe gromiJ 

i of a miniaturo iiiosaic, appareutly tbe production | 


of inconceivabte dexterity and nieenosa of toueb. 


1 Each aection of tbe wliolo neco&sarily preBontcd tlie 

j same patter», wjtliout tbe sligbtest yariation in its ^ 

í abades and outUnçs.” The best speciraen of thifl i 

i naturo is to bc seen in tlie UritiBli Mueeum and j 

1 once belonged to tbo Ducbe&i of Devonfshire, It ! 

í is a squaro tablet, one inob in widtli, witb tbo figure j 












4 TASiZIflB O» Oni4. 




Tbe ftttíbor of th© pf©s©nt wofk has iiro veiy 
splendíd mosatc works íq Lis posscâaioQi ebowing 
th© degrae of parfectíon whicL modeni Italy Las 
attaiaed ia tUo art. One is a larg© rouad tabl©, in 
whicb ai*e Peprodaccd in mosaíc tbe principal buíld* 
ings in Roma, vá.^ tlie Panthcon, tha Viazza, 8t. 
Fatores Churcb^ and othar calabrated places. It ís 
a gíft to tbe antlior froin His Majastj th© Kiog j 
Humbort of wLoso liberalíty Los excited tbe 

adnuration of nll wbo bave seen tbís uni([u© articla. 

It is estimated ín Isdía at about 20,000 Bs. Tha 
Other is a basílica of St. Petere, aiso presented to 
tbo autbor bjr Ilis Holiness the Pope Leo XUL 
Botb tbe Works bare boen pronounced bj coa- t 
aoisseurs as marvels of luosaic workmaneliip. 


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ENAMELS- 


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^S^AMELS are of tüo samo compositíon as 
paste», bütthere i» agreat deal of differoiioe 

in tho proccsa of thcir applicatioD. ** Tho Titreous 
mosa is ground fine, and then, miied mtb giim- í 
watcr, ia appUei with a bniah to the surface to 
bo ofiinmpntftd, upon which it ia fijiaily fixed 
by rneans of íoston. Prom the degreo of heat 
nooessaiy in the opera tion, the snbatratuna Eoust 
be oither fine gold or purc eoppcr, capoblc of 
resiating it, otherwiao the slíght compartmcnta 
fonued ia tho metal to contain the enamel would 
ruD, and tho eutllnea of the pattern bo dc- 
ranged.” In tho prcparatioa of enamels, tho an- 
cionta usod, as tho ground-work of thoir composi- 
tiona, powderod glasa or flint, oxide of Icadi, and \ 
borax, míxod in various proportiona, and colored by ■ 
differcnt mctallic oxides. Tho invcntion is of Celtic 
origin, intonded to replaco tho inlaid gem-work 
of tho orientais, hy a choap and attainablc imita- j 
tion in the baser materiais of glass and copper, [ 
Tho art bad attained perfcction in Britain when | 
it was bnt littlo nnderstood in Home íduríng tho ^ 
reign of Sovcma), as the celebrated inconse-bumer, | 
found othcr relics of Groík workmonahip) in \ 

the tomb-TOult of ono of the Bartlow Hills, proves. 
Similar decorations of Britísh origín have beon *. 















A Tlt£&TI»K OX QJSlIâ. 







f seen íq tbe coUectíoos, Thesc are done bj vbat is 
called ttte Cbamp-iecê procese, i.e.f the dasjgos are 
ürst cat out in the motol to a consíderable deptli, 
and thoa tbcse bcda are filled up with tlto fuscd 
éoamel, and afterwards so woll pobsUcd as io give 
itasmootb loco. This proceas iras abo ía use J 
; amoDg tbe Gotbic jewelleFS throughout tbe Middlo 
Ages, tíU it was taken up by tbe Bysantuics and 
. appUed to gold Thís was called tbe Ciaisowti 
metiiod; ^‘eadi colour being contalQed ín ite db- 
tíodt çompartme&t of tbía gold^plate set oa edge 
upon and soldered dowa to a stoutcr bosis, tbe tbm 
lincs of lho gold serviag for tbc outlines of tbe 
^bolo design, whicb b oftea a singularly compli- 
cated piet».” The Byzantíne motbod iras adopted 
by tbe Fersiãns, as b endeaeed by tbe famous cup ;i 
of Cbosmcs I, irbich b now in tbe Eibllotb&q^uo 
: Impdnalc, Paris; abo by the Anglo-Sa^cons- Tbb - ' 

:i mctbod b still in vogue in AIgíers. Tho third " 
method and tbe One noir in fasbioa came to uso 
about tbe middlo of tbc 15tb oontury, ‘'being moro- 
ly an adaptatiou to copper of tbc Moresco inven- | 
tlon of paintíng witb onamol colours upon aground í 
of stanniferous gbzo laid over carthcnivarc, wbicb I 
i: tbo ItaUans of thoee tlmca wcre canying out with | 

fio miieh 3 U 0 CCSS in thdr majolica.'* In tbb metbod, > 
tbo vitreous gJazD was merely laid ou liko water- | 
coloTS upon tbe polisbed copper, ivitb no longer ; 
ony bed tracod to dircct it, tbe dcxtecous applíca* | 
i tiou of tbo íire alonc prcFcnting tbe soveral eolours 



















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from flowjng, wteii fused, out of their proper post- 
tions,” Tbo Frèocii become the unquestionable 
Diasters of the art^ not before ihe retgn of Lema 
XIV j and, beaded by the celebrated Petitot, pro- 
dueed miniatures OQ gold as mccollent as tho most 
beautiful paiclings on iTOPy, The Cbincse praotise 
on this metbod on a gigantic scale. The largo 
hasiiis, exquisitelj worked vasos, and othcr tliings, 
nscful or oroamental, thai come from China, ore 
marrellotts specimens of the art, and poasoss tbis 
euperiorlty over those mauníaeturcd ín Eorope, 
that they receive no injary hy the action of hoiling 
water. 


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PASTES. 





Word paste” ia deríved from Tasim, 
fltt PasiaJ, focd, and baa been applted by |' 
the Italíans to the softesed plasíic stuff, wben tbey > 

reríred tbo proceas of imitatÍDg precíous stones. i' 


Pastes are imltationa in gkss of precious stones and 


goma, (engrarcd aa caiaeí or lutagllj, transparent 
and opaque. Tiie following ía a dírection for mak’ 
ing them :— 

A small íron case of tbe diameter roquired is 
fiUed witti a miatüre of fine tripoli and pipeclay 
moistencd, upon wbích is tnado an impression from 
tbo gem to be oopied. Tbis matríi is thcn tbo- 
rougbiy dried, and a bit of glass of the proper 
colour laid flat upon it, If a stono of diflerent 
atrata haa to bo ímitated, ao many Jajors of díffer* 
cnt oolored glasa are piled npon eacb otber. The 
whole is nest placcd witbin a furnace, and watcbed 
untU the glasa ia just begiuning to melt, when 
the aoítened nuiss ís immedíately presaed down 
upon tbe mould by means of on iron apatula, 
coated with Freucb chaUc in ordor to provent 
adbeaíon, It ia then remored from the fumace, 
and anncaletl or sofiered to cool gradually at íts 
moutb, wben tbe glass, after being cliüaoGd from 
tba tripoli, wül be found to bavo takeu a wonder- 
fuUy shorp imprçsaion of the atamp, but ín reverso. 


























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whethor tho proíotypo bo in relieTo ot ineaTO. 
TVhen a cameo is tbe model, all the uodercuíting 
must be stoppcd up witb 'irax bcfara takÍD^ thcr 
castj otberviso it teara away tho sofl matriü wben 
witbdrawn; and oq tbiá account, catnci in pasto 
are never ao satisfactory as intagli. If it be 'wishcd 
to imítato a gotti ftill of intemal flavrs, likc tba 
Carbunclo or tbe Emcraldj tho effoct is producod 
bj omitting tho annoaling and throwíng tbo pasto, 
stiil bot, ínto cold trator.** 


Tbo lact of ancíent pastes having a mucb rough- 
I cr exterior thati tho modem onos, leads us to thc 
conclueion tbat tlicy trere takcn in a mucb coar sor 
matocíal“perhaps, in terra-cotta. They aro also 
Ml of aír-bubbles; are muoh harder than trín- 
: dow-glass, and would scratch it rcadilj; whereas 

all modom glass, if colorodi is softer tban tbo white 
kíüd. Tben agaia, tho antiquo pastes possoss a 
ebanning iridescenco covoring its surfacc, ?bicb 
is produeed by thc oxídistag of tbo glass from 
tho action of lhe salty matters of tbe cartb. TJicy 
also ba ve a porous bubbly texturc, not only of thc 
surface, but of tbo whole body; wbcrcas the modem 
pastes, {wbeu ímítating transparent stones), look 
pare and samo all tbrougb, as thoy are made of 
pot-mctal, £.a, glass stained of oae color. 

The praetice of imitating stonea by means of 
poste wos in vogue in tbe most elassícal times. 

I Heredotua spcaka of the pondants that hung in the 
i cars of tbo saored cpocodiles by a namo, whicb. 


















A TREATI19S OM aEWS. 


893 


^ tmnsJnted iato Englísb, means "fuocd gems" 

I Stich pondants wem freqaently used in ear-rings and 
I Dcckiaces of the same period. In hís descríption 
of precíous stones, PJinj often âvrells upon the 
dífficulty of difitinguishing thcm from theíf glassy 
imítationB. Ha mentiona tLa folio iring lõiida^ as 
U5cd ín tho preparatíon of drtnkiug reascla and fot 
otbcr ornamontal pmrposas;—>“ Glasa rcscmbling 
Obsidínn is made for dishea (eacoría Tosa); also a 
Eort entirely red and opaque, called ITtematmon; an 
opaque ivbito also^ and imitatlons of tlio Agate, tho 

f Snpphirc, tho Lapis^Lazalir and all otbcr colours.” 
Among the kínds produccd ín hís time, he men- 
tions the JfitfrrA jnum, or imitatíon of the costly 
murrhíno stone, irliich fortttod tho bowls in Agatc 
with unornamented snrfacea. Glass Sc^fpÂú exactly 
I imitatíng the clouds and shades of brown and 
I whíte Agato, largoly cxist both wholc and in 
; fragmenta. 

The glass-workers of the Lower Em pire invent- 
! ed noveltícs in the art. Of thia, the best apecimeit 

; ís DOW to be Been in tüe posscssíon of Baron 

Lioncl Botbscbíld. It ía kuown to be a work of tho 
3rd or 4th centtny. The subatance 19 ef a paio Ruby 
I colour by tranamitted lígbt, and of a pale opaquo 
j green by reflcetcd light. Imitatione of onyz-vases 
1 wcnt by a apecíol designatíon, Cálices Audacea/' 
í or Impudent Wnre,” to express the boldness of ; 
I theír pretensions. Insta nees are knoim of finger* 

I rings modo en tirely of gtass. A cu nona ezample I 















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I of ÜiG ancíeot imitationa is alTonted bj tbose disks, | 

\ tbo ske of rín^^aUiaes, tho ground ímitating lyipis- \ 

1 LazuK, and mtaid witii otber postos producíng a | 

í pattom^ ÍJi low relief. Two spocimcns of tliís 

I Tsriety Lave Leen aeeii,—^a vine^-leaf and a panot— 

> wliicb, on acconnt of their singnlarity, fetcbed £10 | 

i eacb. The glass disks found stuck in llic ploster, \ 

I (bofore It aetj wbicli olosed up tbo Eouian tomba, | 

j come propcrly witbin tbe scope of tho subject. [ 

j: 'Tbeso nre mostiy tbe bottoms of cu ps, placed ir itb ; 

' ibe dead to contain tbe aocrament. Somo of | 

tUeso ivero In the sbape of inedolliana íntended to 
i bo worn as pendants by the poorer class, wbo conld 
I uot aíford tbe gold ones. Witbin tbeir substance, 

I tbey contóined rougli designs cut out of a soUd j 

1 pióce of güld leaf luid between two pieces of giass | 

j afterwards fnsed together and made ínto a compact | 

i body. Tbe desígas were gcneraliy tbo busts or full ; 

\ Qgures of Cbrist, or tho Apostlcs, witb suitable 

i legends; sometimes, tboae of the rcigniog sover- j 

1 cígns. Tbese niedollíons werc put ínside tbe tomb, | 

I witli tbo objeet of marking tlie date, and of guard- j 

I ing tbe repose of tbe dead. Heraclius, wbo scems \ 

to have bcen a Spanisb Gotb, and wbo Hoiirí&hed , 

ia tlie ?tb century, givos directíons for making f 

\ pastes. One of tbo best pieces of paste was found j 

I among otbor remalns of Boman antiguity at 

I Sbefford, Bedfordsbire, and is now to be aoen ín tbe 

I Mtiseum of the Cambrtdgo Antiquarian Society. 

Tbo best ancient intaglio pastes soen are one found 













A treatise ox üEtrs. 


835 


[t caj Uomo íq ISõO, tlie aubjcct engravcd upon it f 
bcing tbe Town of •Troy ; íind anotbcr, tlio bust of 
Abundantia, in imitíitÍT® Lapís-LazuIL Aa soon \ 
as tbe glyptíc ort rcvívúd in Itnly, tlie former ; 
nisJccra of counterfiíit goms began tq reprnduce in- ! 
togli ÍD theír ottti material. But the art of paste- | 
making rcached ita pcrfection under the anspices [ 
of tbe Regont Orleans. Tbc neir System was soou j 
taken up by all jetrol-makers in Europo. Goetbe | 
visiting' Rome in tbe last quarter of tbo century ^ 
(17S6-9>, found poste-making a favorito occupation [ 
witb tho counoisseurs. Even up to this day, tho 
Italians sho;v great akill in the art. Tbo account | 
of modem pasto would rcmaín incomplete wíthoiit i 
the montion of Wedgn'‘ood*s soais and camoí. | 
Tbcso OTO, howoTor, modo of porcelain, and aro f 
decidediy superior to poste in bardness, oren to | 

tbo extcnt of emJtting üre if stnick agninst Steel. I 

These are of two kindsj oun ímitatíng black Jasper, | 
and tbo otber, Lapis-JAsuIí. Stcass, oaUed aftcr tbe i 
German cbomist, íts inventor, is tbe briUjaci wbite | 
pasto, tbe material of Foste Diamonds. It repro- i 
duces the othor gcms when colored by differcnt j 
metollíc ojtidos. Yarious recipos are given by j 
Barbot as to its composition ; bat tbo Parisian ; 
chemists bavo bit upon a díscovezy whicb super^ I 
sedes aU prerioiis dlroctions. By a preparation of | 
borax, [not yet patcnt to alJ}, a paste, knovn as tbe | 
'*díamnnt do bore,’^' is produced, whicb beoomes os ! 
bard as Quartz, resísts tbe action of tbe file and i 













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TTlieii scò in reol goW is biiriily dbtinguíshable from 
genuine briUants evon by the most exporienccd eye, 
Tbo Romans excellod in tbo imitation of all 
ppocious fitoncs,—tbfl Emcrald and tho Lapis- 
Lazuli, most particularly—but tbo ingenious work- 
mcn of modern pasto hare quito eclip&ed tbcír 
fome in tbo prepatation of all othcr kinds, escept, 
porbapa, ín point of barduees. Tlio follovring 
focípos aro takcji from Barbots Trmbí des Pieitk 
P réoieusoa’ (strass J for tbo preparation of somo 
of the stones :—■ 


S/ra-sí. 

Kock-crTAUl 
Miikiimi 
Potw» puriArd 
Bcimx 
Aneiiic 

Emerald, 

ÔtraM 

Cnpper, gTVQQ exida 
Chromci oxiüo 


^erjfL 

t3fK>7 StmM. -r. 107-60 

& 4 a i 7 Antimpn J:p gluMi 1 * 3 ^ 

liü-QO C^bálÈp oxido -ÍKfcfiS 

Topüi. 

CeriiM cf olíchy 

(jmrti pob&loa «letnod SÜ^O 

aao-cio Sap}}hire. 

miteitiMí 31 ss 

Co^t oxido *>"11 

Oarn^t, Siriam. 

SkrâM -- 3773 

Autimonirp^ gloAO 13-06 

Purplo of «uwiü» i.* 0"110 

MftDgiukMti oxtdn .ip 0'll0 


SetíiHff Príeea Freehm Síúttcs — Past 
and Present 

CelLUíi calls tbe Ruby, Emernld, Diamond and 
tho Sappbira, by tbe oamo ” PTecious Stones,” and 
asaígna the fotJowing price to the best speciincng 
of eacb— 













A TBJEATIBE OxV OKMS, 



Rabj^ oí QHQ cArat 
Eufnkld „ 
Biiiaioad ^ 
Supptin? PP 





G<}id ^udi^ 

£00 

400 

100 

10 


Tbe gold ecudo was in intriRsic value 9 shiliíjigíg, 
and in cuiront^ wne nbout tlio smncí iu Italj in f 
í 1500, when slie was known to be the lichosi 
í country in tUa world. In De Boot’s time, the í 

Ruby wos eatimated by tho jeweUera at haif tbe j 

príca of a Diamond of thâ same size bnt not of I 

the sarae wcíght ; hut if it eiceeded 10 canits in í 

weigbt, íhen, according to the rules he Jaid doivn í 
for tlio latter etoae. Tiia ralue of the Balas waa ^ 
lÍ£od at 10 ducata for the tirst carat, aftcrwards to I 
ho miiltiplied by the símple weíght; thatof tho j 
Spinei at liolí that of the Diamond. The príce of I 
Table^jut Diamond waa put down for 30 ducatâ i 
(15 £}; ihe onc-carat Sapphiro, at 2 ttuüéis (6 a.); i 
■ for Ligher woights, as theír square muitiplied by ; 
i one thalcr, The Emerald wos at thís time so 
\ abunda D t, tliat De Boot considerod onc-fourtb the | 

I prim of Diamond even too higb for it. Rose-cut ; 

Diamond of oae carat was valued by Berquem at 
j 100 franca; by Tavemíer, about quarter of a eenhiry 
: latcr, at lõO. At thts time no other cut than the 

Table and tbe Bose was spoken of. In 1777, 
Dutens valued tho BríUlant Diamond of one carat < 

I at 8 louis d’or (eacb louis boíng equol to 18 4,, 

I intrtnsicaliy); and afler the Ist carat, os the ' 














squarc of tlio wciglit multíplicd liy that figure. 
Siuali Enipmlds, íf fine, at ono louís, » ciirat, 
takcn togetber í of Ij carats, at 5 louía; of 3, at 
10; bcyoiid which no definito ruies could safely fats 
given. ít appcars tUat in hia time, tlic Sapphlro 
was not much appreciated, aa be assinas to & stono, 

12 livros t9 a.;, for the first carat, and over that 
03 the square multiplied by tUia, Ono of 10 carats 
waa valued at &0 louia; ono of 20, at 200, and so i 
ou, In tlie beginning of the 19th ccntury tlie value f 
of Emcmld fell ao low tUat Cairo fiscd the litat j 
camt at about 2i francs. One of 20 caratâ waa f 

priecd at 3,000 franca (1^0 £) only. The firat j 

carat of the Ruby waa put down at 10 louís ; of ; 

i; the Ruby of 2carat3, at 40; of 3, at 150; of 4, | 

at 400. Now-a-days, a perfoct Ruby exceedíng^ a \ 

carat sclls for a good deal more tinm a Diamond i| 

of the same wéight. Ror sevêral ycars previous ? 

^ to l&õO, the value cf Diamond remoincd, liith { 

slight variations, at the same standard as fixcd by | 

i Jefiriea and Diitena, t. e., 8£ for the first camt. | 

Emornlds and Sappliiroa wore both priced at 3 £ | 

por carat, íf fine; the value of the iiole specímcns i 

oí either being difiloult to fi£, ín conscquence of | 
thoir nüver having a fixed market ralno. Bnt > 

since that pcriod, the Diamond hos doubled and | 

the Sapphire quadr upled its value; and, aa for tho 
I Emerald, it hos bccomc the moat valuable of ali, 

} and if pecfcct, esceeds the value of the Diamond 

i in tUc sauie ratio os that fixed by Celiini. The 













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Spipel and tbe Baias, more aouglit afler hj tUa 
Oríentak tbari hy tb^ Etiropeans^ bave becn €OJi- 
^idcred to possess tbo sarae valnc as tbB Sappbiré* 
De Boota givea tbe same valuo to tlie Pearl as to 
t!ie Opal, L e., 3 thalers (9 #.) for tbo first camt, 
and thea as tbe weigbt squared, up to 11 earats ; 
but foi bigber weigbts, mulüplying lhe square by 
4 tbalers^ Tbe present selliag príce in Paria, as 
giveu by Barbot, is 50 franes per carat, multíplicd 
by tho simple weigbt. Tbe Turquois of tbe small- 
est si^e, fioUa for about 6 peace per dosen i wberoas 
a good oae, of balf an incb in díametor, ia fully 
wortU 10 £- One, as largo as a shUliDg, is men- 
tionod by Emanuel as baving sold for 400 f. 
Suob gems as bavo gone oiit of fasbion, (as for 
instancü, tbe Anietbyat, Jflpcinth, Cbrysobte, &c-i) 
ore puccbased by jeírullers at nominal, and aold by 
tbeni at faney prioe* Tbe fino Persian LapíS' 
liasuli novr sells in tbe mass for 30 £ por pountL 
It is now dmwíi ínto síabsi for broDcbes and pend- 
ante, os in tbe olassical days. 


The Imperial State Crmm of Eíi$land^ 

Tüe following desuription of tbe British cro^m 
h taken frooi Professor TennanPs 

The Imperial State Crown of ü- M* Queen ^ io-^ 
toria was inade in tbe year 1338, by Mesars* 
KundoU and Bridge, witb jewels taken from old 
crowna and otbera furnisbed by command oI Hor 












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Mfijestjr* It cDiisists of Diamondsj Pearls^ 

( 



I 5d!nts, Troy. Tbe lowcr pnrt of tbfj band abore 
the ermiao border cqnaists of a tow of 13 ÍÍ Peark ; 
and tha upper part of tbe band, of a row of 112 
. Pearls, batween wlíicb, in front of tlio cro^ ís 
^ a Jarge Sappliire (partly drilifíd) ptircbased for tho 
Crown hy H. M. King Goorge IV. At thc bact is i 

a SappUire of smaller me, and six otlier Sappbíres, ' 

i tbrco on cach aide, bctw^een wbicb are eigbt Eme- 
ralds. 

Abovo and below th o sevcn Sappliírcs aro four- 
teen Diamonds, and aronnd tbe oigbt EmeraJds^ 12S 
Díamoods. Eetween tha EmcnUds and tho Sappbíres i 
are aíxteen trofoil omaments coatainíng 160 I 
líiamojtds, AboTe ths bnnd are oight Sappbíras 
;! fiuritionnted by eigbt Diamonds^ between irhich aro * 

; cight featooos coneiating of 1*18 Dbvmonda, 

In the front of tbe crown, and in tbe centra of a t 
Uianjond Maltesa cross, is tba fatnous Ituby aaíd to J 
I haTC beon given to Edward Prince of Wales, tbe 
Black Priüco, by Don Pedro, Kiiig of Caatile, afiar j 
tlio battlo of Najara, ncar Vittoria, A.D. 1367, í 

Tbia Ruby was wom in the hclmet of fíenry V., at i 

' tbe hatílo of Agincourt, A.D. 1415 . Itispierced | 
quito tbrougb, after tbe Eaatern cnatom, tbe npper ^ 
part of tbe piercing being filled tip by a smalí Ruby, \ 

I Arouüd tbís Ruby to form the crass, are 75 Brilliont J 
















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S41 



, Diamonâs. íliree other Malt^se croasca, formin^ 
the tiro sides and back of tbe crown. Lave Etncrald 
centres, and contain respectively 132,124, and 130 
Brillmnt Dlamonds. 

'* Between tho four ^laltesa croasos am four oma- 
ments in the Torm of French fleurs*de-Iya, wíth four 
KtiLics in their centres, and snrronnded by Koso 
Diamond s, oontaining respcetivcly 84,86,80,87 Koso 
; Diam onda. 


From the Jlaltese cresses issuo four Imperial 
nrclics, composed of oak-leaves and acorna: the 
Icaves containing^ 72S Rose, Table, and BriUiant 
Diamonds: 32 Pearls foimíng the acoma, set in çups, 
containing' 54 Roae Díamonds and one Table Dia¬ 
mond, The total number of Diamond a in tbe 
arebos and acoms is 108 Brílliant, 116 TabJe, and 
539 Eosg Düuuonds. 


j “ From. tbe upper port of tbo arches are suspended 
four laige pendant pcar-ebapcd Poarls irith Soso- 
Diamond cu ps, contaíning 12 Roso Diamonds, and 
t stems contaíning 24 very small Rose Diamonds, 
Above the areb stands tho Mound, coniainíng ín 
tbe loirer bemíspbere 304 Briilíanis, and in tbe up¬ 
per 24'Ji Bnlliants; the zone and are being composed 
of 33 Rose Diamonds. Tbe cross on tbe summit bas 
a Soae^eut Sapphlre in tbe eentre, sunounded by 4 
buge Brilliants and 1Q8 smollor RrlUíants.” 

Summaiy of j&£elê comprii^d íh tke Crown — 

1 liarge Enby irregularJy polisbed. 

1 Laigo broad-spread Sappbire. 














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16 Sapphírcs. 

11 Ememlds. 

4 RubÍG$. 

1363 Bríllíant Diamond^. 
1^72 Roac Dmiaonds, 

117 Table Diamonils. 

4 Drop-sliapcd Pearls. 
273 PearJs. 


I Wedáifíff JSifíffs. 

FttOM very early stages a peculiar eharm appcars 
to hare been connected witli tUo riag- WíthoMt 
Lcgiuuing or cnd, it bos long bcen regarded aa an 
emblem of etcrnity, and alao of tbe strength and 
perpctuity of affectioo. The fourth fingor of tho 
lefl hand has long bccn oonsidered eacred, and 
hence bas bccn consocrated to wcor tbe wedding 
ring. The Greeks and Romans wero so fallj' 
convínccd of tho mtrínsio ralue attacbed to tbís 
£ngor, that it iras called the medícal or bealíng 
fingcr. Thqir rarious medloinal preparations werc 
stirred wUU it in place of a apoon, itbcing supposed 
tbat shotild aay nosious Ingredient bo mcluded io 
tbe oup^ waruing of tbc fact wouM immedtatcly be 
given by a palpítation of tho heort. In some 
remoto country plooea ia England tlus superotítíon 
is stíli firndy belieTed in, The otber fingerg are 
thought to possess a cortai n power of eril, but a 
wound or soro strokod by tbe wedding Ônger is 
expected by tbem ta a short timo to dísappear; and 












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tbe weddjng ring itself h hy many supposed to 
hflve tlie same IicaKng effcct Tho rings uscd liy 
tbe Jows at tbeir marriago ccremoDics ircre some- 
tímes vety large in síze, and elaborato in design, 
The Jewisb kw deraanded too that thcy should bc 
of a cortam Talae, aad to prove thís to be tbe 
tbcywepe beforo the ceremoQy submittod to án 
esoniinalion. It iras a rui© ako that tbe bridegroom 
Hhould purcbasc tbe ring oot of bis oivn prívate 
rcsourcea and not obtain it eitber on credit or as a 
gíft from a frlend; and afíer tbe ring bad been 
placed on tbe bride’a finger, tbe marriage was 
conaídered tben, as it ia now^ to be írrevocably 
bindíng, Among tbe fisliermen on west coast of 
Iroland, tbe wcdding ríng is kept as an heirdooin in 
tbç family, and is considere d the property of tbe 
eldosí married daughter; consequentiy many of tbe 
wcddíng rings stiíl wom by tbe Êsb-wives in tbat 
dlstríct are quite old, and of exceedingly a ^ rt ^i e n t 
design, beíng tuaniifactuíed as far back as tbo 
Slizabetban era. In the sixteentb centuty, both 
marriago and betrotbal rin^ trere niade irith a 
motto or posy Inscribed ínside, and to these Shakes» 
peare, in tivo or tbre© of Ms pkys, refers.— Catsell*» 
Dome^iic DietioHaty. 


lítamonds atid Sham Dtamonds. 

FfáBiiS from tbe deptbs of the ocean and Dk^ 
nionds from tbe bowels of tbe earth are constantly 
beíng threatened in tbcir intriosic vaJue by artificial 

















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1 . 


competition ; autl natural Diamond» aro now, it 
! seoms, exposed to tíie rivalry not only of aontó 
coDglomcrate of Diomoiid-diiat—or of what passos 
for it—manuíootiired Ínto tho sembliwJoo of BriUi* 
ants, but al»o to that of gonuine Diamonds, pro- 
ducod not by tho ordinary agencies of naturo. bnt 
by clionucal imd tuagnotic moans at thc wiil of 
$ man. A Mannfacturer of Diamonds' has rmtten 

Í to the Mominff Poat saying tliat ho can sell for lesa 

j tban a oovcroígn an artífícially tnado Diamond c(]iiál 
j in appearanco to a loal Diamond irorth £300 and 
undístingnísbablo froni it oxoept by tho niost 
practiacd and skilful oxports. But be doiiioa tbe 
powcr of Ibe cUomlatto produce Diamonda of 
cicnt siá» and at sufficienüy low coat to hnve tbe 
effect of diâtnrbbig tho market valuo of natttral 
Diamonds; and Diamond mercbants take the same 
vienr of tho pretensiona put íorward by tho Din^ 
mond manufacturer that ho take» of thc claíms 
advancod hy tho Diamond chcmists. Notbing, 
uccording to the Diamond mcrchants and tho tme 
amateurs of Diamond», can oqual tho Diamond 
in in hriUancy, and in play of priaraattc 

coloitis cscopt anothor Diamond ; and io the 
urtificiaUj composcd etone, as to the minute 
crystols of Diamond-like matter produced hy the 
prolonged actiou of a galrimic batte^ npon a 
solution of purc carbon, the name of Diamond ís 
refuscd. Ncither ordinary tools nor ordinary hcat 
can affeot the truo Diamond. If aír bc cxcluded, 



















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it may be hcated to a, wliitc heat witlioat injury ; | 

and tlioug^li ít raay bo J^duced to sometliing liko 1 

coke by means of an excepÉionalIy powerful gal- 
Yanic bnttery, yet so formidable ia tba apparatua 
rcquired for oíTectin" ita soiution tbat practicaiiy 
the Diamond may bo lookcd upon as inaolublo, Ita 
oombuátibilíty was firat demonatrated by the 
membera of the Academy of Florence in 1691, by í 
f subjecting' it to the solar raya concentrated in tho 
laige paiabolic reflector mnde for the Cosmo de' 
Mcdíct, whcn it burned with a bluo, lambont flame, j 
The Diamond is oflen found in such alluyial i 
deposite as aro irorkcd for gold. Diamonds wcro 
first discovered in Asin, and sooa after their dis* 
covery wcre greatly prízed in Hindoatan,—as is 
sufBcieiitly shown by tíjô ralue atíached to them 
in the tales of‘'The Thonaflnd and One Níghte." ■; 
The Diamond mines of Goloonda weio for centuiíes 
tho only ones known; but in 1728 Diamond mines 
were discovered in Brazil; and ia 1863 what are 
called Dlamoad-iields wore opened up in the 
couatry vaguely knowa os South África. The |; 
South ACrican Diamond^fields owe tbeír ori^, or I 
rathec their recognition, to tho picking up by a f 
chüd of a large Diamond oa the banks of the I 

Orsngo Bíver. In 1369 u Diamond wliioh hoa i 

sinee become known as the " Star of South AiHca” | 
waa found by a Griqua ahepherd, and sererol small 1 
stones were met with on the banks of the Voai [ 
Hiver ia 1370. A yesor or two sgo more thnn 4,000 ; 





















person 3 wero omployod in cóiinccüon wUh tbô \ 
í South Af^ica^ Díaraoad-fielda, chkfly ía tbe volleys | 
of tho Oranga and Voai rívecs and at tíieir junctioo, 

T1i 6 remarkabb thiag oboufc tlie Afrícan Diatnonda 
I ia Lhe great number of* large steoca found omong | 
íbem. Their volue, however, ia ditnmished by tba | 

I vast mojority of theni beiag tinted witb ycllow and j 

i otbcr abades. Large yellowisb stónes aro uow oold 
I for about oao-fourtU tbe príee they fetched eigbt | 

I or ten years ogo; whilo tba worth of small stones, r 

I eiren of good q^uality, baa deteríorated by nearly ' 

í oae-balf. Tbo wliole of tbo South Afrícan Diamond : 

í rerion, to tbe ostant of about 17,000 oquaro milea, j 

waa anneied in 1971 aa a British colany, uuder ? 

í tbo title of Griqualand. The Brazilian mines oro i; 

I noi 7 looked upon as nearly exbaaated, and as a | 

I matter of fact aro no locger 'svorked, wbílo tha ; 

produco of tbo South Afrícaa fields ia constantly 
declinlng. This must have aeemed to favoür tbo [ 
neíif industry wbicU has ariscn in conneetion wítb j 
tbe maaufaetu.ro of DiamonclSj and tbe vortous | 

\ plana w'hicb aro froai time to timo formed by tho | 

I inveutora of tbo typo of Bültbazur Claes, ín 'i 

Balzac'^s Recborcbe de 1’Absolu,'^' for floodíng- tbo 
> markot by means of Diaraonda cbemícally pjpo- 

I duccd. Natuml Diatnonds, hon-ever, hav© ktely 

; tumed up in tbe United States, ospecialíy iu 

I CaUfomia, and they baro ako bcen discorered ia 

í various parts of Australia, 














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84 : 



The ÍIuGât Diamondâ Are clear and tiansparent as 
: n clrop of pure water. But besídea thesé " brillianta 
i nf tho firat water” aa they aro cailed both tecb- 

I nícaUy and in oídlmiry coaveraation, ther© ora 
colnured Bíamonds of every sort and bun. A yellow 
sEiado is (^nsidered objectíoiiable in a Diamond ; so 
also ís a cianamon colonr Kext to rose-coloured 
, Díamonda graen taka rank in tlie market; next to 

I green, blue; and next to blue, black. Tbe valuo of 

a Diamoad may, aceordin^ to some writers ou tho 
Giibject, be ascertaíned by a regalar formula, 

[ aceordíng to wbinh tUo squaro of the weight in 
caiats must ba multíplied by a aum varying uccord- 


iug to tba coaditiou and quailty of the stone. If ! 



thia 3um may ba put doiiru at £2, If, howavcr, 
the Diamond bo parfeet in qualíty and aJUo per* 
fectly eut, the smn to bo tokcn as the baaJa of the 
calculatíon will be £6 or £8. fiig Díamouda hare 
a iaxger tbeoretical value tban smail ones; but as 
a matter of fact Diamonds of large siae Lara oftan ( 
bad to be cut up before they could be disposad of | 
in tho market, When in 1837 tho Deccaiu booty, | 


obtained by tbe army of Lord IlastingB, waa sold, } 


a zuagnilicent Diamond weigbíng STõ^ grains, and i 


of tho pureat wator, hrought nt auction only ^ 


£7t2Q0. In the present day, finast Díamonds ore 


I held by Portuguese, Spaníah, Fraucb, aud Daglish 
familles ín the order named; and the best market 


for tbem ia in the United States. Among hiatorical ; 













APPKKDitEft. 


giS 


Diamocda ftn important placa must be Msignad • 
to tbo calebrated Pítt Diamond, of irbich tbe j 
ireiglit was 430 catats. But afWr being c«t—a [ 

process wbicb oocapled twro yoars—it mia foand to 
have beca n^ucad to tbo weigbt of 30 carats, and • 
tt Tfia then sold to tbo Ilcgent of Orleana for | 
£133,000, Ite pteseat valuo is said to bo ■ 
£200 <MH>, though it migbt ba difficult to fiad a 
purchascr for it at tbat príce, Tbo Pitt Diamond— 
or Ecgeiifc Diamond as it was caUed after baving i 
passed” into tbo bands of tho Duke of Orleana— j 
becarno ono of tbe Crown DUunonds of France. It 
TTOS dcstined to meet witb stranga adrenturos; for, ; 
after being placed by Napoleon on tbe bílt of tbo í 
sword of State, it >vas capturod by tbo Prtiasians j 
atWaterloo. â. Diamond of literally inostimable | 
valae, bclonging to tho King of Portugal, and of ^ 

Bmilian origin, is aaid to bo wortb upwards of ! 

£ 5 , 000,000 sterlíng; but tbis value is clearly not 
its value in clumge. Por tbe bistorical interest r 
attached to it, no Diamond con be compared to Her | 
Majesty '5 Kob-i-noor. OriginaUy dug from tbe j 
of Goleonda, it passed to succcsaivc soveo 
eigna of Central índia, and in tho early poit of tbe i 
fourteentb ccntuiy, was addcd to tbe treasuros of 
Dellii, It rcmained in tbe posaession of tbo 
icigni^g fivmiJy until tbe invasioo, in tbe cigbteentb j 
oeotury, of Nadir Sbab, wbo, seeing it in tho turbau , 
of tbe Tanquisbed Mahommcd, proposed to him nn í 
oxcbange oíbead-dresaea, and, tbo polite offer bdng j 







A tReJkTt$£ QX QlMB. 





j perforoe acoepted, bore away witíi Iiina íiic príco- | 

j lúsa After tbo oâaassliuitton of ITadlr Sliab^ | 

the Hountaía of Líght ” posscd througli the 
' Landa of Ahmcd Sbah, of Cabal, to SLaL SoojaL, | 

í who gavo it aa tbo price of bla liborty to Iluajeei 

í Singh, ruler of the Punjaub. On the atmcxation 

of tho Punjaub in 1819 ít wa$ stipalatcd tbat tbo 
KoL-í-noor should be sarro aderod to the Qizeen of 
Eagland, who received it from the East índia 
! Conipany ia 1850. At tho Great Exbibítioa of 

1851 tbí$ fatnous Diamond waa found iaferíor to 
its glasa tnode], and it wns neeessary to surre and 
it with gns-lighta ín order to bring out its coIouts. 

TLo Etisaians huTO a very good Diamond known í 
as the Orloff. It ís aboat tbo sise of & pigeon's egg» ; 

I and ono timo forotiod the eye of an tdol ia the | 
Templo of Brahma at Pondicherry. Brabxna was j 
robbcd of it by a Frcncb desertor, from whom it | 

fouad ita vfnj to a Greok merebant eatablishcd [ 

somewhoro on the ahoroa of tbo Meditorranoan, \ 

I who soM it to Count OrJolf, at that time in com- \ 
maad of tho Buasian Moditercanean sqnadron, for ; 
Iialf a millioa roubles, an annnlty of 20,000 roubles, [ 
and a patent of nobility. | 

The Diamond manufacturers and Diamond che> 

' mists of the present day do not aim at produciag 
: exoeptionally large stonea ; and as hístorical ouríos* í 

I itica, to which an cnonnous prioe has always 
1 boen Qttached, we may bo soro that neitherthe ; 
Orloif nor tho Koh-i-noor wíU looo much of their 
























I presenfc valuc. Meanwhile the Diamond inercbaats 
consolo themaelTea, m preseuco of the menace 
brought agaiaat their trado, by reflectíng that 
many years ago, iinder tho direction of a Fronch 
chemist, M. Dupretz, carbon, free from OTcry 
trace of fopeígo fiubstance, preparod iiom ctyst^ 
alUno Biigar-candy, Tras made to deposit micros* 
oopio crystols which had the handness of Dinmond 
powder and the general characteriatics of Diamonda 
and that nothing carne of M. Duprcti' procesa. 
As to irhether the new systeni of manuíacturiag 
Diamonds trill injorc tho legítimate buainess wa 
have no means of judgmg; but Diamond manu- 
Jacturers and Diamond merchants are agreed as to 
the inoffensire nature of tho microacopic Díamonds 
produced by Chemical agencies.—Pcíi Mtll Gaseíte, 



Janttartf 30,18S0, 



















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THE IMPERIAL STATE CROWN OF FRANCE. 

TJte HVtjíí and Vàiut 0 /lhe Diamonã0 fl/ FraícJt Crúien, 

mad* irt J7fl2. 


Naji^ 


Tlio Rogcnt 
Bluo Dlomoud 
Sanoy 

Golded Blies 
Tíio Crowa ... 

Tho Ebeudh 
Peor.fariood 

Uirror of Porlngal 
The CrOTTB 

The Ebenda „ i 

eiioh cnfl cf atout 18 Csraw 
3, „ H »* 

TboTenth Maaarifl 
«, cncb about U CwaH 


2 , 

4, 

4. 

G, 

35, 

n, 

8U 

20 , 

8S, 

94, 

13, 

37, 

433, 

679, 

329, 


13| 

11 

10 


4| » 

34 „ 

24 

Ji 

3 Qraíiii 
S 
1 


í 




Cíirtita, 

Vdue LU Fmucf^ 


I3â 

13,000,000 


6T 

3,000,000 


53 

1,000,000 


51 

300,000 


25 

350,000 


20 

160,000 


24 

200,000 


21 

360,000 


20 

65,000 


20 

48,000 


55 

180,000 


51 

118,000 


10 

60,000 


43 

205,000 


27 

96,000 


4fi 

50,000 


41 

94,000 


50 

130,000 


240 

473,000 


90 

164,000 


m 

113,400 


oa 

93,600 


207 

81,050 


149 

60,600 


la 

3,160 


3T 

5,027 


229 

39,737 


79 

13,377 


10 

2,660 

AP- 

3,030 

19,238,611 













































APPEKDlCES, 


854 




SemUlriilianis, 


N A H B B. 


i^aJiw ia Fnmra. 


2, caah piâcü aboul ? €mU 

rii 1 ■• 

í 14 

' 14,000 

1, 

1 ri éf 

6 

8,000 

ft lí ^ U 

- - 1 

8 

10,000 

n lí II 

■ 1 1 

13 

HÚOO 

K 

T* 1 

1 2 

1,200 

iO, 

"1 

13 

47,300 


Rose jyiafuúnds. 


í> 

cnob pleoD «bout 21 Carata 

Pll 

43 

50,000 

lí 





Pf P 

4 

1,300 


li 

n 

3i 

li 

1 ■ i 

ir 

14,400 






PPP 

3 

' 3,000 


J» 

' n 

2 

íl 

IIP : 

U 

4,!100 


li 

u 


ÍJ 

... 

1 1 

400 


li 

n 

i 

II 

p p i 

33 

3,375 

340, 

H 

li 

f 

If 

1 PP 

C7 

0,735 

h 





p-i ■ 

00 

8,100 

m, 





p ■ ■ 

327 

91,100 


Semi-brUlianti and Roses toühoul statment 0/ tfieír weiffht. 




FnANca. 

4 PieciciP, worth 

•*w 4-OpOOO 

10 „ 

li 

S94,0(H> 

178 „ 

íl 

12,000 

173 „ 

11 

m*m 25|000 

Set „ 

II 

1,064,000 

s 

li 

**• 300,000 





























































































APFENDICEa. 


854 

í— 

I THE PEACOCK THRONE 


t 

í 



OF SHAH JEHAN, i 


I ^HE Tak&i^idus, OT the Peacock Tlirono of 
I DcUu, ig one of tíio be&t opecimcng of tho 

í pomp and prodfgality of tlio Mogul Empcror SLah 
I Jekau. Tlic namo ia dcrivéd from a pcaoook, wití» 
i its taíi sprend (repraseuted^n. itg natural colora ia I 
í Sflpphíres, Pmeralds, Pubicsj and otlicr Jeirols), 

I which formcd tlie chief omamcnt of a dúzzlíng mass 
1 of Píamonds and prccious gtones that were cncrust- 
I ed. in tíie Imperial scat. Tavernier, who flair thís í 

í wonderfully constructed ilirone, does not seeni to | 

I disbcUovo in tlio popular estimatc of the articlo í 
I whíçli ig atatcd to bnve cost nearly six miltions and 
; a half stcrlín^. 














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THE TAJ MAHALr 



TftHE Taj Ma^aí ia a corruptíou of Mujaéaz 
^ Màhalt tlie name of Sbali Jcliau’a Quocn, 
whose tomb it forms. It is eituated at Agra in tho 
North-Westom Provinces of índia, and la a mau- 
eoleum o£ wMto marbla deeorated irítli mosaica, 
il TThkb, for tUo ríclmess of tUo material, the cbaate- 
I neea of the design, and the effect, üt oncc brillíant 

i and flolcmn, is not suiiMxsaed by any other cdiheo, 

i citber ín Europe or Asía.” The bullding on the 
ontsidc is of whita marble wlth a hígh eupola and 
I four minarete, A lofty haU, of a drcnlar form, 
lies ín the centre of the inside, nnder a dome, m 
tbo middio of wbich is sítuated the tomb, aiir- 
Tounded by tm open screon of wclUworked tnicery 
composed of marblee and mosaics, The wnlls are 
I also of wbíte marble, their bordem being decora- 

I ted with flowera ín mosaic. The materiais nsed 

for the mosaic work are Xiapia-Lazull, Jasper, He- 
liotrope, a sort of golden stono (not ^veU under- 
stood), T^ ith Chalccídony and other Agates, Caimoll- 
^ ans, Jade, and similar other atones* " A single 

S flower in tlm screen,” saya Mr, Voyacy Mswíic 

; Bessi^rchôs, Vol. VJ «contains a huudred stones, 

each cut to the esact ahapo necossary, and highly 
1 polished.’* The mosaies are said to he the \vorfc- 

I manship of rtalians. " It is singular/’ remarks 

; nn erainont liistorian, " that artists of that nation 

should reccÍTO Icssons of toste from tho Indíans, 


























J."* 856 




VIEWS OF ARABIC AND PERSIAN 
WJRITERS OK DEMS AND STONES. 

THE FORMATr03r OF STONES. 


Araòic, Hiizur; Tereutn, Suuff; Ilindit Fatkíhnr. 

®1NE piccea of earth aro tranaformcd iuto 
^ etonús trlien tLaj ramaín dose and compact 
for a Icngth of poríod, and tako into tlieir demen- 
taty watery substancCi tho clemctitEi of lieat and 
diyneSG. Of tbe four olementa tbat combine to 
producQ RtoneSj. — vtz, lieat, cold, diyncss and moía- 
ture—fho predominance of ono or moro over tbo 
othcis givea riso to tlio dífiference In thoir color. 
For cxamplo, wbíte is tho oolor of tLose stones iii 
wbích cold and moisturo oxist in large proportions; 
wbero they do in small proportions, tho g tones bo- 
come blackiab, Wliono heat and drynoss prevail, 
tbe G tones get a red huo; where tbcy ba ve loss pre- 
dominnnce, tho rcsulting color ís yellow. ^bcrctbo 
proportion of beat ia groater tban that of moistoro, 
ibo stones turn black and bard; but wbere both 
tbeso elemento are in Gmali proportions, llie stones 
assume tbe color of tbo Zdjeòttrd. "Wliero the 
bcat and moisturo aro in eq^ual proportions, tbo 
stones tako the oolor wbicb is pnoduced by tlio mix- 
turo of wbíte and red; wbere tlioao two qualities aro 
in nncqnal proportions, tbe stonos dilfer in color 
and quality, vh-, where bcat prcpondcmtes, tlie 




■í^ 















A T^EaTIBÉ Olf Q^m. 






stones bccoiue biackcr and harder tban tbosa whcre 
it does not; and wbero moieturo prevaüs^ thoy be- 
come wbitor and softer. Tbo iiiequülity of tho 
elemcuts in tíic composítlon of tho stones in jiarti- 
cvdar portions of tliom determines tbe color and 
quality of fbe parta so aílected. 

It is slmply an error on tlio part of Enropean 
Tíriters on jewelry to asaert tbat tbo uso of stonea 
extemally or internally lias no practieal Lnfluenoe 
over the buman body or mind. 














APPENDICR». 



THE DIAMOND- 

lls J^ropertieSf Varieties^ ^c- 



Árahic, 2í^h; Ptnianj A‘lrnâth; Ilinduitani, Uirá; 
and SaMkrit, SiraíA. 

l^HE Diamond íb a very hard and dry niinoraJ, 
and is fotmd ín a varioty of colora ;■—wíiitc, 
yellowj red, black, and greenísli fcalled in Hindu- 
stanij Tahliâ). Tlie wbite apeciuiens, full of flawa, 
aro found in obundanco ; the red, yellow, black, 
greenish and the dawlesa Khálish oncs (i.a.j tbose 
síones ^hich do not ehow tbrougb thom tinges of 
any othcr color but tbeir ownj, arc mro. The 
spotless Khálish stõnea of a wMto or any otber 
color íetch the híghost valuo in tbo mailcet, ff thcy 
aro of a good large size. Tlio blrth-placo of the 
Diamond lies principally ín the Deccan^ ahout 
jffdídtííííí/ííí'(Golconda), JoAbá jídfflwíf (Bfljmm) and 
the Kokaf Mountains, Tbo way to dnd out the 
osact localíty of tho Diamond iu the Deecan íb to 
dig np a holo in the ground and fiU it up with 
Tvnter; then watch at snnriae the part whicha 
suddcn flasli of the lightning may illuimne at that 
tíme, and tíien to uneortli the treasurc wliíoh is 
Htiie to lie buried there. 

The biilliance of the Diamond connot bo noticcd 
in ita piimitiTe stnte, but it has to be bioughtout by 
the skill of the HaAAtó, or tho cuttera and 
poliahera of gems. Tho Diamond is alao fonnd in 




















A TREATISB os CEJI3, 


859 




UiQ nevT island ia tbo eoulU known oa Bor^il | 
fBraail ? , but thesc epccimens cimuot appioack tüc i 
nroduce of tUo Goíconda mines in cleíimeas nnd i 
hordaesa. The qualíty nf tUe whito Dmnionds oan- 
not be eseertamcd until tUey are dcaued hy the 
jr«im in the Trhctting instrumont, by ^ing hrat 
Btuck to a picee of n ood by meons of sLoUdac, a^d . 
then rubhed over by tho dust of tbe black varicty. | 
Liko tbe T«fc, and n apecios of ycUow areenic 
küown as tbe ^ansí-pafri HctrUdla, tho Diamond 
i8 Ml of jointe, whkh are in some oases ao impcr 
ceptiblo as to defy detection. Tn otbcra they 
dsible to tUc bnmnn oyo and can be opencd out 
by tbosc only ulio are acquainted with 
of tbe thing. Thooo who assert tUat tbe Diamond 

cau bo out by gl^ labor under a 
irbenevcr It breaks, it aiways does so m tfmnoOb 
Tiieccs This Etone obtaíns dífferent namcs, 
in- to its classificatioos. are those 

„McU r««mWe lUo «rbonitc «f .==.noma .u 
and whoM iuãdo ie dmr « taokmg-glns- 

nre thosc wliid' h»™ » “‘' “''J' ‘ 

«Hto tat Larn lesa of tbo intcnsity of colot 

Ihnn Umt oí tUo .Vniwaío- i, go by ^ 

AWunf Mia -«yonf. Somo pcoplo gi>c tbe p»lm 

of cxcellcnce to tbo Ifist rancty, Suc s^cimc 
n., have tbe color of lho bon in “ 

ümd.* MMÍ. The Diamond » 
but it mn bo bnmt by tbo Umiluatan. H<çl™ 
(medicai praetitioners). in eombinahen n.tb ether 














appe^dices. 




sutis fâtiçc!$j—ttie powder so olytoiccd being saiíl to ; 
curo soreral kinds of discascs. 

The Diamond ís a drj stono sad posscsscs tlie 
coolncss of tlio 4th class. Somo ascribe to it ; 

Lcating iiropertiea. f 


MarveUúua and Medicinal pTOpcrtiee, 

Jp wora, tUe Diamond lias tUo virtuo of ímpart* 
íng hoaltb to tbe body and of dispellíng fcor. It 
assuagcs tbe suffuríngs of a tcdioua labor-paín and 
bríngs 011 safe and apecdy delívery, if ticd round flie 
tliigbs of tbe woman about to be coaâned. It da^ 
stroys ali encmies^ if wom íq fbo arms ; and curca 
opilcpsy, if wovn in tbe arms, afler being cnt into a | 
liexagonal shape. If, in oombínation witli other I 
ingrcdients, it is used as a dentifríce, it rendors tbo 
tceth brigbt and bard. But it is bettor not to use 
It for sucb a purposo, as tlie presenco of a single 
particle ín tbe stomacii may produce deatb. Jf 
kept ciose to tbe teetb, it causes their falL It is 
a fatal poison. If bj accídeut, some ono tokca 
a quantity of it, bis life sbould not bo constdered 
safe, until be ís mado to vomit it out by means of 
drínking a quantity of fircsh cow's nailk, (witbout 
being boiled), or somo beated clarified butter 
(obtaíncd from cow^s milk), or by any other means, 
sucb as by applying tbe fingers to tlie inside of tbe i 
ibroat. Tbe soup of some falty flcsb is tbcu to be í 
gíven to tbe patient to complete tbo rccot"Cty. ; 




















A TllEAXfJíE ON GEMB. 


K 


sai ^ 


RUBY- 

faj—YÁCÚT. 
fu Vayiciies, <èc* 

ITÍHE Yácât Í9 ono of tbe liesfc of gema and 
* 1 . f!.vorite of mcD. It w fouud in a vnrie- 

ty of coloura—red, yclintr, Knl/ud (í-e-, blac '- 
4>, ^een, and of the color of peatacluo 

uuts. Of each of too colora, thore different 
de^rcGS, Of aU tbe specimcna, tLat wliioh 
thõ name of Bomfnam (or, tho color of tho 
pomogranato), ia considerod to be tho best ; it ^ 
íorv hard, apotleaa and haa roflectmg povrcm bke 
lookin^-glasg. Tbo Urgest and tho properly cut 
the hlgheat Talua. Of rod 
followins are aomo of the subdiviamns; SurUa 
kumri. or very red; Surkho ord* or roac-red Sur^ 
kho Ndrungi, or of tho color of the orange, 

Jáfráai or of the color of tbe saffroa : and 
Newui, or of that of tbe lipe lemon. The foUow mg 
aro eome of tbe vatietiee of the KMi A« _ 
AMh GunU or of tbo hue of tbe ^ 

JSohcli, or of tho color of 

pUed to the eyea); Kabtid JkíjeAufífj, 

eolor produced by tbe oombination of 

fndni; and KM Pestdi, or oí tho color of the 

tachio nute — a rare apecimea. That kiad of Ti«. , 

Ich ie bard. olear, and Img iía color C^bateTOr 


















862 


APPENmCES. 


it maj be} ovonlj spread, wítbout showmg the 
faíntcat tinge of hhj othcr, commaiids tbc admlia^ 
tion of ftU jeTC'el-niongors. Tho Yácãt is next to 
the Diamotid in Iionlncss. Tbo foUowiog is the 
order m tho scale of hardncsa aiuong tho varieties : 
Káiud, red and Pesiãi onca, and the white one> Of 
the red specimens; Sttrkiio //wflirf, Surkho Ordi, 
SurkAo Ndrtíiígi, Surkho Jájráni and Surkho L&mm. 
Of tho Kahnd onea : Kahvtd Kahud Ko~ 

Aí/j, and Kahttd Zájeburdi. Tho perfectij red speoí- 
mons aro called in Hindi, Aídnik or Tadam, and ín 
£nglisb, Huby. The ycUow ones aro known in 
Arabic as Búitrák, in Hindi, Pokráj, and in Eng- 
lish, 2Wfi«a (Topas ?). Tho bluo onea are desig- 
natod ín Persian aa NíIum, in Hindi, Niímutid, 
and in English, Safidr (Sapphire P). The Táciit is 
fbund in the mines of atdpbur and morcuEy, It 
is known that this stono Is met with at Pega, but 
tho placo about tho mines is porfèctlj iininluibit* 
able, as tho earth tbereof is black and hard, and 
frequently emits a aulphurous smoli; ís saxroundod 
by kpge trees, and ís diy and reat in parta; and, 
lastiy, iâ tho sceno of a gnod deal of oto-rni and 
^under in the rainy season. Tho Rikira (wander. 
ing mondicants) and the poor, who with diíEculty 
coUect stones from these hardly acoessible mines, 
havo, aceordíng to the laws of the country, to sell 
them to tho king. If a private party buys them 
surreptitioualy, and the fact becomes known, the 
whole of bis eatate becomes escheated to the ; 

- --- 


















A tbíatt&e olí OEsí®' 


ã63 




Government. U is stiid that n certaín Hn - badonce 
attempted to proceed to tlw míncs ivitli a -rand 
proccssion to got holA of good etoncs, but ho 
could obtain nottiing botter tban somo small 
spccimcns fouud upon digging thc eactU on tho 
surfaoe. Ho bad ultimately to deaíst, as tlio 
unbearablo emoli of eulpbnr threatened tho dc- 
Btruction of noarly tho wUole parfcy* Viotü that 
poriod it was ordered that no ono was to dig ílie 
carth deep for Bcarch of the gem. The Ydcút is 
alao found in Boraní (Brazil?), in tbe new 
Island dÍBCOvered in the South (AuatralIaPh and 
in the Chhayanát (?) laland. But tho bost speoi- 
mens oro thosc that como from Pega, The Brazi- 
liau Yáüát is largo and cleat, but it lacfes lha 
hatdaess of the Pegu spccimens. No other 
variety thaa thc red ono ia proof againat heat, 
Aceording to some, tho red stonca attain mcrcaaed 
lustro by being aubjccted to heat, Sotne, agom, 
aascrt, that the whito Pdciíí wbicb shoivs tbrougb 
it a tinge of reddishnesa, may bo mado red, by 
being put in an eartUen pot to heat- But prac- 
tice does nofc appear to bear ottt tho trutli of fchia 
statement lu fact, smoke. perepiration, oil and 
bad smell aU serve to afíbet the color of the iáciít. 
The Tdcãt is not affectcd by heat ot cold. It has 
the drynesa of the 2nd ckss. Tlm yellow variet^ 
havethe drynesa and coolnoesof the 2nd class. 'Ibe 
Aa6i«í ónes bave the warmth of tho Ist class, and 
the drynesa of thc 2nd, Tho white specimens remam 














AupjiüDiaj^j, 



thc some eitber by Leat or cold, <md Lave the dry- 
ness ef tLo Ist and 2Dd c2as9. 


M<xrecllou8 and Medicinal airtuea, 

The wearer of tlio Ydctii obtaina satigfactíou of 
Diind and atrengtb of tbo braine. A darta. dose 
of it, taken internalJy, cures opÜepsy, íusanity, 
cboletflj and tbe spitting of blood; canses free circu- 
lation of blood througLont tbe System, and provents 
tbe de vil (Satan) causing uncáslnesa of mind, 
It cures all kinds of poisonings from snake-bíte, or 
í^m. adminístration of poison by enemies. It fraes 
tbe atmosphore from tbe poliu ti on engendered by 
obolera. It purídea tha blood, and brínga back 
to its normal state tbe fatoUy (juick action of tbe 
pulae. It invigoratos tbe power of tbe soul. Tbe 
ivearcr of tbe Yác»£ in tbe forni of a finger-ring 
obtains from tbe deity all tbe desires of liis bcart 
and becomes proof ogainst tlmníler-stroke and 
ííbolera. Worn over tbo eyes or applied to them os 
a ífímó, it cures all compMnts of tbe vision ; over 
tbe mouth, it takes away tbe bad smcll of it, allays 
tbirst and gives constant satisfaction to tbe miad, 
It bringe honor to tbo wearer. Tbe dose for 
\ internai use is from one kirái (karat ? b e., four 
I barley-coms] to One dánff £16 bariey-corns). 

I For a detailed nccount of burning tbe Ydciít 
to a fine po^vder, vide tbe work called A\’rábãditi 
! AoiíV. 





















JL ON 




865 




(6J—LAL, 

jJríííííí;, Zd-ífí; Hindi ^ lAl. 

I AL is a kind of precious stone of wliích no 
mcntlon has bccn míida íd tíio ancíent writ* 
ings. It lias been dístinctly stated liy tbe autliors of 
Mmdfâ~ul-àh.à%ãr and Nahâhoahiná-â, tliat about 
3,000 yearE ago, tliis stone ivaa first fouQd. iuaide tbn 
mountaine of Badakslian rent atwain by m cartU- 
qaake. It is a varioty of tbe Ydcãt (thongh it íb lesa 
bard), and possessos tbe same color as tbat etono, 
vh., red. In somo specimens it is retídish. It resem- 
blca tbe red hue of tiie Trga-ám flowor. Tbe mines 
of tliis stono lie in Badakslian in tbe Turan countrles 
(Indopendent Tartary), and also in tho souÜiorn 
kingdoms (?). Tbe spceimens found in tbe formcr 
place arc bettor and hardcr. Tbose tbat are seen In 
tbe lattor eountriea are softer and a abado blackor, 
It is recorded in tbe Ambio work entitied MtY 
Abai beldãn " tbat tbe sea-cows gct tbe Lül atones 
from tbo Kokaf mountains, and pnt tbcm on tbe 
gronnd wlien tbcy como agrazing towards thc Sa- 
randip (Ccylon). Tbe stono-gatborers, who remam 
conccalcd a 11 about, tlien come out in steallby steps, 
carofnlly tbrow liunpa of clny over tbe stones left, 
and thon retiro. Wbon, after grazíng, tbesc ani¬ 
mais go bück to the soa, disappointed at not find- 
ing tbe stones, and frettíng and fumíng with rago, 
tboso pcople come hack and takc away tbe preclous 




















BtoQcs. TiiC Lál posscsses heat nnd coM in ci^ual 
proporÜQii^, aud bolongs to the 2nd class of dryncss. 


MedL-inal Properiícs, 

TuÊ weariag- of the Lál gires contentment, pre- 
venta the spittiug of blood, cures piles, and aJl 
díscoses caiisod by tbo íncreose of phlcgtn. Applied 
to tbo oycs as a Surmd, the stono adde to theír 
lustro. The dose for internai use is from ono Kirát 
*jt 4 borley^conifl, to ono dénff or IG barley-corns. 
According to some, it ia from 4 to 3 barloy-corns. 


















A TttKATfSE OK CEÍtS. 




807 




CAT’S-EYE. 


Ila Varieiief, §‘e. 


Pfrtiattf Jiiiá. 


JTtHlS stonâ is foiuid in tUe miues of Íii 

* Emen, Ha-osh, Kambayet, and Guzerat. 
Itbas jomts iu Bomcof tlie spocimens, asin TalCf 
and has tíie shape oí‘ Iiuman cyes, It is found to 
be of inany colors wliite, xed, ycllow, and black, 
In ordcr to makc it moi^o kríllíant, it hns to bc 
cut first, and tben, lUco tUe placcd in an 

earthen rosael and put to boat. Sâbágurl is tbo 
natno givcn by the Forsíans to ancli stonc^ as aro 
circubir in sliapo and have tbeír outsido oolor dif- 
fcrcnt to that of the inside ; Soleimãnít to such as 
are rcd ot black; and ^enelkur (ot ZaJiasmiâ, 
in Hindi), to such as aro green, or yelloTsr, doar, 
and hare reflccting powcrs like those of tho lookínj- 
glass. The last yaríety is met Tvith in the mines of 
rdcKÍ. It is cilher hnrd or soft; that which bus 
two '* Unes" in it íetchea better valae tUan othcrfl. 
It has the dryness and coolness of tho 2nd class. 













888 


'^'9 


Matvellons and Medicinal Properlies. 

The Cat’s-«ye infuses hilaritj into tlie mind; 
curea pallor; bringa on safe deÜTeiy, m cases of pro- 


tracted labor, if tíod ia tlie hair of tho suf- 
feno" woman; causos infánts aalíoring £rom 
booping-coughj &c., to bríng up pblegm, &c., 
whca applied to tbeír throat; and protects tbem 
i^zn witcbeiy and evil-spirits, It curea lacbiy- 
ma, if applicd as a powder to tbe eyes, and, | 
kcepa the teeth clean íf rubbcd orer tbem as a 
dentifrico. Its pOTvder ( obtainod by bumíng) is 
soid to beal sores, if applied to tliem, and causes 
new^ flesb to appeat in the place of putrid mat- 
ter. Its USB is a safe-guard agaíust unpleasont 
dreams. 


i 


; 


I 


I 


I 























A TttEATISE DK flEltS. 


809 






S 


PEARL. 


AraUc, Lutu i P^.í MaroxoarU ; Tarht Ainchvt or 
Anchu; Hindi, Mukfá or Motí. Tàe larger 
varíeii^s are ealled in Arabic « Dur" Tfiatu^hich 
iê ihe onl^ content of an otjsier and i» veri/ large, 
is hnomt in Arahic aa Ihtj^-re-?nitcAnun*’ or 
“ J}ar-re-cíim,’' 

P EABLS are l)om of oystora and are either 
large or smaU in síao. The latter aro some- j 

times smaUer tban pistacbio nuts; tho former hnve j 

sometiines heen found to be as big as tíxe eggs j 

of sparrowa íChataka), and to weigb 13^ masbas. | 

But these are very rai«. Tho wíúto specimens are j 

the best; they ara lustrous, clear, and perfcotly s 

round. Tbe following Tarietíea are recognííed : \ 

lat, the Bahrani or those which aro found about | 

Bahraii {Bahrain?); 2ad. tho Sormozi or those j 

that aro produced m Sormose ( Ormua ?) ; 3rd, the j 

Ammani, or those tbat como from tho country of | 

Amman(?); 4th, the Üurdi Sakttl, or those that 
i(i appearanoo tesemble the (iSwj'(fí,-"the long- 
ncchcd drinking pitchera used by the llabomedana, 

Tho clean specimens are good, but they are infe¬ 
rior to tho roaad ones, The worst varieties are 
thoso which aro eíther yellow or black, and ha^e 
no lustro about them. Psarls to be found ín 
the New laland in tho South (Australia ?), Bomzil 
(BrazQ ?J, Cbhayalin (?) and other ishmds in that 

















AFPli.VPICEa 


870 



i dircction; in Moorshedabad, íu the bíg pond 

I known as tho Motijheel • in Sivngunj in Jahan- 

: gír Niiggar(?); and in somo of thc rl’rers in Sylbat 

Tücso are all small, yeílowish and diríy. The i 

fõw large onos obacrved are likc poas in sise, [ 
rcddish in color, and do not cxcccd 4 ruttics in weiglit | 
indiTidually. Tbose tbat have been dcscribed abovc ■ 
; üs found in Bengal are not real Pearia, but are some 
Hort of water íxingealed. Tbo Pearbproducing j 

oystera aro invariably found in deep waters and 
aro covered with blnck fibres like tlie rootg of trees, ■ 
Tbcse arc always assocíated witb largo pkcos of 
: s tones, TVbon tbey fecl Imngry, they open tlie 

si des and eat up all tUe small fíabes, insects, and : 

I moss tUat come in tbo ws-y, TVitU tbe in- i 

^ crease of tbe size of some Pearls, tbe oystcrs | 

begin to grow larger and tbo fibreg surrounding | 

\ tbom get atronger. Snch Pearls turti out vory clear j 

: and large. Pearia are born in tbe central part of 

í tlie oyster, Aa delay in taking ont Pearls resulta in 

i tbcír ossimílation witb tbe oyaters, alí largo oysters 

should at once bo ripped opon Tvhen found. It is 
snid tbat wben drizaíes of rain (intended for tlie 
forraation of Pearls), enter into ttie opened oysters 
I and remain subeequentíj cioscd inside for a longtb. j 
of timo in tbe deptb of ocean, tbey becomo con* | 

■ verted into Pearls. Tbere appears to be no founda- i 
tion for tbia síatoment. The real art of creatiijg 
Pearls lias been faitbfnUy dcaciibed in tbo work 
called ■' Kerâòâdin Aaíír.” í 









A TllKATJBE ON GÍMS- 




871 




In coldncss and diyíjess, tho Pearl belongs to tlio 
2ad class. 


j Marrcllom and Medicinal Froperties. 

i TnB uso of Pcarls conduces to contcntment of 
mind and to etrengtU of líody Juid soul, TJio 
; burnt powder of tUis gem, If takeu in witU 

: Ti-ater, as Sherbet^ cures voraitting blood of nll 

I kinds. Itprevents evil spírits ivotlcing mÍBChlef 
j in thc rníuds of raeu, tokes off bad smeU fcom tbo 
moutb, curea lutiocy of all doscriptíons, and all 
( mental diseíises, pilea, jaundice, all diseasoa of tho 
1 Leart, iaíestiücs, and atomoch, stricturo and fixees- 
I sivB menstruatiou. líurnÈ Pearl mixed with water 
and taken into tbo iiostrila a smelliog powder, 
j tatea aivny head-sícknesg, Tbo burnt powdcr 

i iisedas a cures conjunctivitíes, cataract, 

I IneUryma, tUo swGllmg of tho oyca, tho pnínfui 

I sensation such tw is caused by tbo entry of sand 

I into tUem. and ulcero. It gives tbeiu increased 

1 lustre. Used as a dentifrice, it strcngtbena tbe 

! gunis and cleans tbe teoth. Pubbed over thc 

body witU other medicines, ít eures leproay and 
llie trbite skin diacase knoívn in Ambic as Fahac, 

I in nindi as Chhip, and in Bengali as CAhait. It 

1 cures all skin discases. It stops bleeding from cuts 

and ultimatcly bcab tbem up. metiier takeu 
Ititomally or extcmally, it is a aure antídoto to 















ilFFZ^'DICEfi. 




poisou, It drÍTCs awaj all imagíiiary fears, and ro- 
movca all bodUy pain. To proront its tendencj 
j to aíToct the braine, it should alwajs bo used 
iritb tbe bumt powdcr of Sa^ud and, in ita absence, 
Tvitíi tbat of tho 'ffliito motIier-o’-peorL Tho dose 
of tbe PearI powder sbould not exceed tiim mes&Aal, 

: or 2^ masbas. 

The Fearl loaos íts eolor bj oontact vitb grcasc, 
dirt, bad smell and sraoke. To wosb it cIcod, a 
qnantity of rico mixed witli wafer should be put in 
an eartlicn vessel orer the fire, and be taken outof it 
I \rlien tbe water ie a little tepíd; tlien rnb tbe reoils 
-n'ith the ivater for some time tíU tUey becomo okaa. 
Very warm. water may spoil the gems. According 
to some, Tubbing Pearia wífch Trcll-gTound rico 
makcs tbem quite clean. Some say tbat Pearia 
can be veiy wcll cleaned íf fowis or pigeons bo niade 
to awallow tbem up, and tbe gems got oufc, a 
i short Tvhile after, by ripping open’tbeÍr atomach. 

I Tbe hcat in tbe stomach serves to clean tbem 
propcrly. It is said thnt Pearls loso their 
briUiancy to some estent in the morniog and 
eveaing. KerMãdm Kabir eontoins full instruc- 
tions as to how Pearls ean be burnt, assimilated, f 

and made into plUa, powders, oils and inffjooaiê, \ 

Tbe foliowing is ono of the processes by wbich 
burnt Pearls can be ossímllated Tríth each otber : 
Strain the burnt po^vder weJl. Put tbis ínto a bottle 
wlth some líme>juíce, and oork it np. Flll np half Í 
of an earthon vessel (Mandi) with ví negar, and haag 1 

















A TKE&TI3£ OH QElfB. 


873 




tbe bottie orer it by rneana of stringa Êroiii outside, 
so that it does not toucli tb© liquid. Corer tbe Tesael 
up wlth an cartben dish, and keep it under a beap of 
cow-dudg for 14 daya, Tben take it up, and after 
opening it, you wili flnd tbat th© powdcr had, after 
baving been eonverted into wator, become one 
congcaled lump. According to somo autborities, 
it £3 not neoessary to ponr vinegar into tbe vesael ; 
tbe result desirod migbt be obíained by attending to 
tb© otber conditions of tbe proceas. 
















874 


JlPFEXDICKS. 




CORAL, 


IÍ9 Farieti^^ (£<?., ^c, 

Arahic and Fer^íUin, Mttrjd»; Sindi, Mu ff d. 

^HIS stone bonrs a rescmblaiiee to the braoch 
* of a tree, «.nd ia found to be of tbroe colora, 
—^rcd, black, or wliíte. It is to bo met wíLh 
in Emeo, irabeddcd íd tlie cartb uudcr tíio seo. 
The treo is about a yard in heigUt and iias a. num* 
ber of bmnches attacbed to it, but tbese nerer 
bear any leavcs, flowera or fruita By tho help 
of Tvater and atr, aud nourisbed by tlio watery 
substanco ottracted townrda it by tbe sua and 
the stars, it takes ita birtb among tbe aurrouad- 
iag stonea, its si^e and magnitude depending oa 
tbe intensity of tbe plane tary attractíons. It 
is also found in the aeas ín Tuias and An d d lris The 
following is tbe modo of taking it out of deep 
water :—A loag pieoe of lope, witb iron and lead tied 
to íta end, is dropped ín a certaín placo o ver wbíeb 
a boat is contínued to bo turncd round and round, 
till the rope gets cntangled witb tlio tree, and 
brings it on tho snríàce of tbe sea. Wbere tbe 
water is not very deep, divers aro engagod to brcalc 
tbe tree, tio it with rope and take it up, The cnt- 
ters have then to cut it ínto tbe sbape of stones. 
Tbe first clasa Mitffã sboiUd bo large, ted, clear and 
üree from knots aud boles. Tbe noxt class sliould 
have tho sarne qualities, e^ccept ín color, ^blch 



















A THlATOK OH GVMB* 




sWd bo white. Tiiobkckonea como «ader tbe 

categoryof thelast dasB, The Jfttjyrfff bas tUo diy- 

nessandcoolnesa of the Stid, andaccording to cer- 
tainauthoritiea. of the lat class. The black vorieties 
belong to the thirddass. 


Marvellifus and Mediídnal Frojteyties. 

A DOS» of Nim-Durjfi or 6^ maíbas of this stone 
ia coneidered to be a good astfíngent, and a 
remedy for all sorta of bleedings. A Dann or 13Í 
masbas is an antidote to all casca of poísoi^g. 
^yom over tbe belly, It cuioa aU stomach-complaints j 
orer the thioat of infants, it stopa thelr cries 
and proteots tíiem from fear and eudden starta 
wlúle asleep. Tho Murján bus the samo attribiitesj, 
vhen Tvom, aa the stono kno^n as the Baaud. 

Adetailod dc&cription of the procesa of burn- 
ing and powdering the Mutydn is to be found in 
tbo TTork known as Kerábddin Màbir* 


i 

t 



























«7i; 



í THE EMERALD. 

k 

I Artíhie íiJití /Vftwíí, Zinaãrrúd ; üindviiani, Fánuá. 

i lis Properties, &e. 

\ ípEHE Emeríild hns its birtU in gold and is ol> 

Í * ivays found ímbedded in tbe guld mines. 
Original]y, ít was gold, pure and simple, its dry- ; 
neas and liardoess baving gradually conFeríed it i 
into a stone. Por tbia reason, it ís saíd tbat its 
color is greeru It rainains in tUe gold mine for 31 
ycars continually, bcforo it becomes hard üb a 
atone. On account of tbeic beiüg found in tho 
eatuo mlnos^ tbe Emerald and the Zuhur!;ud 
bave been prononnced by somo to bc ono and tbe 
samo stone, but, in realíty, thoy are formed of dif- 
ferent materiais, and conseijuently bear separa te 
names. Tbe Emerald ís capable of beíng cut, if 
rubbed .against a file. Those Ememlds tbat hare I 
tto color of tbo gold aro known as ZãMbL Some 
assert tbat the place wbere tbia rariety is kept is 
ncTer infestcd witb flies ; but tbís statçment seems 
to ha ve no feundation on fact. The Zdftdòí is 
tbought to bü tbe boat s} 1 iccíês of tbo Emerald. Tbcre 
ia anotber bind called tbo Sa^idí, wbicb comes from 
Sa^id 3Iker (Egypt ?}, and which, wben lookcd 
upon, sbowfl tbe reílection of a man witb bía eyos | 

ehut. The varioty kno^vn as tbe new Emerald { 


ia called Ita-e-hánif after tbe flower, tlie 

green color of wbicb it rcsembles. Fitslajl is tbe 













A tubâti^b 


r • 

! 


877 




íesigniiUoD of tlio spocimens wliioh h#vo llic color 
ot ^cen miiod wifh Uack-^oj! ^mg tlio 
AmWo forpistaoMo "“to. Tliis la oillcd tho old 
Emcrald. SulWistUe oaiiio giro" ■" to 

tho» atonea vrhloh partako ot tho color of to 
Pcmancorry, Cícto*.'- that hovo tho 

color ol tlio peppor ore callod Ul ^ahio 
aod io Pcrsian. /o»íd.-í. Ecrási la tho Arohio tcrm 
for tUoao rrhicll oro illro tho Kcrdl Tcgotohlo lu 
color. Thoao thot hcor tho oo^r Producod by tho 
mioture of whito ond groen, go, m hoth tho V - 
shn oDd Arobio longoogca. by tho oamo ot SaM. 
But thot voricty ia conelderod to ho tho boat vrWi 
ia hoid, oloar, grocn-oolorea, and. unliko tho Wc. 
free írom joiola Oüd flaaorca. Tho Eoerold boa 
tho coolneas and drynoaa of tho 2ad cbaa. 


Aforreííoor o»d d/e<ÍW»oi Proj»ríi«. 

WnElHíB «om ot laken oa a medicino, tho 
Eroorald bostowa contontmont of imnd. quio -ona 
tho acüon of tho pnlao, givea nounaUmont to tho 
aoul, hcart. btnina. ""d stomaoh ; cuíca opdopay, 
remoyes nll boilUy and mental pama, atopa tho a onut- 
tino and poiglug of blood, ia nn antídoto to poiaon 
and to bitoB of waapa, beea. acorpiona. Sc.; allaja nn- 
hcalthy thliat. and ia n aovcroign remedy for jaun- 
dioo.livcr-comploints. atrirturo, gravola,nnd icproay 
If adminiatered in qnauütioa corrcaponding nith 















APPíüDICES, 




the weight of 8 wIieat-dorBSj to a patient suíFer- 
I ing from tlie oJTíjcÈa of poisou or from tbe bite of 
poisonous ioseofe, it neutralizes Ita dendly actíon 
—proTÍded ifc is taken Lefone th© poison spreads 
all orer the body* It atops tlie flow of a fluid sub- 
fltance from tbe ©yes, fcaused by weatneea of tbe 
optical norrea), if it b© applied to that part, in 
th© ahape of Surmá or powdor; mã brings oufc 
aU tbe impurítíes of tho ©yea if it Í 9 tept con- 
stantly fised befor© tbom, Ita power of proTonting 
©pilepsy baving been tboroughly believod in, kings 
and omporors were in th© habit of putting íbis 
ston© rouud the neck of thcír babica aa aoon as 
thoy wcre bom. If it be set ia a gold-ring and ptit 
on a fiuger, it would cor© cholem. Tbe asbcs of 
burnt Emerald would heal up all uícera if they 
are rubbed orer th© parts aflectod. If, at tbe tim© 
when Sol enters Idbra (combiacd wiíh air ?), ono 
that is, imshaa of Emerald, b© set 
Into a gold or sÜTer ring of th© same weight, 
and wom oa tha fiugcr, th© wearer would posaess 
the power of striking terror into the hoarts of all 
who would look at bim, H© would also attaia his 
clierished objecla and would deteet theprosenc© 
of poison, (that may haTo beeo aecreüy lULsed 
with hi3 food), by tb© fact of the ston© perapiring 
ímmediately on ita coming in eontacfc with the ©di- 
bles. Tbe possessor of aa EmemJd would nerer 
become poor. If a serpent looka at this stone, 
it is sure to become blind, or, acoording to some, its ; 


















A TBÍIATJSK ON OKifS. 


879 



cyes vrould coDstantíy discliarge ft peculiar rheum- 
But thoso Tvho bare practically put tlio above aa- 
Sartíons to tbe tesfc hovG come to tbe conolusion 
tUat íieither the eerpcnfc becomes blmd by gazing 
fiteadfaatly at an Emerald, aor tlm posscssion of 
this atoas aecares wealth for erer. Many persoos, 
on tho otUer haad, wbo had ia times of proaperity 
purcbaeecl Emeralds at a lieary cost, bava beea 
Itaowa to diapose of them at a nominal price, 
TThen fortuna frowaed at them. Tha dose of tUo 

Emcrald, as au antidote to poison, is oae ãang or 

the weigbt of 16 barley-corna j the ^KÒurzud of 
the aame weigbt may, ia the abscnoe of the Eme- 
rald, bc used for tUe purposo. To preveat vomit- 
tiag blood, the dose of the Emerald shoald bo 
oae Eirai (Carat), or the weight of four barley- 
coras. The síone called Murján may be grouad 
into powder and givea in cases of purgíag of 
blood, whea the Emeraid ia not at hand. 


; 


















■ 

8SÜ 


i:UBt/RZUD, 


I(s Varieiieâ and Fropeíiies. 

JJT hA3 been said by JldHm Aristatolis (Aría- 
totle ?} thüt the Zumér^-ád and the Zuburzud aro 
foiind imbedded in ono mine. Tiie Znhmzud, 
vFbicli la bom at the time of tbo combinafcioa of 
the sun, moon, and the atar Zohul, h divíded into 
three classes la t, tbo Misry, or tbosa tbat are 
found m Mesor (Egypt),-grecn, or roddish, and 
clear; 2nd, the Kabrasí, Jocated in the Kabraí re- 
^ons,—a mixtiiíe of yellow and green; and 3rd, 
tbe inferior variety knovrn as Mndi, on account 
of its bein^ found in Hiudustan,—a combinatíon 
of yellow and md. 

Thia atone bas the diyness and cooloess of the 3rd 
(and accordiag to Mákm Altáki, of the dth) clasa. 


k. 


^âdiciHCíl (t7ul 3füri}eiloti9 

Taia stono baa all tho qualitiea of the ZnmâiTãd. 
it beeps the tcoth elean, whcn used as a dentifríce, 
and^the body in sound health; preTents the spittinff 
of blood, and the atoppage or the díscharge of an 
nnuaualíy smail quaníity of uríne ; cures gradeis j Jn- 
creases the lustre of the eye when appJied toit as a 
Surmâ; and is a remedy for leprosy, wlien ita bornt 
powder 19 mbbed orer the part affecÉccL The dose 
for internai uso is Lalf a durm. When nrom, the 























A TJlEATrSE DN ai£M3. 



-^9 
8SÍ * ^ 


stone CUTCS epileps7, and bolps & suffering- wornan to 
A spccdy delÍTery, when tied round bcr tliigha. 

If onn can eut thia stone ínto tbo shapo of a 
boat, TTben tlie moori enters tbe Piaces, and uso 
it 08 n Ting on tbo líttle-fiDgei* of tbe left bond, bo 
can sccufo freedom froni all diseascs and cala- 
mitiea. This ring ia alao good for aaanaging ^e 
pn.ifia of delÍTery, ivben wom bj tbe laboring 
iroman. If tbia stone bo cnt into tbe figure of a 
fisb at tbe period of tbe moon’3 eotering tbe Cân¬ 
cer, and be fixed near tbe fiebing hook, by moans 
of lead, it \íill enable tho fisber to lond a good 
nurnber of fisbos, It is asserted by tbe medicai 
authoiitics tbat wírve tateu ia a cup of this stone 
does not intoxicato the drinkcr. 























AFF£?fDlO£9p 






THE TURQUOISE, 


Árahisj Fmtn}; 

Jl8 TropetlieSf Varietieit §fe, 

Turquoiso has the color of ihc '*ccruleaa 



^ Tault.*' It is to bo found ia Nisbapore, 
Khoziind, Kcnoaiif Ázro-igáo, in tbe mouataius 
ibat suctouad Sbíraz, aad in thc Viaat provmccs, 
Tlio largest, clcaroat and conaequeatly tbo best 
EtoDca are met ivitb at Nisbapore. Tbc teat of the 
purítj of itg color ia tbat it should look bri^bt by 
d ay and pale by nigbt. The Turquoise ia dírided 
into 8 claaaes, •üiz., JPatahí^ AzhaHj Soletuáni^ 
J)utIu\, Âshmángúní, Ábdui Mániedif ÂndletM, and 
Giivjãniá, Tbe first fíve varíetíes baro the Khãhí 
or eortbj color; tbe rest are found in tbe 
hlountalns of Tinut, and are conaidered to be inferior 
in qiiality. Tbe Turquoiso can bo manufacturedj. 
by mlxing five parts of frcsb aulpbur and one part of 
nicrcurj, puttíng- tho mixture in aooldground for a 
peiiod of sevoD yeara, and exposing it for the wholo 
time to ihc rays of tbe sun and of tbo star called 
Zohul. Tho^ atones tbat are fonnd in Serman and 
Shíraz, haTc a tinge of tbe whíte in ibem^ and ore 
theiefore designatcd Sabdnuffi or Sirboom. Tboae 
that come from NUbapore^ Kbosund, and -^zro-i- 
j&n, bare a dasb of tbo bluo in tbem, and bcncc 
tbeir name, Ifilboom, Tlm produoe of tbe Eerman 
mines now-a-daya turns out beiter than that of tbe 
l^isbaporo ones. 



















fc 


4 'TltEÀTlBB ON 6EJIB. 


m 


Tlie Turquoiac Ims Uio diyDcsa of the Isfc clíiss 
and tlie coniness of tbe 3rd. 


Jfartíeííowí ond Medicinal Projteríie^^ 

Tue Turquoiee posscsses thc virtuos of tho Binh 
stono It cures uU diseasca of tbe Iiead 
aTthe bcnrt. By a|>pU«itloii ovor thc oyea m 
tUc sliape of jSfwrmd, it incrcoaca their lus^e, pre- 
vÉints tli 0 fail <>f tUercfrom, bxiuga back tho 
color of tho pupils‘lf thcy get white, and restores 
natural tÍbíou to thoso who 

m<'ht. It la a sovereign reiuetly for berma, sueU- 
in^ flntulencc, diapepsio, iusauity atid ulcera inaido 
tho 's^macb or ab&men. lu combmation wUh 
otbor mgrcdicnta, it would i^lieiro and curo tho 
paina uu^ BWoUiug of tho body caused by ^aul . 

^'hotber taken wlth otbcr druga oi-.aimply jvitb 
lionoy, it bas tho of cunug cpilopsy, aple^, 

ui^rintiiré &c lu cases of poisoniug or gnakc-bitc, 
qu.rtor wdstt 

íbonld bo Eíven wlth wme; for scorpiou-bites, a 
âw of vrould Boílce. 

Tirescriution may cause hnnn t» tiio stoinacb, 

fXSrdC ta™ «Mo*, to it 0 puaoüty Of 

t«M Bote» .iríototalio (Anototlo Ijos l.mi od 

the dose to oue-eighth of a tofU; Wora ou tho 
fin-crs as a ríug. lhe Ikirquoise bnngs a1»ut happi- 
S^f líiud/diepels feav, ensures v.ctory orer 
enfies and removes all chances of gctting droumed, 
oí b^ing struck witfi lightuing. ot of being bitteu 
bv wakea or scorplons. Ue who aftcr lookmg at tbo 
S,ron tho (thc 

moon), caats hia eyes ovcr Ihis stono, bttomcs tb 
mastcr of fabulous wcídth. 






















8Si 


^FrENDIceS. 




ACATE. 


Ptrêian^ AlUe, 
lU Variedeêt d'c. 

WnB hnidcst, clcarost,^ and best spccimens of 
tLís Etons are fouud in Ycman; otliers are to 
l)e met witli iji Kambaldyet andin the banks of tUo 
scas siirrouriding tlie Empire of Bomo. It Í 3 
found to bo of various colors,—red, jellow, white, 
block, parti-colored, and bi-coloix^cL 13ut nono 

of tüese colors is durnble, SvrMw Jaffrl ia tbe namo 
given to thoao atonêa icdnosa of wbicli ifl. moro 
intenao insldo tlion on the stirraee; Sá/ Sulíáh, ta 
thoae tbat aro clcar,^ and liave rcflcctln" powora üko 
tUoso of tbe looting-glasa ; Násâbtiffd Gd-e-SnMái, 
to tlioso Trbíeb are not “very «lear and have not the 
reflecting powora of tUo looMog-gloas; /íWítíW, to 
tbose M-hich are partty whito and partly black; and 
Júiup kdtí, ta í^ucli aa havo joinls like tho Taíc and 
cau l)e separated scale fay scalc. Wlien takcn out of 
tbe mines, tbo 4íííAr cxhibits very lÍtHe color, but 
sliows a degreo of olcürness and reflectíng power. 
Tlie following is tho mode of coloring itPut an 
ínEide an earttioii, or, m it.s absonco^ a copper 
Tcasel, half filled Trith water, and tiglitly dosed, and 
expose it to a brisk fire from tbo sídea and a slow 
bcat from tho bottom, tiíl the stono attains tho 
dcairablo color, The lapidary*s wort ivouid not 
aflcct this color at all, StyTt are tboso spccimens 



















A TltCATJSE DK «EUa. 


S85 


wliicL haTS tlio figuro of a troe or liill in tliem; 
Jâtap káli are alão known as the Jusá. TUero aro 
otUer speciznens wlücli caa be cut breadthwíae and 
wbich aro, if possessud of circular timrks, colled 
jSítóííí* SokmâíU, and, io Fersian, Báhãguri. AH 
theso vorietíea are hard and form tJie ingrodietita of 
the BUíh stone, 

Tlio Âkik posscsses tbo diyness and coolocsa of 
tho 2nd class;—tlio formcr ín o Icss doTeloped 
form. 


MartcUotts and ^oííiot/iíii Vij'tnea. 

* 

Vauiocs qualiticB aro nacríbed to tliia stono by 
tbo Mahomedan autliorlties. It cures iasanltf, 
wbcu administcred witb water or witb tbc êfici^beí 
of the fruifc Skâu (a kiiid of apple), It proves a 
Eovorcign remedy for hemorrbogo in tbe geni¬ 
tal organa or in tbe recturo, for tbo epitting of | 
blood Corning out of tliebeart orstomacb, for tbo 
unusual dificharge of tbe menstrual iluid; for worms 
in tbo stomach ; for siroUcn, hard boils and porons 
Tilcers; gravols and spleon wbcn takoví wíth 
somo medicino or witb a quanlity of watcr. Aa 
a Stirrtiá, it adds lustro to tbo ejres, It prevents 
tbe blecding of tbo gunis, and reuders tliqm bard, j 
wlien appUed to tbc parts, as a biirnt powdor, 
mixcd witb tiiat of tho Ufisud stone njid tbat of 
tbe ^tíriíídris (?). Tt softens Ibe angr^r of tíic 
wearcr and prevents bis quav reli ing irilb of bers< Tbo j 
















use of such atonea (ÁHk XiahamikíiJ oa Lavo th o 
íaddifihnoss of the Tvater after washing raw flesh, 
in tlio filiape of finger-rings prevenis bloeding of 


all kiQcla. The wearer strilees terror mto tlio heart 
of Lia encmicSi obiaíns his Lcarfs wishes from 
the goda, and Lecomos firoe from pain in the breast. 
He wLo attonds tho toyal courtt rubbing over his 
moutb tho oil of Jdyíwí (?L witb camphor, musk, 
and jSliik, secures very great honors and the favor of 
Ibe king and of all othcra. The A&ií: confers upon 
tbo Tvearer all ibe blossíngs tbat the uae of the Tur- 
quolse does. Its iniemal use may do harm ío 
tho stomach» but this con be BVoidc4 bj mixing 
it with Katirâ or,, in its absenee, vriib the Basud 
stonc. 


















A TBEATiaK ON UÊMB. 



B ASÜD. 


Atiáie, Styjvl; Gr^t SoJhÍiíh-huh s Lait Xtilure-xU/ 
purf Ara^ic, ydtef; Pert., fí^tid. 



íT would lie wrotig to say that tbe Basud is 
^ the Toot of tho Murján stone (Coral). It has 
a distlnct identity. It is a Imrd substancc, full 
of pores lite tbo uests of irasps; and is found 
in the sea-slíores ia the klngdoms of Yenion, Am- 
bán. Pérsia, Maldivo and of the otlior adjacent 
isJoíidfl. The Jiajnid, nmtaken by somo people for 
a hind of sca-weed, is hrought by the vravea to 
tho Bhore, where, with tbe hclp of air. it gets hard. 
To separato tMa stone from Mnrján mth whicb 
it ia Often confounded, tho followmg ciperiment 
TfiUbofoimdüsefiili Grind hoth tho stones mto 
fine powdcr and put eaeli in a separato glass ^xed 
irithTPater. The vessel holding Jfíwyá» be 

found to contai n gelatinons substancea stiching te 
its bottom, whcrcas the onc containlng ^íJwhíí, mll 
ahow no such thing. The hest specimens of Basiid 
aro red, clear, and have tho reflocüng powcrs of tho 
looking-gloss. The white Yarieties are good to look 
ot The blaok onea beoome very hard. Bamd 
possessea hcat of the let claaa, and dryncsa of 
the 2nA 
















4mKDICES. 




-- 

Mandlous and Medicinal FropcHies, 

Usei» as a medicine, Bmud Is o good astringent, 
and jproTents excess of urine or motions. It iaícoat 
away the mischief-maüng ínfluenco of the Deva 
overthelmmaii mitidí cures all kmds of uJoers, epi- 
lepsy, insanity {caused by the eombination of pblegiu 
and büô,) dyspepsia, graveis, spleen, pCcs, epitting 
of blood of all sorts; disebarge of bloody mo- 
tíoDs, stoppago of urine, and so for th. Half » 
incsíaif i.e,, tnoshac of Sosud, mixed witti balf 
thequantitj ofthe gummy substanco produced by 
the Mcm tcce, and witb the u-hite of fowrs egga, is an 
officacious remody for tho epitting of blood, or for the 
enlargcment of the spleen, &o., &c. TJiis stone taies 
olF all flesby protuberancos caused by ulcera, and re¬ 
moves all signa of tben», when rubbed over ílie 
parts alfected. The powdcr, prepaied from burnt 
Jlasud, Jmrdena tho gums and takes off the swell- 
ing thereof. As a iSuraiíf, it gÍTCs lustre to tho 
eye, and cures lachiyma. The powder got by burn- 
ing tho stone curcB itcli and príckly beat, if put 
in batbing wnter and poured over the body. Mixed 
with balsam oÍl, it cures dcafnesa, whon applicd 
inaíde the cara. Spleen, gwroUen body, worms and le- 
prosy can be got rid of by tat^ four dani^ã of 
buiut Baaud with Mm» But asits use 

raay ougender stomach-diseasos and gire riso to 
troublesoine bolchings, it would bo safo to put 4^ 
tnaslias of kaiird into tbe compound, Tied ovex 

























A THEATISK OX OEIIS. 




880 


:n 


the abdômen, this stone is said to oure all diseases , 
nppertaiaing tbercto. If any ono melta tliis stone 
with cqual woigbt of golcl and of silver, and wears 
a ring made of tlie molted stuíF,—afc tbe time wLcii 
tho sun aad tbe moon npproacli the stor callod 
Zohdrd, —bo is safe from epilepsy and mtcUery, 
and will bare no trouble in Ufe* If any ono burns 
th© black 23a»u(l and uses th© powder obtained 
irith the water íntended for bia batliing, ho attains 
gicat pbyaioal strengtb. 


Th^ Process of huming UastKl. 

Bueax the stone into fragmenta and place tUcao 
In 0 veasel made of Couric, Put this vesael over- 
níght in an oven sucli as is used by tbose who 
bake bread. Tak© tbo piecea out in tlie morning 
and grind them tborougbly, Carc ahould be taken 
that tbe atonc does not get destroyed by belag 
bumt altogother, iu conacquenco of Ita remaining 
inside an ovor-licatcd* stoTc. Por acoounts of 
medicines that can be prepared witb tbís bumt 
powder, lííde ^eí^ábádin ^obir. 
















800 


AFFCNDICEB. 


TH E ESHU B- 

Ãrahic, Hjorúl Ptftiaa, Etíntnx. | 


lís Properties, Varieties, ãc* 

WHE Esítub, sometimes called tLo E^iuí, ia a 
^ very bard stone, possessíng^ in dUTcrcnt 
speciraens, a Tarioty of color, In tbo order of 
quabiy» tho speoiaa knovm os Já-e^orti ,—hard and 
clear as a looMn^-glasa—comes first ; next, Sitbj- 
tnâ-en-zurdit tUe color of wbicli is a componnd of 
grccn aud yeUow ; next, StthJ*mâ-en Sa/édif a mix- 
turo of green and wMte ; and tlic last, Kd/UiH ot 
tlie wliito specimcns, 

Tho Esàuò bas tho dryncss of the 2iid class aod 
is cool. 


Martíelloas aud Jlfedicittal Properiies, 

Ip takon internaUy, tho Mshub drives away fcar^ 
iacrcases th© povrérs of the digestivo organa, oures 
Insanity, and monomauia o^ that kind which puts 
tbe patíent under tho Imprcssiou that ho ís being 
bcatcn aud abused by aJl men, aud impeis him 
to return tho oompUmenfs, If worn, it cures 
strioture and the Tomittiug of blood that comes out 
of the chest, If woru on the ueck, it coreg the 
spitting of blood issuing from tho luags at the 
time of coughing. Graveis cau be got rid of by 
making tho sufferer tako one daug or tho weigbt 
of 16 barlcy-coms of tlie asbea of hurnt Eahwb, 


























&9l ^ 



A TrtflATUE OS OBUS. 


along with the whito wÍhol If tied about tbe tliiglia 
of the woman under paiDful labor^ it woüld 
lielp ber to a apeedy and easy deÜTery. If wom 
on the arma, ít diap^la enchaiitmeot and prerents 
the fear of lightaiag. It would ensuro releaao 
from all bodilj paina, íf it ooiild be worn, after an 
ímnge of a man has beon engíared upon it at tho 
poriod wlien the Moon enteia the Búry~dtasi For 
the purpose of wearíng, the quantíty, prewríbed 
hf, eome, ahould represent 4i nKishas iu wcight. 




















APFENDÍCTBâ, 



OTHER KíNDS OF STORES. 


fi) 

Arabic, ITusnU Ahdmur; Pmian^ Smff-e Súrukh. 

L AAl. 


TiiJi LâÜ ia a Taricty of the Diamond and lias 
tho color of the roots oí the Coral» The slightest 
dose of ít is likcly to be poisonous. 


( 2 ) 

ArahiCf HtiZiiíl A&dòii Pcraian, Sukur Sun ff and 
Suíiff-e-tukhum. 

Tnrs stone is found among íbe stones tu Aralia, 
and has tho color of the tusbs of the elephant, 
Bubbed into a paate and taken intenialljr, it 
cleans the bod^ and givea it a brightnesa. It aJso 
stops Tomittiüg blood» If powdcred and applied 
aguiust nil kinds of ulcors, it curea tfaein eutireij. 
As n dentifrioe it keeps tho teeth clean and streng- 
theus the gums. 


(3) 

ArahlG^ Rttzrúl Ã^fé. 

Tjie heat specimena of tbie atone posaess a wbite 
color, and holong to the 2nd clasg of beat and dry, 
nes9. One of ita chief virtues Jiea in ifa poirer of 
converting all waíery auhstances into dry matter. 






















A l'HíiATlflí Oíí üíiis. 






It proventa Tomitting blood, and its powdcr curea 
all ult-ers and tlio awoUen parta of the lindjr, if rub- 
bcd agnínst tbem. If taken witb apirita of wíno, 
or with any SAer&eU, 2 éíííííjí, or tlie weígUt 

of 32 barley-oorns), it proves to bo ft sovereíga 
roíUüdy for gravols or pallor. 


(i) 

ArábiOt IIust'úl Jahák^f. 

Tuis atono is oither redi blnok or yellow. But 
wlkntcver may be its externai color^ llie stono ^rill 
ahvays show inside a mixturc of blaok aatl sky. 
bine, wben anj of tbesa gets brolton, It ís both cold 

anddry. Itapo^vderbasfclieaamemedidnalcfíècU 

as tha Muzrál Mfi/á. As thia stono comes to bo ; 
of conataat uso to slioD-njakers, it has l>eeii dcsig- 
natcd Euzrãl Ãsh(Sl-^, tbo term Aahákcf, in Ara- 
bic, meantng tlje shoo-makers. 

(5) 

Jrabití, Ajroge or Muzf-úl Jfroàl 

It ls a kincl of stone ifbieb does not sink in 
wnter. It ís found in Isiamboíil (Stamboul ?), in . 

tbo Roman (Ottoman) Empire. Its powder beals 
all ulcers, and as a dentifrlce, it stroDgthens tho 
íeollu Taken ínteroaliy, it Ims an astringont effect, 

Ati internai dose of ono dang^ or tbe weigUt of 16 
bnTley-coruB. is an antidote to poisou by jcorpioa- i; 
bite, &c. _ 

























4fFENDTC£9. 





(«; 

ArahiCf Suzrúl Â/reH. 


Tflis stone is neitber too iieavy nor too líght ia. 
wci^ht^ and netthor too liar d nor too aoft* It 
iias streaks of línes inaide it It is found ia | 

Afrecia (África If, ^itli ita qualities as to 
weight &c., aa deacríbed aboye, it ia found to 
possess an jollow color, the specimen is con- 
aidered to be tlio best of all. It has tlie qualit7 ’ 
of dijnesa ia a very little degroe. Ite burnt powder 
mixed with trator curea ali ulcers of the body 
when rubbed over them. But if it bo apnlied to i 
painful parta, the paia wiU gradually increase. To i' 
guand agaiaat tliis fresh trouble, mút it TritU ' 
liouey or spirita of wine. If tbo powder be míxed 
with wax, it will cura all ulcers catiacd by buriis. 


(7) 

Arahict And^d/e*, 


Ir rubbed ia water, tbia atone will render it 
red liko blood. It cures tbe awelling of ejea and 
líicliiyma, if npplied to tbem, after beiug rubbed 



(3) 

Múzrál JBdrakí, 


Tub stone is veiymachJíke tLs amrie. Some 
specimens look like the p.Im of tho band, but tbae 
are verj tbm. The atono ú mM to he bon> of the 




M 




























A TltEATISE PN QE1I9. 






líghtnic^, in sucU pJaces a« Kofá (?). WLen tha 
lighiiiiiag^ fluid falis on tlie water wLicIi fills up ez> 
cavations and snmll holcâ ia tlie ground^ it floats 
on ttie ira ter fnr some lime and then sinks aader 
ít. Tbe stone ia found ín tlteso placea i?Iien tbo 
lyaier dries ap perfoctlj. Dropsy and in6am> 
mation of íbo navel and of the irliole Gtomiarh 
can be curcd by means of thÍ9 stone^ if usod in tbo 
following wayQrind tUo atone into fine powdcr, 
miz ít up witb water nnd tben diy it in tbe sum 
Continue doing so tiU tlio powdcr aoaks in fonr 
times as mueb water as was first put ín; and tUen 
apply ibe powder ronnd tbc narel, in ibe ports 
aflected. 


( 9 ) 

Muzrtll Báhári. 


Tuisstone is wblte^ ronnd and bard. It contains 
a kind of "seed” inaidej wbích makcs n rattUng 
noise when tbe stone is sbaken. It is aiways found 
on sea-sbores^ and is considered by some to be n 
kínd of aea^animalj enst up to tlie sbores by the 
waves, wben it is dead. But notbing definite hos 
yet been known of tbe thing. It cures gravei, 
whcn taken in quontitíes weigbtag two dangff or 
32 barley-corns. 





















AFFXKDtCES. 


6 U 




i ÍIO) 

j Suzrúl 3ohirâ. 

Tnis is a stono of a black cotor, an<l is sú tHia tbat, 
by tbe sligbtcsi contoot vritli flrc« It becotncs bot. 
It hns Bo beaJiag properties ia itaelf^ bui ia coa> 
juactiou witb proper nu.^diciaes, ü ís fomtd io bc 
efficQcious ia curing ulccrs aad sureltiugs of any 
pirt of tbe buman body. 


( 11 ) 

Mutrút Baram, 

Tnia iâ a blaak stane, fouud iu KbartuGan. 
Taken iotenially, it cures tbe splitiag of blood. As a 
dentifricOf ít sbfeugtbeus Üic guias. 


Cl^) 

Suzrúl Bar. 

The Bat ía a wbite, rouud, nud olear stoac, 
fouud íu tUo seas in tbe oouuty of Ilejaj (?J. If rub- 
bcd a Htble ia water and takeu, ít biiugs on 
copio 113 uriue> Tiod o ver the bluddcrs, tbis BÍoue 
can briug graveis out of pcrsous sufiériiig iberefroaij 
wítli tUe m-íae vliicb it reuders íroe and deor. A 
BimiW kiud of stono is fouud iosíde tbe mothor->o’* 
pearl iu tbe oceaas ta Jiddob. I3ut it Is 
bluck and very mucb inferior to tho Bar. No ono 
has yet examiaed tbe propertíes of tbis stone. 






















1 TIISjIT1«E oh OKHã. 




( 13 > 

Hnzrúl Bvkui' oi* Khnzravuíl Btthir ; Hindi, 
Gatidahan, 

Tuis stoae is found iusido the ** Bile” of ttie cotF* 

Iii sÍ 2 C Hnd color, ít ís likc tlie yellow of thc fowl’s 
ogf^. It tastes very liittnr. Wlieo it is taken oiit 
of tho stomaclL of tUe covr, Ít gets dry and bccomcs 
very liard. It also assumes a black color and gets 
wriuklca oU over its bodj. TJiís stono is Bometimes 
long, oc roand or triangular in slmpe. It cati be 
convcrted ínto any ahape, whcn taken ont of tlie 
stomacti wíiero it rcmaína very soft. Ita weigUt 
ranges bctween ono and fouc meèhkals. The vir- 
taes of suclv of tho atonea as ore bom in tbe teats 
of tte cowa Uavo been fully describeil in the trork 
known as Fàd^ê^zuhuj*, The oxistence of tbis stono 
íq thebody ofcows is fraced by tlicir general out- 
ward symptoms- Sucli cows as have tlie sloiie 
5n tliem get gradually emaciated ; tlie color of 
tbeir bodies becomea yelloiv, tbat of tlieir cycs, 
yollow and wbito, and they keep constantly 
bleating. Of tbe animais so nffected, only ono or two 
por cent. liappcn to liave tho stono inside tbeir 
stomacb. The best specimens of tboso stones are 
largo and hard. 

JSuzTiít JBukitr bolongs to tbe 2nd class of dry- | 
nes 3 and heat. But Hakini Altiki ( ? ) places it ín 
tho 2nd class aa regards drynesa, and in tho firat, as ; 
regords heat. 


























AF^ÜÜDtCES. 



It» Medicinal JBroperlte&t 

Iltízrúl i?ífí-U7* íâlosa powerful in the arí of bealíny 
than the &tone callcd Huzrúl Tic, It oures a)l boils> 
Bwellinga, ulcera and çravcls, as wall as exces¬ 
sivo discharge of urine and menaes. It also relievea 
tbo disease whteli is known to affect tiie left thigbs 
of little clilldreu iu iJengal and íd tlie NortL-West- 
ern Rrovinees of índia, and wbicU is designated in 
Peraian as líádÔá-o-Kha/d-e-hdbid, If applied to 
tlie ejes by itself or witb otlier mediei o es, it im¬ 
proves tlie Vision and cures lacliryma. Hubbed 
over tiic body, it ouros piles^ ulcers, and wbite 
leprosy, and otber discolorations of tbe skin, It 
brings on speedy relicf frora prickíy beat^ itcli, 
and otber skin emptions, if it ia ground wítb a 
little quantíty of water, (in which ttie spice DAotnã 
bas been kept for some timo), and tbon appüed to 
fiie hody. In order to make bairs, grown gray 
witb wbito Jeprosy, resume tbeir natural color, 
roo t th em out of tb© bead, and put tlieroon tho paste 
obtained by rubbíng tbe stene with spirífa of 
wine. It stops lacbtyma, if a partido of it, of 
tho size of a Jentil, mixed with the juiee of tlie 
vegtítable called Chêkend, is takon into tbe nostrils 
as a snuff. If two bits of it (eacb of tbe síze of 
o Icntil) bo taken, after batbíng, with some laxa- 
tive, for some daja, and be aceompanied with üie 
diet of tbe fleab of strong and plump fowls and kids, 
tbe patient miist cro long becomo a strong fat 
mau. 




















A TllKATISC ON GÍUS. 809 


Head coDiplaints are sure to foIIoTi', if tlie intcr- 
nnl uso of tliís stone is not attended irith timt of 
Katirâ, Dosea of fcwo kiraí^ (sixteou mashaa} and ono 
meakhal, (Le,, 100 wlieat-coms) ore poisonoua in 
ilioír cfíocts. Tiio stones tlmt are tnken out of tho 
Ule of tUe covr aro produoilvo of better rcsuits 
tijan tliQsc found in lEio bcart of tbat animal. 


(li) 

iritz)'úí BellÓQt*- 

Tuia n‘cU‘lciiown stone is wbito and clcai as 
looking-gloss. It is liarder than load. It can bo 
TToikcd into cups^ drinking glasaos, platca and lon* 
SOS for mícroscopesj &€. Kept cioso to a person^ it 
prcirents iils drearalng bad dreams and being a 
Bubjoct to suddon «tarte while asleep aud dream> 
ing. Gazed upon âsedi; for somo timo, tbís stono 
cui-os laclityma. HtibLod ovor tho teats of womcn, 
ín rrliicli the niilk bas driod up, it brínga on a copi- 
úus âow, It bccomes verj cleor after being 
steepod in sbeep’s milk for some time. Gutroand, 
witb A thick point in the C 0 itre, and gradually 
tbinned down tbe sides and tticn üxod on iho opon- 
ings of tbo mlcroscropo, it hei ps ono in looldog 
over a gi'eat distance. If a glass is cut In a similar 
manacr and usod witb tho eamc view^ it sorves tUo 
same purposo. 



















^FPEIÜDIC&S. 


fiOO 

I im I 

—-p - —^ 

c4ítt!! iTfra ^ynr 

fífítur f%sT WTÍTT11 ^ 'íFar^ 

%r«íi wtííiw 1?» ^ líT ií1%l 

íj;í íffV T J 

■Íf 

ípd% ?r>f iTíT ^«s ír?i wr^T ftrar; 

i t«**T mrrur anft ^ ^ ^ *TT*r ^rrf^ 

aisi^Tt w T» fíTv^ íftT «Vt ^ 

^ «Vi ^ 

1 ^ 3im 'Tm? íi^íi «T fsnn i 

'síW ^VT'ít =rm «T? ?í TC* 

5T% T? t T« ^wv 

íf^?r 

I «rr^T 5TT^*5tFT? ^rnr% ’^Vnft f^r^rnr 

fe^ I wj%íi *rTf^ ír% ^ 

^ít%t ^ 

■ír^ iT? ^ 1^ ^i rnrn 

«K? TtT? iT I 

grm ^ 

^ ^ut ^ t Ãiri^ 

^ t" ( 'TTtTTa?? írnr Tp ^f^ 






















A TREATISE OX GEMS. 



THE VIEWS OF THE MODERN HINDÜSTHANI | 
JAHARIS (JEWELLERS), 


The Etghiy-fQv.T Stmgs. 


It would appear froni Vi^hat haâ been galbcred 
from tho Hiudustani jewellera of tlie day tliat no» 

I tliíng like original autiiorítaUYe tícws on jcwcis 
wero known among tliem from time immomoriaL 
, The TÍews of the modem jcwellâra ore bosed partlf 
on Sanskrítj partlj oa Arabie, aod partly on Fer* 
siaR authoritlosj^ aupplemcntcd by their 0^ opi- 
nioR, nrrived at by pmctícal expericnce, as to th© 
value, quality, or defects of getüs, These vícirs 
have come dowu hy tradition from geucratton to 
geaeration and aro now acceptod as the lecognísed 
opinion of the Qiadusthani jevvcllcrs. The oames of 
the gems enumeratod by them aroj. for ih© afore- 
sdd reaeoii, found ia somo iastaaoos to be tn Sans- 
hrit, ín Bome othcr, iu Petaíaa or Arabic, and, in a 
great many, in Hindi, or a dialect of their own. 

The Itaíians and othcr -nationB of Europe have 
coUceted a much brgee number of precious atonea 
than those enumerated by. th© jewellera of Híndus- 
than, The term hy whicli modem jewellera design 
nate Je^ds and stonos is caüed Sung. Tlie num- 
I ber of S^ngs knowa to the jewcbtnerehanta in th ia 
couniry and ia uae amoag ihom is eighty-four* 
These are the species that the Emperor Mumayun 
of Hellii was able to coUeot and with whích Shah 



















902 


áFPRNDICKS» 


j 'TIcT^I^TO 

finTT SííITT '11^’IT ?íi,8\(. ^T 8 f Vkl 

í WifíT ^<MÍ^ WS^l ^«nutíTO 

I 1Í3KTW ^rSfi ^ÍT» 

j ^f ^ 

t^Ur ^T^TT I '3^Íi 

I ^TWT inT^íT 'iTHWT f^^i ^nri^ iTT^ínr??r 

^mí ^TíW-^rf^T mwK. iri: 

\ vsrr^T^ f5f? «ut fíre 

1 ^kíft ^IF^ ^fV“»rfí^ tsrm qt 
1 ^wvr çrm, Tç 

I W^íT^ ^x 

TTUíirnjTRr^ ^rfnr^ ^fíírm ^tfV* 

I Trf^ íu ^‘t>Tr 1 ^i r ’^nf*í fiiv 

i 

i ^fí?» aim *rsí x4\ ^íTlfvT-íf^t^T 

i ^"VHprra f^ííT I 

J 

«ruííía^íí íífT^ uiT ^$t Hm ííTã H* I 
ÍHH HH ftnrim htiht hhthÍt 4^j ^a-WH^ ^if 

^ I HT^ íc HTHH 

Hrm, HW ?fVÍH HW WH í|hí fjíH Hirlí 
ftniH HW V* i ^ Tai HW HfTÍHí HítH ^X9 
j ÍHH W írm WHH smK filH w HÍÍH 

















A TfiEÁTÍSE OS OEVS. 


003 


Jeban decorated tbo Tajmehalf with mosaícs re- 
prcseutin^ tbs figures of Utrib, QQÍmalã« trees^ and 
so forüi, tbus giTÍiig CTidence of tbe Tostness of bis 
wcalth, tbe deptli of bis rogard for tbe Empress, aiid 
tbe extraordiuary abiirulsess of tbe Indían ertists» 
Tbe cruel baud of ticne baa now defaced muob of tbo 
beauty and splendour of tbe Tajmehal, bv causing 
tbe dieappearanco of most of tbe stones tbat form- 
od tbe mosaics. Tbe names of tbe cighty»four 
Sufiffê upbícb liuTe prcsently been collectcd from 
nindustbíuii jewellera will be found in due course. 
In consequenco of tbe inabUity of any single jewel- 
ler to enumerate aU tbe eíghty^four specímens, 
they baro been collected from. a varíoty of 
sourcos, and tt is tbereforo not unlíkcly tbat among 
thcso cigbty-four kinda tbere migbt be some wbicb 
bare in ono placo been set down by tbeir Hindi 
names and in anotber by their Persian dcsignations. 

Jeirelleia diride gems and stones into two classes, 
vis-t íírand Gttdiiãi transparent and opnque. 
Tbese two binds are subdivided into ibrce classes, 
vh., Kmme A'vai, Ktisme Dotfeni, and Jlimiuhí 
T he nino precious gems as recognised by 
Snnskrit autborities come under tbe bead of A'val. 
OthcF s tones osed in jewelry come under tbe ciosa 
Doffem; and tbo rcst, out oí wbicb cups, mortaxn, 
peetles, and tbe Eke, aro made, come under Üic 
designation of 

Witb tUc exoeption of tbe Fearl, Cat's-eye and 
Coral, nll stones are generally cut into any of tbe 


















— 

90+ 


APFEKOICBS. 


'»% íww ^ ^ §írír ^«if^ iW ^ í 
^W?f, ^ çiTT ííí tar^ 

lt7íí^, ^irr^rr^i ^is 

i\m ^ arr ^pt ^%>irT ^tz^ 

9iZi ^ra^>irr ^*it wizprríTf 

TrR%9íní^t 

^rct W[Z ^*^’sr íri^fziz «pzir t* i 

pnV WTZ fzi ^*V^nrT ’'Í^ZT 

TOT ^ J 'HTZ TÜTW in^ litg' T, 

31W ’ífiz'prre ^V ^ ^Riz WTípf 

^ 5fi7^ V I wrz zaftw 

z^nrr ^\xt fl^ ^ptÍí çítpt 

Tíq^Z ^íTÍt ^ J TTÇf ziz ZT^ÍT ^‘V^ír 

^í^prWT ^TZ Vtí% w^sí^ STZ 

L*' ^ I 

^TT ▼ í 

% {—aiWl^í íií^fír, Sl^fí^, 

('^Riífr vgj fkií> ?T^ 

•a^ wpftí ^ rçw '!', 
’?pr an ▼, ^r^ir iftrrWí 

«TZ^Í 'ÍTT^ ^>ZI 'T, nV ^fíT 

WTTTV; ^ ^t^ífTií anerít VTTnr ^), 

wtT, líísiTt ^rm» «^5 ifk 


I 
















A TBEATISE OH OElfS. 




foiir sliapes or ghâts, eis., Euthif or the obiong 
sLapc; Áthonyá^t or tlie octagonol; Sonro, or tlio 
sLape oí the heart, anil Oerddàf or the circular 
shapOj The Kttíbi 1$ called ChoukAmtàt when tiie 
fitone takes tlie ahape of a equare. The A'thojiifàs 
is cnllcd Thda A'ptongás wbcn the facots of the 
octagonal cut aro so small as to rcridor the surface 


almost circular» and Tu lã A'Çi&ngé8 whon the stone 
ia cut ia to an octogonal figuro a little elongated. 
When the Soaro becomes almost triangular» the 
cnt is said to be Te&oná SourQ j Tvban it takes 
exaotly the shapo of a pá a or hetcUleaf» tlie cut ia 
called péfi ffbéí. Wíien tlie gerddá takos the form 
of a Mádâm or almoad, the cut is kaown as Bâdéiti- 
ckâ; wheatb ís oral, the cut ís called Tâláni Gíuít 
1 . Eirã —The followmg are the varieties of the 

Diamond :—Goldbí (reae-red); [ 

nuspaii (green); Eil Bajra (Blue | 

Diamond); Baaanít (yellowish | 

white) ; Guruch (a Tciy hard Dia¬ 
mond,) with a thin skíü called chdt 
or Abruch on tbe surface, Such 
coating mny hc token hy aoft Dia- 
monds owing to tbe unskUíulness 
of cutters, The wearcr of a 
Diamond defectlTO in this re- 
spect is líable to death. KuItMs 
flo/firf (whíte); Bhárd (ash-colored); 
JPílá (jcllow)» Eélá (black as ink); 
Eiif (of the color of the catarrhal 
mucusj; and Yogiá. 




















— 


^FPEXOICSS, 


. n 

^í%?rT m wwfrT, 

ftrrr, ?r^ ^fmxm 

Vhm ^fTT t Thrí finn^ 

^TTTT Y, qiTW 

^ I qn^N^í 

^ ^ -J 

^ T i frTT qfTff 

4^, ^ f%zr ^ «Fn «iqrr %zt, 

^ ^rr^ fezTi íii wr^r 

^ írtR^Tr inTpT ittt fim vrw 

^ wBift arr^ 

vrk 'if I T^iqf^ finr 

rrw iT, ^ fifzrqit ^ W7f íiTfTT 

▼ ^ ^ Tw t«T 5r^ wnrt 
^ m qrfTT 'f* t fkJi ^kr» ^ 

Slft" fkfT WWÍt 

wn^ 'vm fiififi ^ I irkrí 

irríT r 

^ infini «m>, fq^iW (^ 

^rarríT* ww qrfir )» «iragr^ (f^ 

^ «mq), 

qiRnft (qiTíTT ^qriT ), 

qiq qnRqrr «rifiíqí rim V' i fqq í 
(1«TZT>, fWqf (rí% TOT wífqqí ^), j 















A ÍTJiSATrSE Olf OElfS. 


—'Bf 

907 




The fonotrieg four dofccts in 
fbe Diamoflti are rccegniscd:—>> 

(a) Puchhnâ, i.e,, the fissures obscr^ed 
inside the Díamo&d. 

(i) Chhitá, i,e.f the red spots (míxed 
with black) qbserved inaide; ITdiá 
chhit á, i,e,, the black spets aeeu Ja^ 
side Ijdí doêh, the red epote; 
Shitrâ chhitá, tho ash-coloied 
spote. 

(o) Gdrà, Le-, holes obacircd oa the 
eurface of tlic Diamond. 

(íí) I^Mniur, i.e,, very minute epots 
visible at timea in any portion of 
the Diamond. Ãccording to some 
jewehera, S&uuríiá, oriiTCgularity 
in the cutting of the facets, ia rc- I 
ckoned as ono of the defects of ; 
ike Biomond. 

Tlio Turmulí sometimee passes 
mustcr for the Diamond. 


2. Jllé9ik — Cholábai^va (deep red); Btnausí (red 


with a tinge of black)—a defectÍTO 
specimen ; Tdnjámf, vrítb fissures 
—a defectÍFo specimen; Gulffun 
fwith a shado of jeilow) j AilaaX; 
Jí‘iccaSi Khaffrâ (of the color of 
the catechu). 


The foUowíng defects are re- 
cognised in the Euby. Chir (fis- 
surea); Bnãhuk {milky üuper' 
fectioDs); Abruh (scaleslike tbose 
of the tale); Bdòfié (absenee of 
water’*) ; Minaueí; Párek, (fis- 
sures and mílky imperfectíons 
combincd); Jutíã (the prescnce 
of a yellowish buc ín addítíon 




K—6 
















Usl 


006 


àfPBSDICÍS. 


W5T ^), ^mr ('nf^ «n 
), iTT^ ( wr^r frr )^ 

irsT), ^í^tTT í fwwí^ iíWt^ ^ 

«ríi^i*T) íTifíraí' 

't I WTfwmi «IZI WKW I 


^ —^«IWíT ( ^Jrn Tl^), 

v^íT ^íTH wnr^w 

(^i»?it), 

í 5T^T )t Ttf^ííT ( )» 

ÍT^SÍÍIPÍÍT ^ ^ I 

^V íí’?^ firrsiV 

^1 ^ ^ ^?reír f^iíw ^ 

iSí\ fríí 

WW^ 't I Ç!'çf5RrRíT ÍTTZT üiirí^ I* 

a wtfíT t—fíTíiriíV (qiTmim >, ^'WT- 

?fT (^rrat*!?*), 

^T ^k ííTiitsr), «fw 

í ?iwf), k^V^*! (^krr^ ^PRiíT w^K), 
íST^çr (w^ «c^-iiíT ^ífT t), 

^WKJ ( ^Wlilif)» -ZZW^ ( 


• cmr ti^^pítít wt^rram: 

^fiiítr T, CTflTpiWí w^Rítsit ^fr, w 
■íl?n V. trailí ^ i^oFi iif ^r»ii ^ t(Tt^ JTÍ 
^ ^ »i^r«(5w c^ít ^ íitt q^íBKÍ w 
!i=sfír?ir ^ í ^swí* £S) «crít ^ xm sírat ^ i 
mní iíF»í t < 


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A TRBATISS OK OBUS. 


9P9 


to any defect) ; and Jéslá {tho 
presence of rose-rcd or black color 
in addítíon to an^ defect 
The Ntirum somotímea passes 
muster for the Kuby. 

3. Laiimi}íà — Kmak-Hhei (like tho oyc of tho 
cat ); Dhúm-kihBt (smoke-color- 
ed); Sijám-ksKet (black); Gh%ví‘ 
kèhet (of thô color of the í?Aee) ; 
KalçtUtáká (born in tho aew 
mines); and Hárná (havinff no 
; ‘Mines"). 

Tb o folloiring aro tho defocts of 
tho Cai*a<eye;— Chir (Sssuros ) ; 
Chádur (“lines" covering all 
the surface); Qaãuf (transparen- 
cj in somo portíona and opacity in 
othcro).* 

The KfxrJiHoha sometimes passes 
muster for the Cat's-eye. 

df. Moü—Miyául (blackiab); Snmmyi (» Jittlo 
blackísh); ChMnákhárí or Tãtnchi 
(with a tinge of red); PuraM or 
Knrknt (small-sized and not per> 
fectly round ones); BiheHn ^ead- 
colored) ; K<ichbjá (pale-colored); 
Kàhel (very white, and found at 
Bnssorah); Singli (yellowísh) ; 
TutgufX (bluísh) ; and dádám 
khdH (greenish), 

Tho foUoTring gMU or cuts aro 
. npproved ; viz., Sirá, Gol, Kumtt 

• Bi.«olúM!tl Cbfs-fijcii liAve inau^lotoiM pratritrtiw in thcuu Ona 
flueb ipccJmeu w ín posHwiúii of RnJeijdn Mullick of daom^ 

bü^n, CÃlüutU. Tbii iftãiiâ u jiUcgis4 to bih?o caiiã$il U» death of bj4 
thíra ooD trbo uB(d to wear it- 

Tíio outbor of tbiH wofc-k hnn in bio poatmaiou ouo CWWjo vhlèb 
tipod ítA fliLrfjicflt tbo mBfit oí ibo tbo Ênt lettor of liiff 

juitiali. 

















^FF£liDICE3. 


910 



^X ^ ^ ^íRST *flfÍFr ^TfTT ^ \ 
art^í ^fVc «im ^VíT^T 
WTZ 'f \ wt^ qt^ 

^ fqir Ttíii T* I ftir 
iítf?rqiT ^rpr, (^) {^) ifkl, (^) '^ít 

^trr, (a) (^) mm, (f)^>TPír» 

(ss) (^w»íTí (c^) wti (ç) (í 0 

( n ) yfT ( tí) ^«T, 

(^ ^} ^íf¥T, (t g) fqf^ ^PT^, (í ü) fVqrf^ 
^Tím, (\^) ^rq^Ti (v®) 'T^tt, 

M '^'fT qnrr, {\t.) qraj mr, ^ 

(q*) I tttw (7r^« vírpr ^ ^ X 

( ip^ ^r»r), 

( ítt: ^pr»w qiVí 

^), ^ WH h 

(íd^nrifT) j qí?r i^Rqii 

*frt?raT iT I íTpr'^ ^ 

flrnpsT iíyfw iT, qn%^ 

®iT<n^ qqâ -^i 

«íVfTrqtT íizT ft^rrí^ »ftf?r í 
H. ipít ^rjH fq^, f^r ^V 

wü ftpf ir^ín-^T qr^q iT j 

%T^r I 
























A theatiae ok geus. 




and Tárá. Bach of tliese fotir . 
cute 13 divided into Bve clossea. 

TIio followiiig^ are tte namea of 
tbe twenty Jtinds into wliidi Pearl 
is thaa dmdod:—1, Kntkf; 2, 
Sírá; S, CA<iuíA‘Síráí 4, Sujn£; 

6 , Gá&Ad; 6 , ir/iarí Gâbhã; 7 , 
IHr^Gábká ; 8, JÍ'»; 9, KumuT i 
10, jffSofí-Ai(J«ííf; 11, Tfieíhi- 

iumtr; 13, £uíM; 13, A'nsé; 14, 
Sinti-A'ti^d; 15, Chikni-A nsâ; 16, 
CAipíi-A'físá; 17, Párã; 18, CAu- 
AAd-pdrà; 19, Sará JPdrâ: 20, 
Tiliffd. 

Tho foUowing ore the defects: 
Gtíriíj (boles on tbo surface); 
Zaher (smoU boles); BhurJbun J 
(botb laige ond small halos}; 
CAord (yeiy small holea); Gàuruf 
{depression i& portiooSi). 

The TdíWcAí and Ttttffupí speci- 
mena are good. But the KdAel h li 
the bost of all speeimeDs. 

The Ssldíi vtoti {or the imita- 
tíon Pearl that oomes out frotn j 
Europe) sometimea jKisses muster 
for the geaume Pearl* 

6. ffíwíeá—Tber© are no vaiieües of the Zircon. 

CAít, ChAiíd and Aòrttif aro the 
defecta observed in this stone* 

Tho T^fsJidvá sometítnes passea 
muater for the Zíteon. 

6. -2ff«íyíí—There ore no varíeties of the Coral, : 

The niiztere of ony color iritb 
red (whjch ia its true oolor) is re- 
ckonod to be a defeoí in the ComLJ 

























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'®mini «TíT^^ri Ííiií«t, 

íTT^^T ^ isiTiT ^ j 

^ ^íír^ WTTi^ 

Vr^ ^ift iTpri- ft-HíiF qjT^ ^ I 

^?rT<Tír SfV ^FT^ 

íftíTiqir ^ VT^ 

I x^ íKí viíí ’q:’^T ^x 

qiT'^ ^mq ^ \ fq^:, ^r, (w 

% wrqr), qíiisT C qiqq^n: mfw), . 

qifqí^ (qqrqqi ftifro 'q^q^iíí ^m^r), 

^ívT íítftiq mxtxj wrq ^), 

«n^q qjq qqiTtqfT x \ qi^w^i 

%iTT qqir I 


e I—q^, ^ Wk =í^^ irít fwq ^srmm 

g^T^ qV?n q l qrfír^ ^ ^ qrqq 
^ qq qrqq g^qrqqqV ^ i 
q^firíiT ^ qVt qr^ 4^ j 

qtqi fMtfTw «Tw fqqí^qnít 

qVfqqr WS: qifq xix^ qrrfíí ^^qrr xx- 
^K«t ^tn^rqqq «nírr 4^ i 5 ^- 




















A TEEíTISS ON (JEVtS. 


9iâ^ 


Tüe Aâharlíâ somctimes pstsscs í 
muster for t]je Comi. ) 

7 - ^^^*t^—^nJ^àtj{;MurgnjM;ToreMiPeyâU. j 
ká; Nayti and Jáíiájí. Eiicli of 
these vnrieties is ditritlcíl into tiro 
^ses, r/*,, JSCáhi and Dítãnl 
The fornier representa audi apeei- í 
raens as Imve a tinge of black in 
tiie green of tbe stone; tho Jatter, 
sizcli as liavo tt tinge of yeUow in 
the green. The latter anecimeus 
are adniired. 

The foliowing aro tbe defecta of 
tbe Eniexald | 

Ciíí '; rekkd (strealts); jí&ruíí 1 
U slindo of 6moko>í Gdnjhá 
{impcrfection in tho "water*’ 

^cü as tbe pieaence of bubbtes, { 
&c.) ; Séhini í^natural imperfac* 

^ons hidden by tbe íngentiitj of 
tbe settem or cuíters); 2)ánbhá 
(niArks aoQiowhflt liko lhe spidor '5 
nreb, on tbe surfacej, j 

Tbe ^uyffa sotoetitnes passes t 

mustér for tbe Emerold. j 

FukhrãJ^Sqfed fwbitc), Zurttd (yellow). and ! 

JVtíà (bltie). 1 

Tbe defects reeognised in tho 
Ruby ara also recogmaed in tho 
Topaz. Besides, there are tiro 
other defecta,fJw,j T(>yiyd,(preEenco i 

of a ünge of red with the ycUow) i 

and Dortmgá (presence of jellow j 

m certain parts and of some other f 

color in otbeml, * 

The Soyelá sometiiacs passes ■ 

musbe* for tbe Topaz. f 






















âPFEKDlCE^ 




■■n 


914 


^ f ^ flmi í 1 

inf> «rmWÍ 5?t«T, 

wi^pTíf f%5 ■®rí'^ 

fiTíT *n^ ^ I * 

^ íitT^ I’—TL^w w \^4\ 

«TÍí t, arí irm^ *rfV 

y\m ^ I 

x^i Í—líiftwv TWPÍ, T^nj w ^ 

^ «T^i \9 ^^Ííí4 

i\ i-^sfNtírqiT ^íriTir, 

^'t^I I 

V- í ^ I ’—XW ^ TT^TX^ ^ÍWT T r 

XX xmK TO, if%5r 

^^^3(ír vlrifT ^ I 

/ f 8 »—WT rff ^ ^ 

ftm % xr xmK x% xxx x i 

^twíTI I— 5 VICTWÍT mXi q«<ÍW XXX 

XX- vrfíwf '»t?TT X i 

^ lít^WTl—W- WR 

XXJ TOI X I 

^ f $ XKX 1 —^TífiRr^T TOi XXXI XX ^ 


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A TUSATISE OIT 


016 


9, iViW —Furáná and Kayâ. £ach of tíio two 
varietios Í9 diTÍdcd ínto tliree 
classes, vis,, Suhj-^m Nilá (wJlli 
a finge of grcon); Itál-pun^J^itã 
(witli a tinge of i^d); and doop- 
liluo. 

Tlie dcfccfs peculiar to tbe 
Rabj aro alao rceognizcd in tho 
Sajpphire. 

Tlie lAli sotoefimes passea mos- 
ter for tho Sapphíre. 

10, Páras —Sonskrit namo, Sparfa-^a^i, Color, 
black. TL ia stono doca not admit 
of good polish. 

IL Lálri-^Á. varicty of tLo Kuby. Color, red, 
like tliai of tho rose, It is called 
Jiâl, when it cxcecds twentj-four 
rutties in weigLt. 

13- Xííí—An inferior varicty of fLe SappLire. 

It shows a faint tinge of yellow, 

13. Tui'mv.li —^An inferior rariety of tLo Topaz, 
It is found to be of Tarioits colors, 
but all of a ligbt descríption, 

14 Titraháüá —^A very soft stone. Color, yoílow, 
trith a daab of reddiabness. 

15. líoMeíd—An. inferior varicty of tlie Topaz. 

Color, golden. 

16. DímjhcÍií—T he SoneM is called by tbis nama 

wben it sbows tbe color of tbo 
snioko. 

17. Nunm — A varíety of tlio Euby. Its color 

is a misturo of roa and jellow- 
ísbness. 
























ÜIO 


APPEÜtpíCES. 




^‘VíTr íT I 

íiS ^ I —vw ^ 

^íTHT iVfTT ^ I 

rn^r^T i— w íT^m 
^í ^ I 

l—T^r 5T Wfí €^^nTír f^5 

^ít ^Pí5T ^ I 

^ íí I —^T ^ ^>fTl %, wi 

^IT^ twí ^ín 't 1 flTWT^ 

T7TW "íâV^^T ^ÍZWTTT íisrr' 

5ÍÃ T" I 

/ I—tfiíiíT w TtíTT ^) va^ 

íízHt, %^T3ir ^ ^r- 

^ J 

^ s^8 I—T^T xw ^fr^ W^íT fílí 

sr>TÍ T^«T ^ari^ 
flífí^S ^TW T I *T^ *jf^ ^ mrt^i íf^ 
^HíP: H,®* ^TífT^ 

Tfíi, winwt ^ 

^f*T f^, 

qT7nrj^*Y 





















4 TfLKATTâB OK GEMS. 


917 


a tíuge 


18» ^ÍMcítfrjd—lu color ia rose-red 
of wLite* 

. 19. Kathélú OT Jámuniffâ — Its color ia bJack wítli 
a tingo of red. 

20. Táíard—lts color ia rcd witb a tinge of 

bisckislinesa, 

21. S«nff-e-shtím —It is divided into two classes. 

Anffttri are tliose of wbicb tbe 
color ís whiÈe witU a mixture of 
grccn; £:arptirí, tbose that aro 
purd 7 white. Tbe laâter speci- 
mens aro bettor tban tbe foriner, 

22. Áwiff-^fforí —It Í9 foond to be of Taiípus colora, 

baving stroolca of wbite on tho 
surface. Jewellcrs carve oops and 
Bcale-wcíghta out of tliem. 

23. Jlahik —It is fotind to bo of various colora, 

Tojti, cu ps, bandlcB of aticks and 
otlier sncb tLíogs aro carrod out 
of tlijfi stone. 

24. Itiiní —1 ts color ia docp red witb a tinge of 

blackisbnoss. It is mueb ad¬ 
ia íred b^ the Jfabomedan nobi- 
lity. It is snid tbat tüo Emperor 
JMaboinedShnb liad oncopiircbased 
a pieca of JwííÍ of íen TutlieA at 
600 Rs. and givon it to a joweller 
to ba tested. Tbe jewoUer asted 
tbe Emperor to test itbimself, 
and diracted bim to tio round it a 
piece of tbread and tbrow it into 
the firo. This being dono, it was 
obaerved tbat tbo tlvread díd not 
cateh fire at al!, TJpon sccing tba 
rosult of bis experíment, tbo 
Emperor exclBÍmed to tba people 
present—JBeboM tbe way ín 
wbicb tbis stone sbouM bc tested.” 


f 



















APPENDICE3, 


üie 

* 

^nr 

^ %rTí ^ 

^ ^rpT^ 'ÍTíT^ ^ 

íTlfW^ 'íW ^ 1 
ítt 'í^ ^«PíT I—^f^íST ^rrffi 
^ ^íçT ^ afríjT^ ^ líR^*^ 

z\^mt TftíiiT*r% ^*í ^ * 

'iTtTír ^'tíTí T 1 

w^ 1—trr^^i ^PTj 'wr^T ^ífV 

-íWi ’t^, m 
^!IT^'^ í 

sf^ffir I— T^ W ít^T 

anc^ftrpi Tfbrr f 

^ ^Fi:'?r^ I —^7 T^EH^ W ^rç 

f^T^ ^^ííT ^ t 

■j 

! ^ ^í. 1—W íSRT, ^íT 

^i\Ti ^íkT rf?r ^x xxr^ 

^ TÇIiY WWíI, 'TT^ I 

: ^ wT^*n^ I—'^tí- 
■írpft ^1 
























A TAEATIiaz OÍT OAlIS. 


010 


25. PMük StiJhéòâ^Ã. varíety of the CíystíiL 
Color, white. TJíia stono sliow® 
foítii in the &oiit a rosy Jiuo 
if a roso is plaood boliíud ít, 
Tho Crystal imaga of the idol 
aofc up by Bai Ijuclilimiput Smg 
Bahodoor, in the templo at Moor- 
shedabad, is the bost spocímen of 
this apccics of stone. 

26, Sung^rdt—à. varieíy of the Emerald. It 
does not admít of good polish. 
Circular pLites, ou ps, &c., are 
formed out of this stono. 

27» Gau-daniá —'Its color ia white, wíth a yellow 
tinga resembling Üjo teeth of 
the co^. 

28. Singll — A varioty of tho Ruby, Its color is 

• a componnd of led und black. 

29. jSbfcmífwí—Color, black, with wHto streaka, 

It is much liked by tlie Europeaas 
and tho Jews, 

30. A'lemáiií —The Solemánih callod by this nume 

when it b ^s au Ash>Iike color. 





























/ I' — ^ *ííff í 

VíTT^^r t»nr^1r^ ^nr qw^ q^ir 

í Trbrr ^ J 

j / wf%írn—l^qrT ^1 mm» i^«T ^«n: it^t 

I irrfíit^ f^qí^rr ^ ) 

I —TW^íT w T^®f 

wrç^T '^T ^ I 
^ >^3f f— T;Tr^TT^ 'Tr’i^ vhiT 

▼, í:^ fss^^pií' ttttHíw ^ I 

i*Vr^ Tfl 

^ItT 'Vf wfiiií ^ 

WÍW ^t?IT % » 


i 

I» 

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I 

I 


i 


I 


^!j[ I—qiwr wTífí T^«T W ’^T«eí ^ 

^*trTT % ^5fi=T ^Tf% ^ÍV 

f 

la^T^í fqí^fT qi^iv 

ifWr ^ r WT^ qi^f» i 

^ f 

gcppr f(ir^ tTT^ í 
^^5r ^J^ VíffT çw»rpT ísíVír 
T(niT 'ímT^ ¥ I ■ 

/ iíi^ i—T^T w inffqT ^ 'yíTÍ ] 
infw T^ T» wihiy ^V j 

" í í 

^íTT^íT T r 

















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A TUBATISE oh QEliS. 


021 


31. ir»zrul-Táhu or Mdusêr —^Ita color íb Jiko 

tlint of tho cJay, It ís a good 
Jfcniedy for diapasea of the urino, 

32. Color, blact. It has a Blooky np. 

pearanee, auch aa ia sboirn. by 
thinga rubbed over wítb oil. 

33. mior—ColoT, white. It h callod Crystal 

by thú Europoflns. It furnisbeâ 
for cb&Ddclicrs and 

the like^ 

34. £eníj—lta color ía much lightcr than tliat 

of the EmeraJd* lís mine iâ situ- 
atcd in the countiy of Foni-topdf 
fa Hj ndus than. Accordi ogf to somo 
jewellers, jBírííj and Tord belong 
to the samo dass of stone. The 
latter, however, shoim forth a 
tinge of jéllow. 

85. Mvy^tiJ—A Tariety of tho Emenüd, of & 

boantifal grecn color. But it ; 
doea uot possess what ífl techoi* 
cally oalled a vory puro " water.*’ 

It haa a Jarger numbor of mítiea, í 
and fetcbea mucb lesa toIqg than 
the Emerald, 

36. .Hodiíí—Its color is black with a miitoro 

of asbíness. Tbis stone ís very 
heaTy in weighL Bcads for rosa- 
liee are made out of it. 

37. Sang-M4sha—Co\or^ wbite, or lifce that of tho 

mud or of the mouse. Cups and 
mortars for grindíng medicines in 
ore formed out of it. 


























àrPEKOiCKã. 



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_ ^ ^ 

fliTTÍ TT I 

8^ ^líW^ I—T^rar w ^fl^» %TT- 

WTÍ^ -ÍW 't, T*™ 
íftwrW^ to TT7Í t, 


% I 

TTÍTí^ I—W íTTfif« tViTT t, ^ 

irwiT iftínaíWTTn’^ 

BníTTÍ wTíf ▼, \*i<^f W 
fjTFTT V»w T J 

^ aí ^TíT*nH^ ^ ^V<rT*rfij I—t*t^ ^ 


























A TnEATlâE Oif OEaS. 


9^3 


38. Suaff-Bher^í—Color, blacic. Mortars» cups aod 

hilts of swonls are furmed out o£ 
thisstoue. 

39. PfVaraií—Color^ green, íntoraperiaôd witíi dota 

' of red. 

40. Dãhan-Jirufiff —Itg color is green Jike that of 

the Festacbio nut. Beads for 
rosariea aro made out of it This 
stoue oonsists of tbree kíada. Put 
ã foiT of lemoa-juíco o ver 

a pieco of Steel, and rub thía 
sloae over it. If the mark, pro- 
duoed by rabbiii" it, ís found to 
be of tíie color of copner, the 
atone should be consicfered os 
bolonging to the laknii kind; 
if the wark be of the color of 
sílver, the etone should como 
iinder the class Misrdi; if the 
mark bo of a goldun hue, the 
Btone ahould budesignated TdUjái, 

41, color is eitbcr red, yelJopr, 
or blackisL. Dota of whíte' 
jellow or rcd, are observed on 
thía stone. Capa and mortara are 
formed.oat of it* 

42. Sung-Murhur —Ic has ao aah-like color. It la 

found la the minea of Múkráná- 
jrdfdaad hrou^ht over ín lar*'© 
quantítíea to Jcypore. Wlien lía 
color ia ohaorved to bo a misture 
of xed and whíte, ít aaaamcs the 
name oí 

43. Sohánmakh£ —Color, bloe. 'fbia stone does not 
admít of good poUsb. Dota of a 
goldeti color ars observed on aonic 
of the specímcDS. 


























« 1^1 í I 

Ba ^nrtsT^ J—w T^ 

^ íllfoií 11 

^Tíi^ im^ Thín ^^ ^ 

tr^ T íT^ rar, ’ 

, B^L ^ ^ 

'f, 

vnri ^ t 

'íhíT V", VT’»! ^ 

f^ firan^ ^"í^Tr* 

t4 

xpQ ^'^ ^rS" ^T^T ^ í 

^ 80 fW^íT I—w ^innn^» 
íRt^í '^r 

íf*il«in T t ^ 

, a^ w gr^íi: 1— -ç^T w ^T^t W ^ 

^ 

8Í ^ I —^ ^ 

^ ^ Twí^ ijY ^ ^ir ífiT Ttm ^ í 



























A TltGATIflE os OKMS. 925^^? 


4ri. Zuòtirzud^ColoTf grooii. Mnliomedan gentla- 
men bave a great likiD^ for tbis 
i’ atone. It ís foond in tbo aaiue 

mines os tbe CatVeye, but ít lios 
not any strcaks over ít It ia 
Tery transparent. 

éõ, Pây-Ztíãiur —Its color is ashy wbite. It beala 
ulcera causod by tho actiou of 
• poisou, when it is rubbcd over 

theui« 

Zuhur-Miírã —Its color is greeu with a tinge 
of whifco. A cup formcd out of 
tbis stonc ncutiullzeâ tbo cffccts of 
poison that may be mijiod Tritb 
flio tliing placed in it. 

47. Fertfíd (Turqaoise )—^Its color ia aky-blue. 

It is uot a atouo but a kind of 
Kunkur. It is used for fiuger- 
rlugs and otber sucb things. 

48. Sitng JSMdrul —Color, blacfc, witli whito and 

yellow veiufl. 

49. tí^ííid—Color, xrMte. llie deacriptioa gíven 

for Sung-gorí applies to tbis stono. 

Tbo Gitòá, howover, is so6ter tban 
tbat stouc. 

60. Eásoíi—Cohr, black. Tbis stono is used for 

testing gold. | 

H 
































àFFESPlCBS. 




çfVíT T^EraV TSTH^ "mi^ ▼ t 

^síoTi 1 —t^t ^ ^Nt wFrar ^rrf^*, 

▼, 

■^^ Iim íTlPrt, 

Ti;^ff?BT W ^í 

^ "íWi ^ I 

ijLí fâít^ íTT wí ^íi'fií,i—wn TÇíTTfl^ wrf^, 

X^íívmT ^ng«í ?5rprí5 

iTf^ ^ ^T 'ifi' "^XíTT I 


irpT ^ Tra^ X I 

ytíl ^*«1,ii^TC^i ^ 

^nNil »rTf*S« fffTT 

3rm ^tuT 11 

^ UÍ W i qi4<.^ t—II^^T ^ ^«ÍT %Tm ▼, xx^ ^ 
flnnr flnrrw fisF^T TTw ▼ i 


Hl® í!TF I— x^^ ^ ^T^rnr xtx 

^ ▼tTTT T^ XXK WfVi ITTfs^ 

«rrwT ^ t 

u«; ^ríw I —wfxx mx ^V<IT 

^ 'J ^ ^ 

$, ^If-íí í(*ílflíi X \ 























TItEATÜÍZ DN GEITS. 


937 


n 

i— 

j 51* JSunkíuá —Ita oolor is white lik© that of üie 
! coacli-sJücU, Xt ü used by £u- 

I ropeans for lockets and held in 

j mncb favor by tbem. 

I 62. J}úr-e~naji^~—lt& coloris liko tbat of tho ^reen 
j paddy bask, It is used for finger- 

rin^ and admits of vei^ good 
pohsh. It looks liko tbe Znbur- 
i&ud. But it3 color is either 
dceper or lightcr and mucli olearer 
tban tbat stone. 

53- S'it-kha'í% or Sunff Jurâ^ut —Its color is liko 
tbat of clay. Dolls^ 

I are nmdc out of tLia stone. Tbis 

I sfona quickljT bcals np all bruises 

I íf ít is rubbed into a paslio and 

i applied over tlicm. 

I 64. 2>dro/umi—Its color is likc tbat of the Cin- 
namon, Xt is nsed by Mahoine- 
dans foT beads for rosaríes. 

5õ. Sung~SÍtárá —Xt ia of two kinds. Jt bas díf^ 
fcrent colora io tbe specünenSj and 
bas dots of gold íntermixcd tritb 
them. It is capable of being 
ímitafed by Icad. 

56. Lâjòurad—Color, biue. Dota of gold are 

obserred in portions of the aur- 
face. 

57. (Sttíiíf-niiíifí—Color, black, witli a tinge of 

white. Xta surfaoe looka like a 

í apider’s web. 

I 58. Ludkiá-^Color, red, Uke tliat of tbe magenta. 

I finger-rings are made out of thís 

; stone. 




























I-T^T V% ^ Tft^X 

íTTit ^í 

^T^T ^tíTT ^ I 

^o l—^ ^'^Ínríf 

t", ^ 

_ -s ^ . 

Jív^ I—w ^ ^^Tpnn^ 

^íirx ^í ^VííTW 1%*i i 

I—T^«T rw- ^ 

inf«*li '■tíTT T I 'ííT^ 

_a. 


n^j^T V^HT %“ I 

^8 irm^ I—w ^Í%^ ^' 

^yi W^T^ t—> 

^ l—TW^ 1? i: 

Í«T ^IWT ▼ f 

^rirni^ ^rnr, ^ 'HTO 

'' vrPins V^ílT t, T^ 'TTC ^ WT 

Í«T «TflT ^ ' 

l^rrí rp ^TcftTpr ^ 

^ f^ifT TTT^TT 

TíTfvi ▼, vw 



















A TaEAUJJJÍ OU OElfS. 




G9. Sung 5<ííííÍ—C olar, ligLt green, The atoue 
Í3 Gorter tlian Sung-e-shiimt íwid 
admits of good pgliah. 

60* Mdbds—lta calor ís ^eon wiíli a tinge of golJ. 

It does not admí t of good polísh. 
Tliia stono ís used for medicines* 

01, 5ii/arí—Color, sty-blue, -vritU a sliglit tinge 
of greon, like that of the crow '3 
' ogíT' 

G2. A'iri —Color, goldon, with n eliíide of black, 
People of moderaío mesns makc 
ânger-ríngs out of tbia stonc. 

63. Chili —Its color is black and It has goldon ; 

dots and streaka of wbite over the 
snrface. 

64* PdíAítrí—Its color ia líke that of day. 

05. Suiig-Iás —A Itind of marble, 

60. Stnig-Síiâr —Color, gre^Of wiíli aah-colorcd 
fitroaka on the surface. 

67 . JaJeviâní-^A variety of jSoíCJmíflí. Color, asb- 
líko, witli strealca of an asliy color 
on tbo surface. 

08. jDdwííd—Color, whíte, witli a mixture of 
yeUovr, like that of an old 
conch-sbell. The atone is found 
in the mines of the Diamond and 
is Tcry transparent. 





















áFFEtiDIÜia. 


I-_ 

iíft ‘'to 

^rm qiT^ i\m ’» 1 

iT«r?if I—^ "Rr*! ^WT 

^hiT % €^!rFn ▼ ( 

\9o ^tI^ íTT TíT^ l—Klf ^TT^í ^ 

Tmi ^vn: 'líTírr ^^ n%w 
tníTT ^hffTT ^rm t*» ^ 

f^K^rrffVTfiniiíK^ HT^T TÍfír ^ \ 

'oí I—W ^ní^K ^ 

’3^ írr^TíRín: ^w ^ I 

'® ^ I—iwr^T 

a^TTC iT, T^ W ^ WíSK^r 
^T ^ ^íTf Íí ^ífT T • 1 

Títor I —Xf 

to^i 

^ '^8 I — íít^r^j \’ií ^'Tí 

ftrai ^ I 

^*ít I—nr XíX% ^lfi*« «ítílT Vf T^í 

wrrò 'f 1 

i’""T^ wVC^ ^rnrpí^ ^'^ 

^ ^trfr T, x^ ^ V I 

^9'0 1 —X ^ 

/ ifíHT ^>3 ^ t ( 



* Jiít sinnFr íí^ inw: ti%^ JÍ}^fl« ^ i 

t ítií ^TíWT iiTiff:iít íjsfT iiT^^pTni iífw®fi^ ã^íT (n: x \ 






















A tHEATISB OH OEUS. 



09, Fun ghmt —Color, black, witli a tinge of green, 
Toys, figures, &c,, are mado out of 
íbis 9 tone. 

70. Eattéí or Eatavá—CnXoTt red. If vrom ou 

tbe uccb, thla stoae is saíd to 
cure giddinesB of tbe licad and 
such fever as comes on only at 
níght. 

71. í7jjkí—I fc is found to be of varíous colora, 

having a ahade of blue o ver the 
surfaco. 

72. Qundr ^—It is parti-colorcd, lite tbe cloak of 

thc FaMrs (ainging moudicants). 

73. JifftríyaWi—Color, white. It admita of veiy 

good polisU. 

74. A‘juvá -—Its color is rose-red, Tvith largo doía 

over thc surfaco. 

75. Ihmfi —Its color is like tbat of tho eatccbu, 

Mortars, pestlcs, Ãc., are made out 
of this Btonc. 

70. üíjiíjyíí—Color, rose-red, with a tinge of 
black. Mortars, pestles, &c,, are 
madc out of tbia stone. 

77, JTíííuíit—Its color ia pole rose-red. Tbis atono 
Í 3 elastic like tbe índia Eubber. 


* A i^cUiuii of thia itMio ii la tt» pesaosaltMi cf 
MuUick. 

t Ditfco ditto íiitto mm. 


ditto 
























AFPmDICEJp 



\s« I—srí 

^híTT r 


I—^ TÍfiT 
wtfír 'inf^ T ( 

wo ^ítwr t—¥^wínr f%^ ^ 'ÍTTr 

?, ^n1% ^l’^! ThfT Tí ^ 

um ^kr4 ^rsnT qu^ tHt ^ i 
Cf w^urfím I —TW wtC Wttuu f¥q ísu 

^T TI 

i—Tu% T<f 

f, U’» qm uq^ TÍtífl 7, 

urqqrr umw t i 
^ «I wmuT »—Tuí ^íftw 

uTlufUi fürqrqr rfir ?, qirm 

_ 1 ^ 

mwT I 

®8 wft^ I—^ UfW7, Tm STRTTT^r^í 
UUTU^ T • t 

* mPííTí ^‘qtTj SffTT SK uuít 

asw iimí iim lui^ q4uii tm unf v I ^ 'Uírer 
^ uqi ui^, qsiirarc^-íHíCfswTicíaumWurauin^ 
Wu T )uq fiíT uru uru^írTnfu^#t uuiuu tr^cru 
út^íi u^i^H atgx uiTi^ fiffj u«, un:, JTunrqu inTr- 
í^ UT uím srrw wTuí i 



































A intEATI3E ON QEUS. 



78. Sunff-Jur—Color, ^sen, witb a míxtnro of 

black. 

79. ^Aiírá—^jolor, black, wíth a tinge of greon. 


Mortais made out of tliis stone 
aio tisod for grinding Pearls, ào., 
in. 


80. Kànslá —Color, wliite, witli a daah of greoii iu 


it. It haa Tery good *'water,’' 
and is found in tbe Diamond 
mines. 


31. Muk-náiis —Color, wliito, with a tinge of 
black. 

82. PTdíiJt KHlbáhár —Ita color ía a misture of 


grocn and yellow. Thia atone ia 
bom in the watcia, and ís used for 
beads for roaaiies. 


83.^ Sunff^SJtrmá —Color, black. The stonc glifr* 


tors liko eilver. Ita powdâr is 
applied to the eyea by tho 
diísíhani». 


Sl* Color, btack. Figniea and statues, 

&c., are made out of tbfs stone. 


• BeAidcfl thM0 tbt» ■« «TMil alíiüM of la ioajHor nriatr, eucb 
os Litiitf, m B4*t, Piutri, Ao, Pjnnd io tií 

Yüidja DkHUitiuDB Bud «rtier plMos. A iilitfortü mada of L>tUi otbt 
whicli ttuo thMao of tha Iring of Gotir ís eaid ia Irtvo bflon pluccdaii oo* 
be Kon ia the « Emarald Bomr,'’ tho conatij-M*! of tho Soa'tlo 
UBhanJa Jeteondw ãloliun Togoro Bnhiidoor, a s. i- R n»* brougli* 
DT 1 DT irem the miite íf tho oaiiitol of OaoTi In Wn l d o h , 























^ »34 




WTif ^T «rr 

=> ^ 2T^ 

^^íiTST arr 3T^'n^ 

= ^ <i[*!ir 

^ 'rníV 

— tíTÍt 


= ''110 ttHT 

^çjirrqt m TíT^ 

=* tN iJífiT 

f%^ 

= «21 

I# 

= ^fTíft 5T«T 

3T^ 

~ ^lô íT^t 


= €^i^l 


= ^ ?Twr 

wr^ wi^f% 

^ •■ ■% 

= wrí^m 


“ ^ 1 ^ 1 ^ r 

Trer^ 

= iii'=r r 

''l T^ 1 n ^ 1 ^ 

= EJm 

^SífírnPr 

— 1?%^ 5T«T 


= ítâ ÍT«T 


= 

«T^WT^T^ 

= «T3TÍ JT«T 






«k.l 































A TIIEATI8E ON 


K' 


»S5 




Conventional Term used hj íí<? Jaharers in 
Gem9 anã Jâtceíí. 


MAn OT btm or Ajtw Váò 

= 

1 Rupe^. 

Súw&D &r TIiícl Pio 


£ Riipeíh&+ 

EkojAyi or hábor Fio 

- 

a 

J-J 

ÂjTnn 

- 

4 

JJ 

Sát pio OT Fâlo 

= 

A 

lí 

Cbittí 

= 

0 


BuUi 

- 

7 

i' 

Tbfil 

- 

& 

íí 

LÍUÍ 

“ 

9 

lí 

Dbanâ 

= 

19 

í> 

Máa birhfitfi Dbaue 

1 

XI 

lí 

Sawin ij 


le 

II 

Ekoyáji jj it 

- 

13 

Jl 

Aymn 

= 

14 

II 

pàíí jj ^ 

* 

16 

Íí 

Chitti ji 

tãf 

IG 

íí 


















àFPSírDiccs» 




033 





=* 'aplíl íl^J 


™ *T^T 


= vf^íí 3T^ 

TTST^ ^JT 

= 

'lítíill ^141^ 

= 

1 ^ 1 ^ ^JI 

=■ '^faisi ffnrr 

^5rrr^ ^íjí 

= TTpIU sníT 


= wff^ím 


= ^Ifflis*! 

0 (^ ^Hf 1 ^ 

= wT^rriTíT^ 


=■ yiíifíi« 


íTR fwü ftiraí 55wr, ^ ^nirc* 

fanfijiríí^RT ^nft i JTrf^ wí) 3«*çr i 





















A. tb:utise on oeus. 


037 




Láili bárháto Dhana 

- 

19 Eupeoe^ 

Sát 

Jl 

if 


20 

Jl 

M^n hfirbáte Súi 


21 

II 

Sowáii 

n 



SE 

II 

Ekoy£^’Í 

fj 

II 

- 

S3 

II 

Aynu 

f* 

í| 


ii 

IJ 

Sút pão 

ff 

II 

“ 

S5 

II 

Chittí 

M 

J^l 


S0 

n 

BuUI 


íl 

“ 

ST 

li 

Thil 


II 


28 

II 

láill 

lí 

II 

= 

20 

II 

&C,J 

kc.f 

&c. 




Tbo tíimmán (oiie) mgnify dtber cmej, ttm- 
ilredj tme tbadsoiid^ oi me litmdred ihon^and^ odde&onj^ 
aocordid^ fd lha piopci wotÜí of the jcwclsj tba t^íIoaíioii 
of wfaich lias to Ijfl defcetmiiiod. Soj with regard ta otlidp 
torma. Thcae terms are ofted hj HinJiiMLaiii jcwellsnt amopg 
ibom^dvea^ ía tha presenee of lay caatomeirâ, in cidcr tíiat 
tlioj Ida; ba kept in tbe dark aa to ilia feal price of 





















APFXÍ1ÜIDB9. 




NEPAUL.* 


T nOUGH tlie language of Ncpaul diíTera widely 
£rom tbat of Hínduâtliauj tlio aomoa of 
jewelâ and tlio manner of examlmng tliem os 
knoTv^n in iLís couotiy are just tbo samo na ín 
índia. Tlie fact of Hindusthani jewellerB takiog 
orer Jewels to this countiy and seUlng tbcm at 
higli profit procludea tlio poasibility of any one 
butibc Tery ricli buying tbeoi. Mines of Ttir* 
quoíse only are obsenred in tbis countiT'. But tbo 
specimcns found here are not of a good color and aro 
conaequently of loas valuo tban tbose seen in tbe 
minos la Fersia and AfgUanistUan. TurTíiuíí is 
aomoíitnea seen in tbo borders of Tliibct, wbero 
Pcorls and Corais aro taken &om Nepanl for com- 
mcrcial purposes. Sittdtiríá —a light-colored varicty 
of tbo Buby—^ía alao sometimcs found in that 
place, Tbis stono is sold ín índia at 2 or 3 onnaa 
a Siiaff J/áíd, Sutiff Dhcri, and otbor auch 

atonca are found in the hiUy rcgions of Nepaul> Tbo 
people of Kepaul arc excessivoly fond of Fcaris. 


BURMAH AND SIAM,t 


jr CCOBDING to tbo Bunacso jewollera, tbero aro 
no written works on gema íq tbo Bimnesc lan¬ 
guage : or, at leaat if tbere aro any, tboy are ín tbo 

■ impplíâd by BiwtMith trp4ilbjáj% iKrprescntaiirã 

nl ÜI& Comi of aí Calsutii, 

t FEt>u Mokíio Mia SaIííIi of MadiJiíii/, 




















/ A TR£AT13E ÓH DEUS. 


93D 


líojal Palace and are not acceesible to the general 
public. Burmcse jevreUers al^ays examine prccíoua 
stones and gems by síglit. Thcy aro well comrers- 
i ant with the method of testing tlie Buby, Sap- 
pbircj and Topaz, and aucU other stonea as are boni 
i ín tUeír country, They hare learnt sometbíng 
about Diamond e frora índia; and of the rest of 
procíous stones, thcir knowledge is límited, perbaps, 
bcyond the names whlch tbey liare conrorted into 
tlioir own languoge. 

Strá. 

Tue Diamond is dívided into four klndjs; th., 
4/lit (white) ; Md {yellow); Anmifh (black); and 
Áni (red). The black spots ín the Diamond are 
known among the Burmeso hy the torm J/fí; 

: íiseures, hy tlie word Pajbtv \ and absence of water, 

by Âinaivh. üiiHke othcr natíona, the people of 
; Burmali keep tbe raised portion (Akai of 

i the Diamond on the top; and the flat surface 

t Jííiííí) on the bottom. The best specimens are 
I those that are knowa as Leâs, i.e., heavy stones, of 
the first water (Âiij& káttndeh)^ Tho Tidáni ghât is : 
cnlled the and the Geràdá ghát, Eohãyi. 

The síjnare cut is tenned Ãkobá Leââijun — the 
best cut recognised. The Diamond is designated 
f in Burmah by the word which is the Bnrmcae 

í for nrsenio, pcriiaps, on the p-ound of hoth posseg- , 
I BÍog the property of destroying animal iife. Thero 
I are no Diamond mines in Burmah, 



















* Ménik, 


Tdj! veiy red BpeciniÊiis of tlio Iluljy are called 
Memjit gmi khanu yanghe. Tbe ro$D-red oncs 
(oillcd Tâtiiyâug) aro not cousidcred so good. 
A*moi)totf, Ániji, and Âjiúleh are tlie díSerent natnca 
wlilcb fchô Ruby assumes accoríling to tlie degree 
of cxcellcncú wliicli its color possessos. 

Tlie foliowing are the namos by wliicíi íhc do- 
ftíctire varieties of tUe Ruby aro knowu:— 

Âi\fü(h (tliose tbat ha ve theír red color mixed 
with black) j Noh fthoso tliat have niüky imperfec- 
tioDs) ; Atje Zf>ye (íhoso that have tiieir color deep 
ÍD ono part, aud liglit in attothcr) i ÂUje le (tboso 
that havô no water); and 4íAo, (those tbat have do- 
fectíve waterí. 

Tlie Ruby mines lie at a distanco of ten days’ 
joumoy from Mandalay under th o mountaiiis in 
tbe northcrn pürtion of the country. The num- 
ber of raines lying tliero is throe; these are 
called Mono, Ka-de, and CliÃphín. Tho Mono 
tuines produee the best speoimens, and foreigners 
are intordicted access to them. Theso tninos are 
loBsod out to some of the ri oh pcople ef the coun¬ 
try. Sjiecimcns exceeding 1,000 Kupoes in 
value aro not allowed to be takon out of the 
country iritliout the knowledge of the Kitig; those 
tbat are sent out aro done so witti some stiaiagem 
or otber. Rubice in tUeir rougli state are ealled 
útjfiJi; wheii cut, they ate called Tãòiá; 
and wben polisbed but not cut, they are termed 















A rXlEAriifE OX OE»8. 



m 


Tanjin. The wei^lit of a Rubj non^ in the posses' 
sion of tho Elog is oqo Tical (ouo tolah^ sk anuas, 
and threo pies), 

mâ. 

The Híiiiies of tha best specimen of SappUire are 
Nild, ^iíhddâun (of tlio color of tlio witigs of tho 
bird known ia Burnmh as Mkhá), and Seijfamt 
(of a faint tinge of green). The Burmeao agreo 
wiUi líindusthani jewellerg as to what oonatitute 
tUe defects of thc Sapphire. 

The Topaz and the Sapphire come £rom tho saiue 
stock, and differ oal; in color. 


' 


Names of the nim predous Gems, 


English. 

Büemese. 

Diamond 

... Chein. 

Ruby 

... Budmiyá or Choni. 

Cat’a-eyo 

... Chãno. 

Zircon 

... Gomok. 

Pcarl 

Pa-lo. 

Coral 

Tadá- 

Emcmld 

Miyá. 

Topaz 

... Outfiyi, 

Sapphire 

... MIá. 


Jíurmcso jeirellera assert tlmt the sarae systetn 
of testing gema obtaíns in Slam as tbat which is 
odopted in Bmrnah. There appear to be no strong 
grounds for not acceptiug this statement. Síam 
^ras at one time aubject to Buroiab, haa íta Innguage 
somewímt similar to tbat of tlio latter coiintfy, 
and produces the same kinda of stonea as are found 






















Ui 


! 

í 

f 


^PFEífDICES 




ín Burmah, It stands to reaaoQ, tbcroforo, tbnt 
tliG Síamcsc sjstom of cxaminiag gems Í9 noò ua- 
]íko tbat of Burznali. 

Sappbirc mines bare rcceatly beca disco vcrcd ín 
tlie proTÍnces of Battambouej and Ciiantaboon ín 
Siam« 


CHINA AND JAPAN, 


f 

I regret tbat we could not obtain from tbo 

peoplc of Obína lÍTÍng at Calcutta sucb in- 
formation regardíng tbeir jcwcliy as ono mígbt 
dcsíro to possess. Tbe foir merchnnts wbo lirc nt 
; PoUock Stroot failed to give us any iníotmation. 
Our iuquiries, howeyer, met witb some saccess at 
8, Pollock Street, whícb tepresonts tbo flrm of 
Itlessrs. Hangpo and Co. Tlie gentlomon cooncctcd 
Tritb ihís Houso wcro inhabitants of Canton, and 
: wcro good cnougb to impart us such ínformation as 

tbey had at tbeir disposa). 

l'bo foliowing lines ombodj tbe rcsult of our 
iuquiries ut tUe above-mentíoned offico, supplo* 
mented such otbcr light as could bo gleaucd 
from histories and works of tiuveb 

Tho Topaz, Ruby and Sappbirc ore mostiy found 
in China. Tbe Topaz ts used bj all the noblemcn j: 
of tho country. The Cliincse Sapphiic does not 
possess as good “ water” as tbe Siamesc stonc, but 
j its color is pretty good. Tbo Diamond is observod | 

















A TIIEATISE OX QEllS. 



dia 






ÍQ certain portions of tlie Empire, but not ia largo 


quan titica. Tiio Cat’a-ey6 is a!so soraetimes seen. 


It ia soiaewbat blackiah ia coloi> and its lino" 
is aút partlciiiariy good. Tho Cblaese trado ja 
jpweliy wliich tivey briag from Iiidia nad America, 
The aeas about Chíaa aad Japaa nbound in CoralSj 
atid the ucighbouring p copio deal ojtoasírolj ia 
them. It Í3 customary ^vith the rich ia China to 
wcar costlj apparoi on blrth-day annircrsarioa. 
|i Such aa aro drcsaod ia rod woar tbo yoilov^ stoae, 
í.f.f Topaz ; sucli oa aro cia d ia ycllow uso tlio red, 

; jevrols, i.e,, Buby or Coral. 

Ftvo priaoipai goma are rccogaiaod in tho Chinos o 
rcligioa, viz., Euby, Diamondj Tcarl^ Ememldi 
and Coral. Tbo SàppUirc aad tbo Topaz aro clacsed 
witb tbo Euby—tbo díffereuco being in color only. 
Like tbo Eliadus, tbe Cbinoso bolievo ia tbo fact of 
tbese five gems being respectively prcsíded o ver by 
dilTerent deities. 

Tbo rich men in Cbiaa make uao of jeweis vrith 
a tíow ío prolong their lifc. Ia ordor to bring 
about good or to proTcut miscbíof bei Dg dono, somo 
people vrrap up tUc ílvo principal goms ia sraall bits 
of paper ia wbich are rcspootiyely wribtea tbo names 
of tlieir presidí ag plancts, togefclier witb tbose of tbe 
moon and of tbe tweaty-sevea stars, and suspond 
thoiu before tbe eatraaoe to tbeir bousos. Otbers 
biira tbo contenta of tbe papers and uso ti^eir ashes 
witb wines. Aceordiag to tbo laws of tbe oouatry, 
no oae could woar jcwola more precious tiian thoso 
























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APPÈSDjtCE»» 




uaed by tlic ro 3 -ftl famíly. It ia iclated that during 
tlie rcígn of Kiaking, KíoniluDg^ hís faTorite mi aí s- 
top, liad tile audacJtj to enter tbo palaca weariug a 
big, rnre Poarl ou liiâ pcraou. His body was backed 
into ten ibousand piecea, the wliole of bie estato 
confscated to Governiacnt, and hís fatnily all 
bauished out oí the Bmpíre. 

The Pearl ís tUe most favorite gem of the Chinesa. 
The liaad-fan ís ono of the indlapenauhle personal 
Draamcnts used by uohlemen on festivo oecasíons, 
and these fans aro invariably found to be studded 
Trith small Pearia. Sniali Pearls aro also used 
in the fri liges of umbrellas and in the body of tbe 
umhrellas themsclvoa. Tíioy enter loi^cly íato tbe 
workmanship of the red silk clotbs wliereon the 
rich men sifc, aa also into that of any apparol wbieh 
they uae for covering thcir body. Líke some other 
natioas, tlie Chincso use Pearia for medieioal pur- 
poses, chiedy with the object of obtainitig physical 
strength, Pearls of all shapea, sucb as tbo Pacific 
produces, are ofton set ía gold, eonverted into the 
figures of cats, doga, men, «fec., and pkeed in the 
Buddhíst templos and other sacred pkees. The 
skins of Pearls of a loas valiio aro somotimes put 
by tho ficíi over ivindoivs, lida of boses, handles 
of fatia, and frauics of pictares. 

China abounds in varions descHptions of marbles, 
Porphyry, Jasper, Quartz and other inferior stones* 
Japanyieldaa considerable omount of revenue 
to the Goveroinout by its mineral produets. No 


















A TAEATjaE 02f 


945 


DmmoQíIs ha ve beeu fouad in tZüâ placei but 
CarnelíanSi aud Jaspors aro mot with|—sotao of 
tliem of great Jfeacly a\l parts of Éiio coagt 

of Japa» supply Pearls, froqueatíy of great aízo nntl 
bcauty. 

Fcafl-ãsbories iii ^^rancbooría and Glaewhcre and 
sucíi like sourcos fiirnisb an importánt additioo to 
tUe Imperial rovenuc of China, 


JVrtOííí of (hs ninepreoiom Gema oa 


kfíOlOtt ift 

Ciiítton, 

EnOIíISH. 


CniNBSE, 

Diamond 

é-M k 

Cbunsyâk, 

Kuby 

1 -1 

... Sefláj-ugydk, 

Cat’s-eyo 


... Máojí "ãn. 

Zircon 


Pisí. 

Pearl 

V ■■ ■■ 

... Cbuntí. 

Coral 


Sán-bo-cbí, 

Etnemld 


... Lukflvát. 

Topflií 


... Silangayák. 

Sapphire 


... Cbángfiyák. 


AFGHANISTHAN.' 


gEAÍS and jeweb are in less nse among tbe 
peoplo of Afgbaniatban, Turkistan, and other 
eountríos In Central Asia, tban amoug otbor nationa 
in tbe contíneut of Â9Ía. Aa a conaeqnence, no 
Works exiafc on the subject of jowolry in Fualitoo, 


• From MouItío AHooI Hiiq, tlií «m gf iloIluJi ITibíbuJUL • loAmnl 
num in tb« caurt gf Kondul Xtua, Oorâmcr óf UkudatuK 

































AFrESDICES. 




Uie lauguügo of tlie Afglmn natioiis* Jeivels ate 
called m th is langofigo by tUo terra **jaháer/* 

Tlie exaramatíoa of gem$ is coaductod by sigbt 
ody by ' TífiM-oia aud Moaluiss of nota, and no 
nobleman ín tbís country trould purcUase any \ 
jçwels iritijout Consulting with tUani. It is tbo 
opinioti of theso conuoisaours tbat none but tlio 
TÍrtuous bas any ríght to tUe uso of jewels. 


Lájhnrud, Àkik, Pt>o;d {FerozÁ), and Smi 0 Sítth 
shíid are genorally found in tho country of the 
Afgbans, Tlie last raentioned stone is to be aeen in 
the City of CaudoUar. Kuby is found at Badak- 
sbao, but it ia far inferior to tbat of Burniab. 
Poari is called " Mutgulur'’ in Afglianisthan. Dia- \ 

nioud, Eraerald, Topas, Ruby, 2ircon and SappUiro | 

aro never boru iu tliía ooiintry, Tlioso stonos ! 
are kaoírn to tlio people by tlicir Poraian designa- 
tions, the Pnsbtoo language Iiavíng no ^rords to 
rcprescnt ibom. The Cafs-oyc is called by tUo 
Afgbans by the term. Tishi-Turii, but ífc is uot a | 
production of any mines iu th is country. 

Firojâ (Turquoise)—This stone is found in abund- j 

ant quantities. According to tho learued MokI- 
fjitfs, catamct in the cyes is cured Home timo aftcr 
a Turíjuoiae, set in a silver ring and dipped into 
wator, is applied over tbe parts aíTacted, the applí- 
cation being accompaníed by the clianting of tbe 
namo of the Almighty, 

Sitng Mukskãd —A very farorite stone wíth tbe iLf- 
ghans, and used by them for beads 













L TBrATJBB Cif GGlIB. 


- 

m ^ 




for counticg tlicLr proycrs. A 
rosary consisting of tbc best apeei* 
mcDã of tliis stone fetches £rom 
Ka. 200 to Ra, 2«>0 iu value* Tbo 
llakim» use tbia stoDO rubbed into 
a paste, as a remedy for cholera. 

Káhárhá —The color of tbís stone ia ycllow Hke tbat 
: of thâ Chómpá ilower, Tbís stoue 

is usod by tbe Afghaiis «s a capital 
ionic. Tbe Káhárhá ia found in 
Arábia and Egypt, and ts known 
to scll for frooi Hs, 3-8 to Rs. 10 
per toiah. It is used also for beada 
for loaarics. 

Mw^án —^Tbe CoraL It is given by tbe UaJcifns 
as a tonic, witb powdered gold. 

Lájburd —Color^ black, níth dota of gold on tbo 
surface. 'Tbe Sirdara and otber 
noblemen grind tbís stone into 
povrder and mia it witb tlie pnint 
with wbicU thcy ba vo tho walls 
of tbeic rooma painted. Wom on 
tbe ncck by young cbildrcn, tlie 
Lãjburd profecia them from 
ivitcheiy. It is also nsed for medi¬ 
cinal purposoa. 

Soletiiâfd —Renda for rosarles and fioger-rings aro 


inade out of this atone. Tbe 
Sotejíiánl bas tbe powcr of kcep^ 
ing oíF all eartldy woos if ít is j 



p—D 

















948 


AFFSSTDICES. 





kcpt in tliA houso, Xt losurcs 
ttie owner victory over bis encmíes. 
Mollãh^ of known miraculous 
powcra cnii give lífe to tbís stone 
by lucautatioDB, and caQj by mcana 
of sucli a stone, disenchant a 
person who might hare íalloiL 
'■ victim to ** witebery.” Ifc is said 

fJiat tbis stono can bo contímially 
kcpt alive ií it be put witliin a 
smal] bg^ in wbicli vcrmillion is 
tisually kcpt. 

Bukrásari/—^\\Q name of a stone found in BúituU 
mnkdudaa (Jerusalém), Color, 
wbite; weigUt, about 25 or 30 
maundls. Tbis stono is said to bo 
situated abovo tbe eartb and sus- 
pended ín etber. Tbo Afgbans 
inakc revcrcntial bows to tbo 
sitiiatíon of tbis stono. 

ÜHzur Aoaud —^The sacred stono of tbe Mabo- 


medans at Mecea. It is saitl tJiat 
tbe original color of tbis stone 
was wbite, and tbat tbo polluted 
toucb of tlio sínners coming fre- 
qnently on pilgrimago has render- 
ed it black. Tbe Hindus call f-bk 
stone Maeceávara JS'ivã —as it loobs 
somowliat like tbo phallus of 
JBàkádeva, 




















A TOEAtlSB OH OEUS, 





EGYPT.* 


;*HEN thc MahomedanJS unfurlcd fcbeir ban- 



nors, aad directcd their roligíous expoditiou 
from Mcoca to the West, they mtroduced tUc KQrân 
iiito Egypt, Tarkcy, Morocco and such otber 
couutrica oq either cimst of tbe Hoditerrancau as 
could bo sucoessfuUy brought uodcr subjcction. 
Tbe study of th© Aordit neoessarily involved tbo 
study of Aiubio, in wbicb language th© sacred book 
of tbo Mabomodaos ís composed, and uUimately 
Icd to tbo aiyetODiatíc cultiration of that langoagc. 
Gradual Ijj Arabic bogau to take deep root iu th© 
counlry and to b© blcnded ivítb luoal díaleots. It 
is not a mattcr of wouder, tlieiufore, tbat tb© 
languago used In uatuíng tb© varícties, defocts 
&c., of geais and jaivels by th© poople ©f Egypt, 
Timis, Morocco, Abysaiuia, and otb©r sucb 
placcs, ia partly Arabíc and partly local. Almost 
all tbe countríc© belongíng to tho Mabomedans or 
i originally conquered by them, Uave tbeír lauguag© 
based citbcr on Arabi© or Persian. 3£ost of tb© 
coun trica East to Pcraia ba ve bad Peísian for tbeír 
dialect. As ia ludia, Urdu is tbe icsult of tbe 
míjtture of Puraian with Hindi, &o tbcre ia in eoch 

I countiy, to tbo West of Peraía, a bybrid language 

* tlabimld nwaívwl f»]» Sayyld ku Eg^ptiia nivrcLiint, bt 

prmnt of Cai-cutto. 
























AFFÈm>lCEA. 


^.7 




wliicli ís & comUnation of Aiabic with tlie languago 
of the locality. As Uindusüiaaí jéwellers use 
Persian Gxpressíons in their dcscriptíouof jcwelry, 
so tbe Egyptiaas use certaíu Arabic tcfms in con- 
nectiou with tbe dcsígDatíon and esammalion of 
prcoious gems. There are some nrorks on jeí^elrj 
in Egypt, written in the modern dialect of tliat 
country. But tbe Egfptian MouhneÃ of the pre- 
sent day cannot enlighten us on tbe views held on 
tbe subjcct by the nnclent autboiities. 


(1) Ãfméz —Diamond. Tliis is the etrougest^ ligbt* 
est ín wcígbt, nndmost brClínnt, of 
all precíous stonee. Itis irídes- 
eent like tbe crystol prísm. It ia 
divlded into four cloasea of color ; 
viz.t white, yellow, black and 
red. The beat specimens of nll 
are tboac tbat are trbite like tbe 
j qnick-ailTer and veiy lígbt in 

j: weiglit. Tbo next in qualítj and 

valuo are tbe yellow ones. The 
black specimena are tbe bardest 
of all, and are of lesa ralue than 
' the yellow ones. The rose^rcd 

í varleties are pretty good. 


The prcsence of n kind of ioscct of tbo appear.* 
ance of black dots inside a Diamond constitutes 
ono of tbo dcfects of this stone. 

The nso of the Diamond with gold im parta to 
tbo wearer hcaltb and Tigour. 























A ^BEAt-JSX Oy flEHS. 


sâi 




TUc JBedúrí is paloicd oS on ignorant customers 
as tlie Diamond. It loolcs esactly like tbe DiV 
mond, Jjut is of Teiy littie monetary value. 

(2) Záiá —Euby. Color, red. Tlie Lálé is a 
warm and diy stone. Its color is 
dírided into four classes, each closs 
being designated & líancâzá. Tlio 
very liglitest color is called tho 
fírst Darwâíáf <a littlo deeper 
color is termed tho second Daf-^ 
indzà ; still doeper* tlie third Dai*- 
mâzâ ; and tbo deepest oi all^ tbo 
fourth Daniíázá, Tbc Lardness of 
tbc stono is proportionato to tlio 
deptU of its color. 

The foUowing aro the defecta 
of tho Büby'Very da^aliug 
color; éudhá (fissures); «mifá 
(stady imperfectíons) ; and tiákas 
(very light colorj, 

Tbo nobility prepare Suraid 
from tliis stono. Tbe Euby takcn 
witb mâjoom (electuariesj adds 
strength to the body, 

The Gúmeda somotimes passes 
mustor for the Euby. 


(3) Yécitt Jjru/—A variety of the Euby. Tho ■ 
qualitiss aod imperfoctions are to j 
bo judged by tbc same rulcs as | 
are appllcable to the Euby. 



















ArfSKDlCES. 



052 




(4) Yáeut M/ttr —^Tlus Btoue is diviúed iuto thrco 

claj^cs; vis., Js/ur (y«llow); Jài- 
yiid (wbitc); aad KAdmnrí (rose- 
red). Tlic quaUties atid úup«r- 
fcctions of this stooe are tbc 
Bamc £ta Üiose of tbe llubj. 

(5) Lélàhü —An inferior Toriefy of tbe Euby. Tiie 

samo rulcs as to quolities and im- 
perfcctioDs as are applicablo to 
tbe Euby Loid good os rpgardB 
this stone. 


(6) Zumitiurtiid —^Tbe Emcrold. Its color is 
Sâdekul kudár, i, c., very green. 
Liko tbe Kubj, it is divided into 
fouT Darwázáa, Ibo fact tbat 
. a. serpent imiuediately falis to 

licking a real Emcrald aa soou as 
it bappcns to como ocross it, is 
I tbe best tcst for a irue spçcioien. 

Tbe externai use of au Eiuerald 
secures to tbo wearer unbounded 
influence ov^er mankind, 

Tbo Zuburznd is sometimes 
místaken for tbe Emcrald. Its 
color is green mixed iritb jellow. 

( Sâjhur, a stonc of a green color 

mixed witb black, is agnin some^ 
times mistakon. for tbc Zubarzud. 
Tbe intenial uso of tbis stone 
I (rubbed into a posto), neutralises 


í 

t 




















Á TIlIÍATr^E 02Í OEMS* 


«53 ‘ “J 


tliâ eâects of p6Í80iL J}ãr-€-iiu- 
jnf, a white stone, U sometímes 
pnsscd oif as the Jiéjhur, It Uos, 
liowever, no pkco m jewelr^. 


(7) Litlvh —The Pcarl. It is MãMup orkOj fn., 


Gonsistmg of tlirce scalcs; Tukil^ 
biijam, ie., hcaTy in nrcight ; aod 
Jjantokoías, i.e,t round. Tlio bcst 
specimens ara tbose that are 
Supak{/t (c)ear) and ^biyut 
(whitn). Tliose tliat are Ã^ur 
Al-hâmârt or yellow witli a tingo 
of red, bcloag to tho second 
Barieâzá, To the Ihird Darwázd 
belong tboao that are or 

white witb a tingo of black. 


Peorls are fonnd at Batmrin, a 


placo near Bussorali. 

The Pearl has tw-o cuta ; the Bamúkolíia or 
círcular-siiapcd» and tíio Atâittl ^Sttttfídd) or tho 



TJio absonce of any of íhe íjualitíea enumeratcd 
above conatitutes a defect of tbe Poarl. 

Tho Pearl-powder takon rritb clectnnries streng'- 
tlieus tUc body and atida lustuce to lhe eyes. 

(8) Mttijãn —^The Comí, It ís found in the acas, 


in lhe shapo of a tree. The hest 
specimens are tUosc that are vcry 
red, vory Lard, and vciy in 




















«51 




weight, The degrce of the inferi- ■ 
ority of the Coral is proportionate 
wllh tbe lightness of its color. Thé 
Coral Is called Yuseri or Ilakili- 
KulbdAârf ^hen ita color ie black. 

Cut open thc top of a lemon^ and put a piece 
of Coral insldc, and tben corer up the opcning with 
a paato of claj. Fut thia lemoa undcr firo for somo 
timo tíU it gots wliite iTÍth burning. Tako it outt j 
and after grlnding tho stone wcll, uso it as a Sunné 
for the oyes. lUixcd trith eleotuaríes, and taken, 
tho Coral gives great pbjáícal strengtL 

{í>) Ydméni —Tbe red specinieas bolong to 

tbe Srst class i thc yollow ones to 
tbe second. The green ones aio j 
known as the Aniaa i tbc hlack 
ones, as tbe Solemánís and tho | 
ash-colorcd ones, as the GuH —tbo | 

trorst variety. Guri is, in Am- 
hic, tenued tbo Sélf. 

An extmordinaiy spccímcn of 
a sky-bluc Cat'5-eyo has heen 
presentcd to ihc author of this | 
Work by Sayyid Abbdá, formerly j 
an EgyptJan merchant but now a \ 
íahir, This stone hod been pro- 
sentcd to the Sayyid by an Amb 
Prince, as a reward for his pro- 
ficicncy in playíng upon tho musi- I 

cal ínstrument Sarod, ; 



















K 


A TAE.iTI$Z OH 




n 


Ttiere are a tliousand difForent kinds of stoaes, 
Lub tlieso are not takea mto accouab in jewclry, 
Names of íhe Nins Precioua Getuí. 



EjfGLun. 

EOTPTlASr. 


1. 

Diamond. 

Almdsh. 

Almásh, 

2, 

Euby. 

Lálá, 

Yácut. 

a. 

Cat’s-eye, 

Áyinulhir, 

Avinulhir. 

m 

é. 

Zircon. 

Láládu. 

Ldlâdil. 

5, 

PcacL 

Luluh. 

Komis, 

6. 

Coral, 

Hurján. 

Murjáa, 

7, 

Emcrald, 

Iluzrul or 



Ziimmurud. 

Zumurrud. 

8. 

Top az. 

Yácut Asfur. 

Yácub Asfur, 

9. 

Sappbirc. 

Yácut Ajrak, 

Y"âcut Ájtufc* 


KOBTH 

AND SOUTH 

AMERICA. 

JTinE rtdes as to tho testing and valolng of pre- 

^ doua stones in the New World aro not tbo 

B^Dio in nll coun trios that it 

emhodíos. Thoae 


placcâ tliat liave l>eea ori^ínallif coloniscd or Í 3 still 
possessed by tlie Brítíah are guidcd by tho BrltisU 
standard of testíng jcwelry: those tbat beloog 
to the JFrcnch, Dutcb, Hanisb, or Spanisb, ara 
amenable to the law^ of tho rrapcotire atates to 
whicb they bclong; and so on. The republica 
haro the satne laws as to íhe use *.ad identificatioii 
of prccious stones as obtain in the couatries whoae 
inhabitants form tho bulfc of tlieir populatíon. 






















flDC 


Tlio aljoriginal natives, whoso numbcr is gradu- 
ally gotting le83> delight iu Pearls and Corais, 
witU Trbicli tUey havc been known to decorato 
ihemselres. 


ANTARTICA AND POLYNESIA. 


INTAUTICA, wbich reprcscnts tho group of 
islands lying witUin or aear tho Autartic 
Circlc, and Polynesia, whích consists of a vast 
muUitude of sroall islonda scattercd over tbe Pacific, 
havo tiot bccn much known to us as containiog mines 
of ony precious stoncs* Thcso aro inbnbitcd hy 
Tvild pcoplo, most of tvbom tattoo their bodics and 
docoiato tbcmselves witb sculls and pieoes of bonés 
fitmng togetber. 


AUSTRALASIA. 


3TIHE Britisb posacssions in Australasia are Ans- 
* tialía, Tasmania, New^ Zcaland, Norfolk 
Ishind, Anckknd Islcs, and Chatbam Isles. The 
inhabitants of thcso colonica are, for tbe most part, 
Britisb, and are, conscqnently, subject to tho same 
rnles for the identification and valuation of jewels 
as obtain in the mother-countiy. 
















Ji rUEATJSE osa 


MALAYSIA. 


consists of tbe islands tliat aro gcneraEy 



rcckoned os bclonging to ibe Eoatern Arcbi' 
pélago. Tlio abortginal iuhabítants of thcso Islands 
aro cbieily I^lalajcse and partl^ Papuas or Ocoanic 
NegrocSj wbo are altnost completo aavages. Somo 
of tbeso islands aro forcígn possossions; portíons 
of Java and Sumatraj for instance, bclong to tbo 
Duteb: tbo Fbilippmo Islands, to Spnin; Labuan^ 
on tUe West coast of Eorneo, to tbe Englísb, and so 
forth. Tbe modo of tosting and valuing jewols 
and of using tbem in tbeso places is pártlj tbo 
samo as obtain in. tho countrícs from wbich tbo 
colonísts bave respectively settled, and partly a 
ini:£turo of tho ralos tbat are in use ín Eurmab, 
Siain, Ceylon, Indía, and other ncigbbouring coau- 
tries. Borneo is known to contain Diamond 
mines. 


CEYLOÍÍ.* 


HE jewcUcrs of this eountry aro callod ChuMãs 



^ by tbeir brotber fprofessionais of Índia. As 
tbe jewellers of Hindustban use for thcír languago 
of jewels, Simskrít, witli a' mücfure of Urdu, lo- 
getber witU tbo dialccts of tbeir respectivo localiíios, 
so tbe Cingnleso í?/í«bíÍ!ínse Sanskrit witb n raixture 


* fícm Ahm iiJ SilAlkAtLiil!£ Sshnbt a CíogitlMa jflWeUer. 














JlPlESmiTES, 







of Páli (tlieir national langunge), togetlicr with 
tlie provincial dialccta of tUe people* In Ccylon, 
Tvorks on jewelty ín tlio Píííslanguago can, if scarcU* 
ctl for, bô met wUb. Wo have, fortim ately, been 
áble to securc a copy of a Cingolesa work on atoocs 
—callod Eaitia Farihliá — composed in tUe Fâli 
languagc. iVliat we proposo to give liere ís not, 
Lowevcr, tbe roproduction of views cmmciàtcd in 
tliis Work. Tbe viewg orally received from Cinga- 
lese jewellera of lhe day form tUe aubject of our 
prcaent noticc. 

Nine precious stoues aro rccogníscd in Sanskrít 
aothoritics, whoreas eight stones aro reckoned as 
tbe principal ones by the Chuliái of Ceylon— 
Gomcda being rarely usad ia the country, and not 
considcred o a belonging to Üie closs of íAo prccious 
fitones. The term " Ratnam" ia used as a general 
dcsignation for jewela, Most of the namcs of the 
stonca ara based on Sanskrit and uscd aà such both 
by the Híndn and jllahomedan jeivellcrs of tlio 
conntry. Thus : Híraka ia called Bajrain; Májiika, 
JIáfiikyam; Kílam, Kílam; Vaídiiryya, Vaid- 
úryyam; Pushparílga, Piisliparâgam; itlamkata, 
PucUche; Muktd, Muttn; Prabála, Pagalam. It 
rrill ba obaorved that tho flrst four words are exacb- 
ly Sanskrit; th o £fLh ia a local díalcct; and the last 
three are Fáli, a corruption of the Banskrit, 

Jíajram —The Diamond. Tbia atone boa been known 


to possess tbe same fonr varielíes 
of cobr as aro rccogníscd by 














^ TltÉ^TlSE ON GEU9. 


! Sanskrít authorities; nis., wLite, 

; 1>lack, rcdj aad jellon*. The whíte 

I apccítneiis are callcd "Vairúppú 

Vairflin the b)ack onos, “ Karppú 
Vniram;" tbo red Tarictics, “ Sa- 
karppú Vaimmand the yellow 
oncsj “ifadliú Vornam.” The 
Chuliás ncktiondcdge the eame dc- 
fects of the Diamond as jewellere 
of otliercountríos, StieíiDiamonds 
I as haTe black spots nboiit them ^o 

by the name of *'Karttupúlí 
thosq ttiat have hlack strcaks oro 
called “ IdkaL*' Of nll dofects 
of the Diamond, the ah ove t^vo aro 
the most important. Ifo Hindu 
Cingalese woidd ever consent to 
kccp in his íionse a Diamond 
havingblack streaks over it. The 
pcoplo of Ceylon ha ve on idea 
that the Ooddess of Portune 
nercr resides iu tlic Iiome of ouo 
who keeps ia it a Diamond havieg 
any of the tivo dofects specified 
as ahove, 

Mtínityam —The Eubj, By the teim Mãnikyam^ 
the Chttliâs mean snch stones as 
havo tho color of the pure, trans- 
pareat blood issuing afrosh from 
\ tho body of a boaithy anímal. 



















OflO 



ArPEVIMCEâ. 



The ordinaiy varietios of the 
Euby are callcd Sappú” by Ma- 
Iiomcdan jewellers and " Gambu” 
by the Hindus. ** Carlinum” (Car- 
ncHanr) is tbe cama applied to 1 
such specimens as Lave a tinge of 
I bkck in tbem j and *‘Mancba/' to 

such as bave a dash of jellow 
iu them. According to íhe Chit- 
{ida^ the spotless specimens only 
are entitied to bo kept in tho 
Koyal Treasury. Others are pro- 
duettre of no good to the posses¬ 
sora tUereof, lhe **milky im- 
pcrfcctions” in tho Ruby aro call- 
: ed *' koblLnk" by somo, and Nas- 

le” by otheTS, 

: ilTi/ani atiã JPasJtjiaráffa —The Sapphire and tho 

Topaz. The defccts ia theso etones 
are j udged hy tho same standard 
as apply to the teatlng of the 
Kuhy, 

J^udichC ' — Tho Emcrald. The Chuitda divido tho 
Emeraltl into two classes viz., 
the old and tho ncw. The former 
i specimens go hy the namo of i 

! * Hindiittttaflí jeweUei™ íJíM Jívtde íÍiõ EmemilJ into two cliiísne.% 

' Thfm bórn in tjM olil raiQe* are uoiéíl for iUmr íiTOf^areníj^llié tleptli | 

flf theír çol&ir wnú tba íPEirítj í>f thfif «nter. Thò»a thnt bt# founil j 

In tíift naÍDM rmther Itiaa tlMp in ooIp^ lesa traníipflFenl^ cúiitain | 

piTD ffâtfirp Riid haiV4?^ ÍDet«[iá of thâ eolor üi iba cóI^j (^edg^ í 
|; wliAt of a biLi€kÍBb tmga Lu wnio of tlie speoLDiGua. | 

k_ 

















A TBSATISE o;; OEUS. 




** Param Puclicliutlio latter, by 
tbat of ** Pu<]u Pacbcbô,” 


Pí<íWííryya«i—Tho Ciagalese are great admircrs of 
euch specímcns of tbo Cat’a'cyo as 
Laro tbe surface of a goltleacolor. 
Sucb apccimcDS aro caüod Punya- 
ban Vaidúryyam. Thoso stooos 
tbat baro a black surfaco aro 
stjflcd “ Kariiúl Vaídúryyara/' 
The Chulíd^ call tbo “W iu 
tbe Cat’a-eyo by tbo same tcrin 
(ÍMí) as is used by Hiadustbaiii 
jeTw^ellors. iTaliko tbo HiaduS' 
thani jcwcllers, tbe Ilíadu ChuUds 
attach some ralue to tbe biack 


Tarletics, Dod none wbatevcr to tho 
sinoke-colored and partí-colored 
epccitnena. Tbo dcfcctívo speci- 
mona aro called “Tarbun’' and 
tbose tbat contaia no *'Jtiics'’ aro 
kiiown as "Atnonul.” 

MuitJi —Tbo PearL Tbo CAwíídí aro at ono witb 
otber autboritiea ia tbo testíng 
and in pronouncing upou tbe 
nioríts and defecta of tbo Pearl. 
Tho good, round, transparcnt 
Pearls oro called Áuimnttu ; tho 
blackish specimons, ]ldne'u; tho 
yoUowisb oneSj CbiUír; tbe vory 
smoH varietiea, Tnr; lho deformcd 











ATfElTDlCES, 




fipecimcQS, Ansâr ; fiud tlio ones 


uscd for medicinal purposes, Mád'L 
The Sujai cut is known. by tUe 
mune of Krayal; tbe best cut, 
by tUat of Áníkrayal, and tiie 
worst cut:, by that of Kliáráp 
Krnyal. 

The soas ahout Ccylon abo and 
in FcarbíiâhGries. The se Pear Is 
aro brought orer to índia and 
Eold by thc CAulid^, who inke away 
Emerald, Vaidúiyya and eueb 
othor stonès as are not found ín 
abundance or Ibund at oU, m 
Ccylon, wlicrc they sell them to 
great advanfage. 


Pa ff alam —^The Coral, It is divided into two classes ; 


The líght-colorcd specimoas aro 
called and tlie colorcd 

onos, “Kappu.” The black vario- 
ties are called '‘Kul-Ii Kappu;*’ tho 
drop'Sliapcd ones, *' Tari Kumbu/’' 
or and tlie dcfectÍTe 

onea, " Kim chasi." The Pearl and 
tho Coral aro soM in Ceylon by 
Ttilas and J)á&iat. The V'ild 
Cingalcsc never use a Coral that 
ig not dorective. They labor under 
an imprcssíon that genoine Corais 
cannot but bo defcctive. 
















â TIíEiTiSE OH OElffi. 


c 

L 

--■ i: 

ZuhuTzud-^CoMeá. iti OeyJon ** Puchclie Maraka> 
tam/' and tbora reckonod aa a 
Toriefcy of tlio Eniorald. 

Good specímens of tho Euby aro rarely met 
witli in Cojlon, Diamond bas aometímca beon 
found in Eome of tho old mines, Tho Bapphíro and 
tho Topaz oro to be bad m ahundanoo. GencraUy 
spoaMng-, eolored stonca are íenned " ímif' if thoy 
hare tlieir color doop ia some portiona and light ia 
othors; " Sughar/’ if tbey bayo their color rcry 
lígliti '*Eáttdbák/* iftbüir" water” is impuro; 
and “Nfrbák/* if tbey possoas a rery good " water*’* 






























THE 


CHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF PRECIOÜS STONES, 


Eei?!: Emerald. 

Combination of glucina, silica, and alumina. 


QIucíhei 

Emtraldk 

12-fiO 

23etyL 

isao 

Sílicn 

eS'&0 

33-43 

Aluminn 

35'75 

16-73 

Oxido of Chromo ... 

0-30 

0-00 

Oxido of Irem 


0-60 

Lime 


0-60 


Sp. Gr. «-76 to S'73. H, 7’6—S. 

Natiye form; a boxoJiedral prism termináted ín a 
aÍK- 3 Íded pyxamid^ imbcdded ín a Toin of mngncsian 
limcstone travexfiing liomblendo rocks. Cotour: 
Emerald, grasa-green; Beryl, Hgbt green, tinged 
more or less witb bluo. 


Calcedony 

Conâíat3 of sílica and alumina. 

Sílica. ... ■.* S 4'0 

Alumina ... ... 13'® 

Sp-Gr. ae. H.=7, 

Agate, Holiotrope, Onyx, PlOBina, Satd, are all 
varieties of Calcedony difíèrontly colouxed by me- 
toUíc oaidcs. 

Nativo fonn; boLryoidtU (grapo-bio) moasos ; but 
more fre<iuetitJy found la roUed pobbles. 















K 


A TEEAitSE ON QEllS. 


t)3C 




Diamond 

Puro carbon. Sp. 6r, 3‘5G (inferior to tho Sap* 
phíre), 

Hardncssí>l(}, the higlieat ín tlie ocale. Híghlf 
electrio by fríction. 

NatiTO fona r An octaliodral e:^ata!, ilsonHy mo- 
diãdd by tbo oblitcratíoa of tbe anglca and edges; 
fonnd mixed with gold-duat in a bord forrngÍDOtia 
concretod grarel. Colour; puro whitOj ofton ting- 
cd with yollow,, rod, blue^ &c. 

Gamot. 

Combination of a süicato of the protoxído of irou 

with aiilcatc of alumína. 

Sílica Sã'7& 

Alumba ... ... E7‘25 

Oiide of Irou ... ... 30’00 

Oxide of Mnogancse ... 0' 

8p. Gr. 4-3. H. 6-5 to 7*3. 

The natire garnet (AlmandiaoJ is not electrío hy 
fríction, but whcn polisbcd and facetted 1 havo 
found by experíment that it becomca liighly ao. 

Nativc form: a rhombio dodecahedron, imbcdded 
in mica^slatc; oJao loose in tbo carth. Colour: 
daih rod, aometimes purple, 

Lapia-Lazuli. 


Sílica 

490 

AliimiDa 

110 

Lime 

100 

Soda 

8-0 

Oicideof Lwn 

4*0 

Mo^ncBÍa 

3-0 

SiilpliarÍG AciJ ... 

a-o 

Sp, Gr. ^'95. HardDCBS 

snOicicnt: to scratch j 


K. 

















9G0 





Fouud massivet but sometimcs ín rliombic dodo- 
cahedrons. Colour: puro azuro. 

Opal. 

Combínation of ailica and wator. 

Silioa ... ... 90'0 

Water ... ... 10’0 

Sp, Gr, 2'9, líarincaa not to stríke firo with eteel. 

Found massÍTe imbedded in a dccompoaod por* 
pbyty and ín trap^rocka. Colour, inilkj, but richly 
iridesoent. 

Ferídot: OhiTsalite. 

Combinntion of tnagnesia, sílica, and pcrojside of 
iron, 

Mãgacsia ... 43‘& 

Silicix ... ... 30'D 

Oxide~of IrOD ... ... 19*0 

Sp. Gr. 3*3—3'5. H. = 0*5—7. 

Primary form: a rígbt priam, with rectangnJar 
bases; but oceurs moro freqnenfcly in rounded erys- 
tallinc inasscs. Colour; green, more or lesa inl^ed 
\rith yellow. 

SappMre; Ruby: Oriental Topaz. 

Furo alumina, colottred &01Q odmixture witb 
oxido of iron. 



Sopphtre. 

jRiifjp. 

Alummft 

... 98'3 

90t> 

Limo 

0Í5 

0*0 

SLlic^ 

00 

7*0 

Oxide of Iroíi 

10 

1*2 


Sp, Gr. 8*09. HnTdocsH only iBÍorior to thc diamoncl, 
Highly clectHa 




















A TRtiATríB OK oms. 



Nativo form; six-sidcd prism varionslj tcrmia* 
ated, Lut moro froquently fouad in roUed masaea. 
Colours r Llue^ Vlood-red^ and yellow. 

8pinel and Balais. 

Combination of aliimíaa and magnosía, colourcd 
rod bj a minuto admixturo of cbromic acid, or 
blu 0 by tho protoside of iron. 



Sttí, 

Blue, 

Alumína 

74‘50 

74-eô 

Mngncsia 


14*03 

Sílica 

15 50 

5*45 

Lime 

0*75 

0-00 

Frotexido of Iron 

1‘50 

44 

Sp* Of. 3'IS* 

H.*S. 



Nativo form : tbe perfoct octahedron, like tlie 
díamond, and BÍmilísrly modlfied. Colour; Spíncl, 
rod, or slightlj tinged with cinnamou; BalaÍ3j pato 
ro30 or lilac. 


Topaa. 

Combination of alumina, sílicaj and fluorio aoid. 

jOríirtí- Scaonff. 

Alamíoa ... 47*5 A0'O 

Silicji ... 4t’5 35'0 

Fluofíc Acíd ... 7'0 5'0 

Sp. Gr. 3‘49 to,â'56. H.=3. Higíilj dectríc by frictíon. 

Natire form: prísm with tlio sides deppiy atrí- 
ated, and tho enda rcty variou sly terminated. Co¬ 
lour : viuous ycUow. 

Tnrquoise. 

Considered by Piscber to bo oníy clay colourod by 
oztda of coppcr; but Jabn noíices— 















AmNSICBS. 




Ahimina 

73*0 

Qxidcof Copper 

4-5 

Oxide of Irou 

4-0 


18-0 

Sp. Gr. 5Í-8—3'0- 

H. 5 te C. 


Occurs ía kídcej^sbapcd masses, asuallj kotijO' 
idal, or mimillated. Golour: blue. 


Zircon. 


CambÍDation of zírconia and sílica, 

Jaeiatht JarifQon, 

ZÍTCont» ... 70<0 66'0 

Sílica ... 25‘0 31'0 

Oxide cl Ircn 0*5 íi'0‘ 

Sp. Or. 4*5 to 4*7. H. 7'5. 


Frimary fom: rUomboidal octakedron^ modified 
likc thc díamondj bat all its anglcs set obliquei;'. 
Colour : oraDge, sometimes whlto. 


The test of relaüve bardness ia a. very Important 
One for asccrtaÍDÍng tbe spccícs of prccious atones. 
on account of tho facílity of ila Application, Ita 
priudple ia tbo fact tbat tbe na tive crystal of an; 
speciea irill scratch all in thc scole bclow itaelf, 
Thus tbe Diamond, atandíng higUest (10.) scratches 
all tbe rest Tbe following is the roceived scalo: 
9. Coriindum: Sapphiro, lluby; 8. SrazílLan Topaz^ 
7. Kock-eiystoi; 6. Adularia; 5. Asparagua-stone; 
4 Fluor Spar, &a 

Xtie teat of tbe relatÍTe speciSc gravity of tbe 
diíTercnt species, a criterion upon whicli our modem 
nuaenüogists lay so much stresa, and. which tbcy 


















à TBEATÍg^ DN GE3Í0. 






claim os 3 , díBcoTory of tbeir owDj was well known 
and reaorted to by tho Peraian jewcllers síx oen- 
turies ago» Qnd íf tben, doubÜcsâ at a mucli eaflier 
dato. 

Ben j^an3iir’s notico of tliis point is ao cnrious 
00 to demand ita insertioii at isngth :—** Of tbo rc- 
lations of ccrtain prccious atonea to otbors. Abtt 
Mhan protonds to havc discovorod by oxpcriment 
tbat one miscal of tbe Bliie Jacut stands ia cqual 
proportlon witb fíTO dank and tbrce iitSit of tbo 
Eed Jacut; witb firo dank and two and a balf 
iimi of tbe Loal; witb foui dank mínus ono fiasu 
of Coral; and witb four dank míona two imtt of 
of tbe Onjx, or of tbe Ciystal. 

“ Tbo metbod uscd foc tbe ínTestigatiou of tbe 
wcigbta and dImcnsLons of goma ía tbe following. 
Tbey take a bowl filled witb water, and tlirow tbe 
stoncs singly into tbe same. Tbe quantity of watcr 
tbot tbrougii tbe ítnmersion of eacb separate atone 
flows ovot tbe bowl occupies tbe spaoe of tbe same. 
God knowetb bost 1 ’* 

in m SpAÍn^S. lí li iha qiuT^ 

íor cr ths flixth a dcitdliiu Tbe qe â groiiu cf birlD^+ Thü 





















TABLE OP “VTEIGHTS AMD PATTERN3 

o« n» 

LARGEST KNOWM DÍAMOS 
OTHER PIIECIOUS STONES. 


'‘Tlie Küog of Fortugars/* aa large as a ben's 
egg, pea-ehapcd, sllglitljr concavo on one ^íile; co* 
lour^ dcep yôUow, and suspected of beíng a Topoz, 
uncut; wôíght, 1680 oor. (Afftwe.J 
*‘Tlie Bajah of Mattan^s,'’ foand at Laudak ia 
1787, oncut, 3G7 oar. 

*'Tliâ MizamX'* fonndat Goloonda, uneut, 340 


car. 


*‘Ttie Groat MogulV’ feund at Conlonr; weiglit 

in the rongh, 7Ô7|^ car.; cut as a rose^ 280 oar> 

»‘Tlie GreafcTable,” seen by Tavemier atGoloond 
Sn .1642; weigbtj 242| car. It woa on selo for 
5,00,000 mpees, he bade 4,00,000 for it in toíd. 

“ The Begeat,** found »t Puteal, in the rough, 
410 car., eut os a biiUiant, 136^ cer. 

''The Orlolf,” Indian cnt as a rose, 103 car. It 
ha 9 a faint yellow tinge. 

"The Star of the South/' found at the Bogageni 
mine, Brazil, by a (18á3)í ín the rongh, 

254^ cor.; cat as a hrillíant, I24j- cor. The stono 
has a decided tinge, some say of rose, others, of 
yellow* 

"The Koh-i-noor," Indían eut, but retaining 
neorly ita uative wcight, 186^ car.; re-cut (18G2J aa 
a brilliant, 1Ú2A car,. 
















A theatisí dn 6eiis> 




” Tlie Gratid Duke of Tuscanj," sometímes namod 
" TUe Austrian”; cut as a double rose, 139^ car. 
Ita colour is a decidod jcUow ; and tbere is a tra- 
dítton tbat thc stonc wos boug'ht for a trí£e as a 
mero coloured crystal at a jeweiler’s in Tlorcnco. 


"Tiic Sliah’' (Rússia), a ]ong prísm,. retaitúng 
many of its nativo faces, 95 car, TVliat grcatly adds 
to ite intorest ís a Persian iascription cut upou it 
Rougbt of CbosroGS, Abbos Mii'za's yoútigest soa. 


TLo Nassack” (fcboMarqiiis of Westrainster's\ 
captured from tb e FeislifraU of th o Malirattas ; In* 
dian cut, S9£ oar., n pcar-sbaped stouc, rc-cut as 
a briiliant in London, 73 1 car. 


** Tlio Figott,” SSJ car,, was disposcd of by lot- 
tery in London (1601) for 30,000?, Tlic pveseut 
owncr is not kuowa. 


“ Itr. Dresdon’fi Diamond,'* from Erazil (1860), 
lieart-sbapod, a sbailow brilliant, 76^ car. 

‘^Tho Empress Rugèjii©’s,” a brilliant, Cl car, 

*' The Fasha of Egypt*s," a brilliant, éO car. 


« Tbe Dutcb,” 30 car. 


‘*Hope’s Clue Biomond,” suspecíed to be tbat 
of tbe Frcnch regalia (stolcn in 170'3), and tben 
wclgbing 67 car., and afteraards re-cut as a brib 
liant to its preacnt weight of 4á| car, Thia was pro- 
bably at its origin the stonc '^d*iin bcau violot,” 
weigbing in tli© rougb 113A car., but día- 
advantagoously sbnped, being Hat and tliio, brought 




















APFEXJ>[C£ 9 . 


972 


f 

í 



froni Indía by Tavcruier, and aold to Louis XIV, 
ia 1ÕC8. 


‘^The Polar Star/’ (Princess TasaopoiiiF,), a bril* j 
llaut, 40 car. 

'*Tlie Treasury of Dre3dea's,’' emerald-green, 

31| cnr. 

“Hatp1ica’s Hoac-colourcd," 22^ oar. 

** Prínco de la Riccia*^/’ rose-coloiired, 15 car. 

"Paul I/a/' raby-coloürcd, 10 car. 

“ Tagore Brilliant,” about 43 car. 

" Aruadbatf.** 


&o.^ &c., écc. 


Mawo also mcnlions os belonging to tba Portu- 
gueso croTTo two otlier diamouda, rouglij of great 
beauty; tbo ono veígliing 215 carats, the otlier, a 
little less. Roth wcrc íbund ín Üae river Abaytè, 
to tlic east of tUo district of Síinaa Geraes, ^7 
tbree mon banisbed iuto tbe iutcdor. Pealdes tlicsc, 
ho uotíoea two ncarly pcrfcot ootabedrons, of 134 
and 120 carnfcs eacli> And to conclude, tbo State 
waístcqat of Joscpb I. Iiad tifoaty buttous, oacb 
a single diamond worüi 5,000 i. 

The largcst known Etoerald is tbe Devonshíro, 
two inebea in diameter, and of tbe finest colonr r 
not cut. It carne froai tbe AIuzo tníuej Santa Fé 
di Bogotá, and was purebased liy tbo Duke from 
Don Pedro. 


















A TREATI^E 0» OBUS. 


- 


u 

Tiiâ lar^est Sappliiro lins got ita naroo, “Tlio 
Wooden-spooQ-seller^s/' from tlia occupation of tlio 
man who foaud it, in Bengal. It is aiso calletl tbe 
** lluepoli*' after a former owner» Lozcnge-sliapecí, 
with bíx facíes, 132tV carafs, It was boiigbt by 
i Perret, a Persíau jeweller, fof 170,000 francs 
(6,800 /,) Now ia the Musée ile Jliaéralogíe, wliick 
possessos anatlier of rarc beauty, measuríng 2x1^ 
iuchos. 

Tho largost Peari in tUe irorltl is beyond all rival- 
ry tho “ Ilope,^’ jroighing 3 ouaces, and 2 incUes 
decp by 2|- la circumfcronoo at tbe lafgor end. 
It is pear-sbapod and of a dark opalízod huc. It is 
moutitad for a pendant in a crown-inip criai of five 
Tcrtical bara act wiüi brUliants upon a líning of 
Crímson cnamcl, ivilh a gold border of omamlds, 
sappbiros, and rubios. 

Tbo largcst Cafa-oye (aiso tlw " Hopa") is hemi- 
spberical, inches in diametor ; and formcrly vraa 
tbe grent príde of tbo iíing of Candy, from wliam 
it was captured in 1S15. It bns been oelebrafed 
: for mony ages, and a|ipears to bc the one mentioned 

by Ribeiro lu bis “ History of Ceidon," ns nt Uiat 
timo (iGtb century) belongiag to tíie Priiico of Rra. 
It is mounted ín niassy puro gold, sct with cabo- 
ebon rubies in tbe Oriental manner. 

Tbe largcst Ruby eTcr sccn Ín Europe is tbat 
presented by Gastavus III. of Swedcn to the Csa- 
riua, upon his visit to ber in 17 í7. It eqnal in 














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■bulk to a fimall Iioa^s cgg, and ia of fino colour. 
Thís was the síze of fiudolf Il/a, nlrcadjr quotcd^ 
and thcrcforo mu st weigh at Icast 100 camts. Tiio 
litghest woigbt of tliose aoen ia índia by Tayeniícr 
did not oxceed 50 carats. Kono in tlie Freuah 
galia weighed abovc 8 tV carata. 


Gâneral Kemarks upon thc term ** CaiatJ* 

TLe Word Carat is probably derived from thõ 
namo of a beatii tho fruit of a spqciea of Er^tliina^ 
wliicb grows in África. Tho txee wUicb yields tbía 
iíiiit ts coUed hy tho nativoa “Enara’* (sub), and 
both blosaom. and fruit aro of a golden color. The 
bcan or fruit, whcn dricd, is nearly aJways of tho 
simo woight, and thus In roíy remoto times ít was 
used in Schangallas, tho chicf maihct of África^ as 
a standard of wclght for gold. The heans were 
afterwards ímported iuto índia, and wero thero 
usod for weigliing the Diamond. 

Tiio Carat is not of tho samo weiglit ín all coun- 
trica, for instance:—■ 


ir 


Odõ CEkjnt in Englmd is to 
Fnuicç 
"V^ioDua 

Fnmkfart-on-Maiiic 

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Lübon 


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... 80,55,000 
... 80,61,300 „ 

... 80,5t,400 

20,57,700 „ 

... 80,60,000 „ 

... 80,67,000 „ 

00,57,600 „ 

















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20,53,000 „ 

IV* 10,50,000 ,, 

... 80,73,533 „ 


72 canta mjiko i.. .. One Cologno oz, 

15U » "■ ”■ » Enelish „ ’ 

The ounce’9 teeiffhi « u«ed for tcetffhiti^ smalí 
md Baroqaes Fearlsj Coral, Feridots, and rough 
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TABLE B, 

Arames of Síonea in di^^re/ti lan^ua^es. 




Agate^ 

JLluiftutHna 

AlEnitkJinú 

Rahy. 

AniberF 

Aquiuniiríqe. 

Ahteria. 

Â^«atiirla4« 

BíJm Eub/iK 
Eflryl, 
BlQodBtonc, 
Bottri. 

Ciimgorm^ 

CirbonAta of 
DiEunoodd 
Ciàrbunole. 


CAmoIion^ 

CAtWya. 

Chry^oberyL 


ClulcwloDj» 

Chfjâolita^ 

ChTjHúpnw^ 
CiauuiLoii Eitonjo« 

CormU 

CorüttJuiDd 

CjrjàtaL 


Fnçncb, 


A 

CJroiiJitp AlmAn- 
diua. 

Bubís TÍoleL 

À^EibrA- 

AuneMi^ta. 

Aqnc-manucu 

Antlna. 

AroiLiurJoa» 

EiiLs« 

Bíryl* 

JA«po «mgaia. 
Boart. 

Tú|ril£4 Ecoí^ 
naisa. 
Carbonata 

EscarboíinGla, 
Gtvtiai cabii^ 
cLon. 

Sar^Toina* 

(£il ãtt 

Qaarx ebaW- 
yuifc. 

Ctirraoblrprl^ oü 
C nryfioLte 

CaEeéiloÍD«r. 
CliijMlEtlio. 
ChTjaôpnw^* 
To(iazo (uméoj 
Vffmtailfe. 
CflnüL 
Coriddaii. 

Críütá] de 
Búcha^ 


GermaiL 


Aobflt. 

AEmandiUi 

Violet Eubín. 

EdmuènÍD. 

Ametb^at, 

Aqujimaríú* 

Staruatain. 

ATeatmiD. 

BaIíui Bnbin» 

aeryii, 

Diftiafliat Beort, 

Roucbqiein. 

DlaniAD t Câtbo- 
nat. 

íCârfmjlíel. 


EarnaoL 

Kaisenfttige. 

CbrjffljberyU^ 


CbaíoodoiT- 

(■hT^flclilb. 

Chi^rsapraji, 

Eaneeliitein. 

Eg^c, 

Kümnã. 

BeiskrjfltalL 


lialiao. 


Cmobtiilia 


CriflolitOL 
GriaGpraflio, 
Fietn cíiiLamo- 
mci. 

CctaJEo, 

Koruüú, 
CHatiUo dj Boe^ 
e*^ 


QuaTxnAgmto, 
àmmámjL 

Bubioa violetto, 

Ambra giallop 
Amelf*»£L 

AquATiiarma, 
AAt^hría, 
Avflpturixta, 

Bubfuo BbImso, 

ElItropiiL 
Boark 

Topojdio fumoaow 

CarboDftto dí 
Piatnantei 
CorbuDcolo* 


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TABLE B. 


.^5 

985 


Namcs of Slonea in dífferent 7aji^ifoíf«—(Contd.) 


■ - — - - I 

EiigliHh. 

Freucb- 

G«riDAik. 

lUlioQ^ 


DiomatkL 

Buímmt* 

DUmouU). 

KmankliL 

EsiioiiitA. 

Yermeíllfl. 

F;m4kmg^ 

Fvonit^ 

KêAODttA. 

Felapar. 

Fire OpaL 

FeMffpalli. 

üpalü-fetl- 

FetdapatlL 

Féuer OpâL 

FiílJapatciL 

Opato- 

Oornat* 

{jreiiat« 

GranftL 

Gmoato. 


BjodDtbB- 

HjAfilütb- 

GllLCÍütOd 

Indígo Sup- 
pbiri&. 

Sapbir dfl 
aiL 

Miüinlioh Sap* 

1 phir^ 


JiKimUi or Hjrfl- 
cintb* 

Jar^íton* 

JjkA^r* 

Jfit. 

iljreuHiitbre« 

^Aà<&. 

Jaifgoiu 

Jpler. 

Hjnointb^ 

Zirktíli« 

' jKffpid, 

Gngat. 

GÍACvnteu 

Píülta iwfrilica* 
Oi«di3.t0p 

IH«A|in 7 - 

lAbraJor. 

1 FeUlspatbopa- 

Líii^ 

, Labnidar. 

Feldspato opali- 
no. 

lApia l4u(uli« 

tmpia líuaU* 


Ijipui La&nlL 

Uatachíte. 

])ilArcãi$it9+ 

Mí>on-fltüno» 

Múia Ag^ta. 

Maliichiie- 

Picrre d« LuTie, 
Agatt. 

MHrkaidb 

MotirclHlüin. 

Mosa Ãcbat. 

^iKlncitú. 
MaNAHiita- 
Pietra lanaro^ 
Agnia- 

Olivinou 

Oiiyi- 

OpoiL 

OliTioe^ 

OnjT. 

OpÂlb 

Ooy^ 

Op»l. 

OMyitul. 

Odioo. 

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ÀFfEKDJCJIS, 


TABLB B. 


Names of StoneB «» d^erent l<in^uages —vContd.J 



Fronch. 

Genoiti. 

1 tUliaD. 

PflorL 

Pendot. 

PlumA, 

Pj»pí* 

Perle. 

PAríiiot* 

PlítíQlC, 

Perla. 

Peridot* 

Plaarna, 

Pyropi 

MAr^mita^PerlL 

PeHdoto, 

PImoiil 

GmsBitc^ 

Qimrtz. 

Quuiz. 

QiuMrz* 

Qimrro* 

Rubj. 

RubÚL 

* Hubín. 

Robiito. 

Bftpnbiro. 

ãanlazkjXr 

SmúkfrjitQDOw 

&plaj»L 

Sapliir. 

$AnÍ0ÍD&. 

Tapaze eufqm^icv 
BptúAlie» CHI 
Kubii. 

Sitpuhir. 1 

Sâni^njnc. 

Rauch TepoL 
SplueL 

ZflfflrPr 

CernioW 
^stra di Fuma, 

SUr SsippMrCi 
Ruhy, Ac* 

Bâpliír cb»ta- 
yiuit. 

Btorn SAppbjjTr 
oder RiiljtD* 

^affiro-píac^tíU 

To[M2L I 

Tournuilme. 

Turqui^iw. 

Ihtta» FceoU 

cr Bone* 

Tepue, 

TciiriubUoe. 

Tur^iioi». 

II dâ lü-ncu- 
vclie Hocbe^ 

Topu. 

TiirmalfEL 

TurkÍA. 

PP Ton acueiu 
Fel^ein i>der £■- 
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Topaiio. 

TcrthBliça. 

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TABLE 0. 

Precious Siones arrmffeã acco}'dinff to (hcir eohurs. 


WUÍTE. 

EKAmondp 

Beryk 

Stppliircw 

Spin«K 

TourmfllíntJ. 

i^Al^gODOp 

TofKIB. 

Quortx 

Hl.™ 

DkÈinond. 

SpitieL 

Topaa 

Toannnlme. 

Jkiyl- 

R£Dp 

Diamond. 

Ilubjr. 

SpincL 

Jadutb^ 

Gikni^ 

TourDP&tLnOi 

VECXi^ir. 

I>ÍKmAnd 

Topai!, 

ChTjBolite or OUWae. 
Spintl. 

eSwjL 

Ganiet. 

jAcialli. 


Ysuww»—(GtdJ 

TütirmaliEO. 

SappLire. 

Clu-í^obci^L 

Quarti. 

Gueex. 

Dlsiuotid 

ilmenliL 

Peridot or Oiimfr. 
Sâppbire, 

Ubrj^íúberyL 

SphksL 

Aquamnriiio. 

Tourmilitio. 

CbrywLfte {callcd alao 
Olivtiioj. 

Topais 

Jarig-QoiL 

FíSlt 

HüüXüímã- 

SpinoL 

Rtiby- 

Cbr^bínrL 

BcryL 

Topox- 

Hliow- 

Edumond. 

ChJTftoLifiTyli 

Gamet, 

Jdclnth^ 

ToitmoalÍD^ 

Quartzo 


BL4C1L 

Hlíufioitd. 

â^pphfrtf^ 

SpineL 

Oamçt- 

Tourmoliitâ. 

QuarU. 

ViOLET* 

Amcthjat. 

SappliLTie, 

Rubj* 

Oa.rtiat 

SpinfiL 

Opaleec^t. 

I>íi£aopd 

QLUirU; 

Hübj. 

lÍQQmtom. 

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TCLI.0W* 

PúuaDod 
Cliijmibííyt 
Gaitiet Qt ClnELiLmon- 
ntouff. 

Topas- 

JajcinLh. 

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TüummllDD. 

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AfFEXDiCES. 




TilB 

BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PBECIOUS STONES] 

OH, A LIST OF THE FRlNCIfAL WORKS TMAT lUVE APrEABED 
PB r,AT I XO to CUUOSOS AFD OTHEa GRMS. 

Coníj9n'sííií nearly evenj knoicn trmtise 
vj^m the svíbjcct. 


Aben Ezra (Babbí), CommeDtArium in Bccalogum. 

8vo. Mchr. 1Õ37 

Abidi (H.), Dü Spinello, disscrt, ínaug, cbem. 8 to, 

Berolini, 1831 

Agrioola (George), Dc Ortu et Causis Subíerra- 
neorum. Do Natura eorum quae cífliiunt es TcT'* 
rp. Jol. Bóit 1558 

Albertos Magnusj Do Virlulibus Lerbarum, lapb 
dum, animalimn, etc,, var. ed, LivBd ahoui 1330 
And rada (M. d*), An Account of tbe Díamonds of 
Drezil, I7Usli, ^ouTn.y, 2'ir, 1707 

Annal oa des Míues. Paris 

Argcnville (A. J. D. d*), Do rHistoiro Naturoüe 
éclaírcío dans ileus do soa partica prínoipalcs : Ia 
Litbologie et la Conchologie. -Ito. Pítn>, 1743 
Argeuville, Trai té de rOíyctologio. Parts, 1740 
Aristotle, Lapidarius, de novo e Grccco tronslatus, 
Lucas Brsmdis. 4to. Regia Mershourg, 1473 
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Ilessliü^ íTU. Ton), Dic Pcrimuaclicl und ilire Por- 
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A TBKATIEE ON OEUS. 


p: 


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EuLaudus (Martinua), Medicina Píactíca- 12 mo. 


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A TflEATlSE Oa O EUS. 


1013 1 


K 


Fe^rc, ddle Gl«i.. TraUato Crios». 

ThMpLrostus. Dn LopUitas. dta, rar. «f. 
Theophra^tu». History of Stopc». 7‘^ “ 

Te^t ppd P» EngliBli Vpm»». and^«U» C *“» 
and FliUosopliicol, inatadias tbc Modera H r 
„f Geara do»lbodbylhata„lhor.byJ- _J.^^ 

TheòXtaoÜ Opera, a 

Borif. Fiaetllo, Gr», et 1“‘; 1,^3 

I„u (Adriaaae). Gearararaa. et 

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l2íuo. 

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aartU of tbe Beryl. XM ■'VZ of 

Vauquelin bo PUospliolo of 

the Jcívcllcrd proms it to uo x i 

Limo. ,r • 

VaaquoUa (CUboa). Analyeb of iUe Aqaa Marraa 

„Ber,l.e 1 o. 

Yega {Qarcilascí do !&)> J 

w von^ Etívas abec MomnoasBilU^ 

'"ttrsérob' saramgd. Torcaük. aad dio Kaaet 

^ 1 










1014 


APPEKDiCJEa* 


der AJteti in Steín und Glas zu scliDefdeu. 8vo. 

Melmvtadt, 1793 

Veltbeim íA* F. tüdJ. Etwas über das Oeji-Gb- 
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Aenette (Njcolas), Traitd dea Pierres. 12mo. 

,, ,, 1?01 
Veítermaon (A.), Kurza Abhandlung übor einige 

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XywlíFi 

Zerrermet (CJ, Anleítuns íum DUmaill®- Wm- 
chen a«B Ssifms^tórgB, Ufet-und 
Stand. aro. “=’• 

TAtfiUoinns aoeUxi V^tucript* «íaiinj to <*» 
preurttfi írt th* BriiUh JífOítt^ :— 

Grf.ma.ar, Libet d. vlrtatibua lapidam Pratiaso. 
ram qaem scripait Galamarar. ThEsaumma 
Begia Babjloaie, ipso praseali at prccpmató. 
Sarl^n MSS. &0- 

Be lapidibBs, Aviba. et ArbonbUB Indi®, Aiabaa. 
ât Aíric®. Marl, MSS. 80. 

Lapldum Pretiosorum usus MagicuSp aiv* e g - 

lis. iTar ilfííS. 80. , , t 

Libôc Hermôtis, tractans do 16 StelUs ot e - 
pjdibHS ot do 15 Herbía et do 15 TigurM. Mar . 

MSS. 80. 






















loia 

l_ _ 




TtAJAn ítAJEXDRA MULLICK^S COLLECTION 


(yr 


ROUGH STONES. 

Eajendra Slullick BohacJoor, of Calcutta, 
Jias Joiig becn kaown for Júa lo to of jo^vols 
and marbles, of whicli Iio owns a large colleotion, 
Ho Las caused Lis dwolling-Louse to bo decomted 
Tvith marblo and mosaics, on an cxtensive scale, 
TLe foliowiug is a list of some of tlio Torieties of 
rougL atones which ho Lad been good onough to 
send mo for inspection, and ivliieL I Lave Lad 
tcstetl and idontífied hy fóur of tbe foremost jeivcL 
lera of tbis city ;—- 


1. Godanfa.* 

S. SoncU, 

3. Lasuniá.t 

4. Páy 2 uh nr, 

5. Sung Gudrí. 

G. Dhonelá. 

7. Sung Hadid.t 

8. Dabuu Firung. 

9. Bilor. 

10. Kathelá. 


11. LSjburud. 

12, Káncbá Gorb 
13- PuccâBííor. 

14. Sung Sitnák. 

15. Gorí. 

16. Kánchã Bilor, 

17. Pítonii. 

18. Sung Eattak, 

19. Sobánmakhí. 
And various otbers. 


f Of DOW iDÍDCa. 






















A TOEATISE ON OSWS. 




1011 



THE RÍNG OF STREHGTH. 

“ V ET arlug te fòrmcd of TÍrgín gold on the àaja 
“ of tlie 8un, and in tlie íio«r& of Jiipiter, in tlie 
moon'» increaaCjC wherein ttou slmlt placc soTcn 
precioua stones,—tbo Diamond, tbo Ruby, tbe 
Ememld, tbe Jncyntlv, tho Sappbirc, tbe Bcrj-l, and 
tbe Topaz. TVear it aboat tbee, and fcar no man ; 
for tbou wilt bo as invincibk as Acbillca.”— 
of Füiladelpkus 


/Votíí ** rAí ÍVíNpíí? üf íTrtfínaj 


JL NosTRADáJíua. 




PfOtn tltf Mtoiiil dây <rf tbp tisw himd to Ibí ttbw oT tbs fp:L 






















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2-4 g^flT SunritA 
£5 BmbraiL, 

20 Barcbchaíi* 

£7 ^wmH EllikoL 
£S Ht: 


íortíí?»*!/ybrtótf í 
ííTf» Jfwel.** I 

1 Rataatn. | 

2 fíftí MúDik 1 


ffííRT^fir I j 

Synúnf/mê for IJa íerm ** Dia^ | 
mond*^ at utid in ihe | 

Fe</rc lOúrl-t^ | 

1 1%^TT Dídjtit. j 

’ j 

3 3ífíí: Nemih. \ 

3 ífíT; Hetili. | 

4 ifn'; Nunali. 

3 ^rfw: Kffbih, 

fl Srikth. 

7 ?í^: Brikali. ^ 

__ ^ 





















K 


A TIlEATISE ON 


lOlÜ 




^ 4^: Badliah. 

9 ^gr: Bajrali* 

«I 

ID Arltkab. 

11 5^! Kiitsah. 

12 KiiIís'qíi. 

13 gg: Tunjab. 

11 Tigroali. 

1 & íífil! Menili. 

l& Svadhítiíi, 

1" Síjnakah, 

1® ifCÍJ; Pflrao^uli. 


^ ^‘^íprWTf^ I 

l' ^ 

SffjWcní S^onymiftr iAí ttmi 
“ Diamond/’ 

I 1 Hírakali. 

£ ^UT! Bairah. . 

3 Hírah. 

4 Dadhíchyastbi* 

6 Bftjrakjini. 

6 Súoliinmkhflin. 

<K u 

7 ^TCfi^r Barímloini. 

5 ^:jj|-í7igj;íRatna-niiikliyaiJ'‘ 

í O InJríyuílIiani. 

\ 10 BliíJiifani- 

i 11 fífêm^ Kulisam. 

I 13 ijf^f Pai’'!'- 
13 AbkeJyaoi- 


14 «íftlÇÇ Afi inmi, 

15 í:íi^ Katnftjn. 

10 DrirliDio. 

17 BlitfTgavaknm. 

13 ^ S liatkonaiii, 

19 WSTlTCiJ BalmJluírain, 

20 ítíl^yfe! S'&takolili. 

í a ) 

WTf<rÇRT*TTl% I 
Saiuerii St^onymt for the íerm 

J irçirm! Paílmarígnli. 

3 ÍJifftSw S'o| 3 Bratnain. 

3 ^friraíj Lobítflkaai. 

4 ^FííW Lobitam. 

5 Kiinivindakain. 
O T5FCt3, Bataft-rit. 

7 ííírTBRiíT Rfllfí-roíaiiikani. 

8 MÍDikjfüio. 

0 S'rlngíri. 

10 Bflngn-míüi- 
kyaai. 

11 íKmTÍ Taninam* 

13 Ratiwnjímakaai. 

13 Bágoyuk, 

14 WjíIipJ! S'on«ipalaL. 

16 whrf^ ganaíiikom. 




























lOíO 


AFFZ\'OfCZB. 




í 3 J 


® Aidbliabsdnuu. 


;| 5anfcW< Syao}iyvn9/oríhe term 
“CaíV^jíí." 

1 VftiJiirjyam- 

í ^TWTETSÍíT BdkbSjftjam. 

3 Kctu-mtaain, 

i Kaitavnm. 

S Ff^brishyaol. 

G Abbnwflbnm. 

7 lÜTT^rqr TIT Khaiívdáu- 

karani, 

8 f^CCí^ VJduranitdam. , 

9 Vidúrajftm. | 

I í 4 ) 

^fii I *i I *1 (I 

' Sttiiterit St/non^stis/or tht tti m 
"Penr//" 

1 nmr Muktí, 

■■t 

® Mauktikaiu, 

3 5au[nj'á. 

A U{^'tw4^ S'ii:uktIIíeyam. 

S íiTi: Tírali. 

B íiTín' Tírií. 

7 BkkuilkaDi. 

m 

I 8 Tautikâm. 



10 aftcT^^ S ÍCíÜflin, 
j íf^afiR Nfrajam. 

11 NjiksIiaLtHiai, 

lí ladaratUfliB, 

11 H^í Latshniíh, 

m or LaksJiiiin^. 

1ÍJ Mnktáplialam. 

JO 

BiiKlupbalana, 

17 Mulítifcá. 

18 íí)fSijoiiÇ Slsuktfjakiuii. 

19 qfíBflfir; 5'uktttQaQÍJi> 

89 y(fu^«,Tr 

SWi-prablunii or S'as'i‘ 
prifam, 

21 Svaelielihain. 

82 Tifí^ Hiinani. 
ãâ fçJT^Wff RT írraw Hima. 

baTflnii or ITomaluif 
8i Siu]hâD9'tibIiaizi. 

or Bliúriibaiti+ 
*5 ^rílR',»?; S^aafcüfcnni, 

80 ^s Ming S^Qkti-TÍjaiB. 

37 TrI Hírl, 

88 Kubalani. 




































A TREJutlSf ON 0£3J9. 




1021 




— 

C 5 ) 

) 

^ É 1 


íftwwnfH 1 

Saniirit Sgnont/mt ftír tho iínn 

SflílícíiV S^nonyms/or Uie t€rt^ 

Jümtrald.** 

" ZtrCBn" 

1 MamkfttAiii. 

1 JljS^ Goiüedfth* 

i íTTOTíff Gánitmahuii. 

a í^ff^í Gcnwdittkíib. 

3 HIFÍT)^ A6'iang3irbham. 

S <lg<flq,lUhuratnam. 

4 lÍAriiuaaDili' 

4 íTFlfT^ Tutnomaljííi- 

â Moraktai». 

1 ^ ’ 1 

5 ■^HTíHi Svfltbhíiiavali. 

1 6 Bíjaiiüam. 


7 iríETlf/íT^ Gamrínkitaui. : 


8 SaínaJDam, 


0 Bauliinojam. 

í ) 1 

10 3T?i-^í5f\Íí Garniftlgír- 

1 

nam ^ 

SanitTi'ít S^jiotiyfíifyor ihc ttnn 

GurutotUr^am. 

" Corai" 

11 ^í;« 5fÇA9'iimeflrbhajiini. 

1 VitlrgiDflk 

12 ai.mfC: Gaialírili. 

2 librai Pravílali. 

13 UípabolaBí 4T 

3 (rp^lJÍ*:AãgífokiiBialiíIi. 

or B£prab£lam> 

4 Ambliwlhi- 

14 Budbaratnam. 

ballubliab. 

16 JíTa^ GírUhMn. 

6 lííflCÍTíT Bliaunuiratuaio- 


6 íTíl^í Raktángflli- 

( 8 ) 

7 íTirrarí- Itaktíkrf'nih. 


S «ÍTTOÍ^i Lfttííiianib. 

Sansòrit Srfjion^nitfúf Unn 


« T^púz/* 


1 j^iniTí Pustipríjj^Ii. 


S Mjmjuiaaruli, 






























fír* 


1022 APriiKI>IC£9> 

S y^ctia^paU- 

^ ( 9 í 

bdlnbbali. 

1 

, 4 4líf5 Pítali. 

Saiucrti S^oaym/ç/}’ t/te ierm 

6 ^«iw» Ptüupliatíkam. 

** Sappàire," 

6 Ílíitíft: Pltjirnktah, 

1 NUali. 

7 ftirrur PlWs'ma. 

' 2 ^fWLqíf Saurirninam. 

S Garuratnam. 1 

3 ^^»HT Nílía-jnâ. 

9 ^hr^rfàti Pítamnnih. 

4 Nílotpalftli. 

10 jaurrsí! Py«Ii|iiirífjalu 

0 iSm^TI^ Triiiiigr^Jjí, 


9 Maliánílati. 


7 Sunílakab. 
































A TítEATiSE 0» OEIIS. 




1023 




THE OCOULT POWERS OV GEMS 
AKD PEECIOUS STONES, 

TN tUo previoüs general reniarks on eacli kind of 
* precious stonc, tUe lieliefa of natione and indi- 
Tiduala as regatds thn marvellous and medicinal 
propcrties of those precious atonea havn bcen given, 
Tothe scientist aa well aa to tUe genorality of mea 
suciibclíers will ao doubt oppear auperstitious, cliild* 
ish and laugliable, Bnt sucli beliefe stLll continue, 
and tbero have been men of crudition— plnlosopliers 
and sages, in every age and Sn CFcry country, who 
liavo not tbouglrt it beaeatU tbem to make tliis 
tlie anbject of tbeir ardent lesearcUcs, and who 
Iiavô leít behind tbera tUe writtca rccocd of their 
expetiencos. Nowbcfo more tUan in índia, tUe 
land. par &Fcelle/tce, of occnltism and spintism, Im 
tUc rcseorcli aftec tho oecult TÍrtues of precious 
stoncs been pursued. and if aU tbe knowlodge and 
expcriencn gaincd by mmis and rishi^ and 

BiddhU, bad been prcserved and banded 
presont generation, irbat an msigUt 
Ln obtained into thc Uidden arcana of Natum, 
and into wbat beneficent use such knoaledgo and 
exporicnce could íiave been tumed I 

Modem western spiritualísts bave eadeaTOured 
indiacovcr. ín tbo prcaent day, wbatwas sowcU 
kuownin ancient times, about the hidden wtues of 
genis. Apart from tbeir medicinal properties, it bas 



















^ 1034 





lioíüasoeríaiiieíithfttcetÉaingemsfacilitatotttorajj- 

port of certaiii claggeg of eplrita with tho owiiera of | 
thoso geiU9. Slonsr. CaUagiieÈ, tlia well-known i 
magnotist, obtained fcom Iiís celebrated clairroyaat ; 
AdÈlo cartnín iutarestíng informa tion oE tbís 
Bubject.* He tliouglit of studying tlio question 
tíiorouglily, and witk tbat víe^v ho addcessed him- 
self to tUe spirit of Etnmnnuel Swedenborg, | 
tlirougii tlie asaiatancQ of Adèlc, wben in magnetic | 
sleep. lie sought foe iight from Swedenborg, { 

bccüiise tlie Sn^cdish mystic was tbe lEogfc Icarncd | 
miacralogíst of liie time, and peibnps of our timo I 
as well. If Lis revelatíona, saya M. Cahagaot, 
oro not more precise íLan tbose of tbo ancienÉSí 
tiiey Lavo at Icaat tbe qimlity of novel ty. He 
wiahed to kiiow tbe truth, if tbat was possiblo 
in tbis lifo, and be therefore tbonght tbat anj í 
means to attain tbat object shonld not be tbrovvn 
awny. Tbe íollowÍDg are tbe revelations of Síveden- 
borg on tbís subject;— 

Q. Can yoi] givo me some Information on tbo 1 
apiritual and material pon'ers of certain prc* | 
cious stonesj and tell me wbetbcr tbey realJy | 
possess tbe property of pnttíng material man í 
en mpporí wltU spirits wLo ba vo bcen freed t 
from matíer, or of fácil itating sucb rapporí, | 
and also of curing or preventing certain j 
disoasca ? I 

já. I shall do my besk Question mo. | 


* 3[flgíietjqLiç; FarL. A. CeibQ^B^Farii^ 1S3S. 





















* TREATISE Olí OíUS- 


10i5 


Wbat arc tho spiritual virtuea of white Dia* 
monJ? (Yon kaoir tbat tUere arc Diamouda 
of various colots,—violet, 

black? &c0 

Thís gem is beloved by tUe Spinla cf Light, 

and conacqttently puta one rmort witU 

lUem, by illumiaíag tbe intelUgence of tbose 
trbo ípcat it for thia puípoao. 

Wbat do you think aro its pbyaical virtues ? 

I bavo already tokl yon: ít bas rnSoonco ovor 
tbo inteUigcuce. tUat is, it purifiea tbe brama, 
mat aro tbe spiritual proportiea of tUe 
lluby ? 

This color ia lavod by spirita wUo aro a^ent 
in study, desiring to know much. lho lluby 
influencea in tbia W bim wbo weaia ik 
And pbysically, wbat arc ita propcrtiea. 

It Uaa influcnco on tbo blood. s 

mat are ibo apiritud propertiea of Ememld ? 
It i3 sougbt aftcr by luoid apmta, and it 
placos ono c» rnpporí witb tbem. 

is tbo pbyaical power of tbe Emc^ . 
Tho aame as ita spiritual po^ers. it dlu- 
TOinca, clcars and atrcngthons tbe gbbe of tbe 

material cyc* ^ 

Wbat Í 3 tbo spiritual powcr of tho Sapplure 1 

This -oni puts one in communication witb t e 

studics, but nnitcd in ono aocioty. 




















f! 



ylFFECn)ICE9. 



Q> WLat ís ita pbjsícal Tirtiie P 

A. It: âtrongtliens ttie xiervous fluid. 

Q, Wlmt do joii tbmk of the spiritual powcr of 
tLo Amcthyst P 

A. Tbe epiríta who lo ve tbis gom lesa elevat- 
cd and Icss admoced than the otbera. It 
puta onc in commanicatioa wítli tliom. 

Q. *Wliat aro ita pbysíciU FÍrtues ? 

A* It bas roucb ínllucnce on enlaigcmenta of th& 
aplccn. 

Q. TTbat ar D tbo apiritual qualitiea of ilio Topas; P 

A. Tbe wandeiing spíriía in .tbe sulphurona at< 
mospbore of tbe carth ore fond of ik It puta 
onc in communicatiou with tliem. i 

Q, What are ita pbyaical properties ? | 

A, It ia applícable in cases of uneasíness oceosion- [ 

cd by bile. I 

Q. Do you attribute any spiritual powers to tbe ; 
Coral? 

A. It bas tbosc of tbe l^ubj and agrees wítb i 
bcated blood, and also with tbose wbo Uoto 
florid faces. 

Q, Wliat is tiio spiritual property of tbe Opal P 

A^ It is regotâed 'with affection by tbo spirits of 
PcacQ nnd Quiot. 

Q, Wbat are its physicol Ytrtues ? 

A. It ia beneficiai in cases of sleepicssncss and of 
too lígbt sleep. 

Q, Ilas the CorncUan any spiritual power ? 

A. It bas but iíttle concem with spirits. | 



I 














A TREAT15B OS OElfS. 


losr 


sr ^ 


Q, Has it auy pUysical vlriucs ? 

j. I havo alrcady saíd tUat it has seveml» acco^- 

in-» toifcscobcs- The puro white i3 good íor 

ey^e-diseases, that is, for gtowing catarac^t. 
Tho pale rcd agfrecs with a feehle stote of tho 
tlood. The dcep rcd \rith the beart, with 

heatcd hlood and liTor díâcasos, Thoso wi^t 

specks of dcep red and crimson are good for 
diseasca of the epleen. 

It must he undcrstood that, to bc reaUy ofRca- 
cious thcse goms aboiüd ho puro, and ehotild 
rworon%he riag-íinger of tho loft band, 
this fingor beiog ptcfecred to otbcrs m conse- 
auonce of ita rapifications líith the heart, which 
the Bcat of life. Tho spirit of Swxdenborg 
likcwise affirms that the medicinal Hinucnco o 
preoioua stoncs, physically. is porcoirod ^hca tliose 
a o in cfonstant contact .ith the body, and 
Íot disconnoctod with iL Such a rmg. set 

with thc aeteralkindsofatonos nrhose 

Lired to baCelt, cnanot but ba mora po^orful tbon 

“ «Vai “fuS tr aflirmed that ail.or ia the 
ror Emerald, as. Uke the lattor. .i.or xs 

much líked hy spirits of iight. 

Itshonldbo remembercd.honrerer that in tlns 

„ i„ «cry olhcrtUing, ttao ara 

obscrveda This sliould not be ro^Sott^. J 

individuais mar. at the same time, he rosscssi^ 
of the portrait of a handsome woman, b 

















I not foliow tliat the vvomaii will lore al! tlio twonty 
I possGssors of hor portraifc. In tho same way a 
j Jnpíilftrj may posscsa tweuiy kiiida of procious 
j stones, oocb haviug contrary iníluouces, but tho 
lapíiLiry roceives no boaofit Ihorofi-oni^ cxoept from 
■ selíiütf thetu ua hígh ss bo ciih. Tbat kiutl of ioTO, 

,| and, sliíiH I say, woraliip, wiiich tlio poasoasor of 
sticli a 5 tone shotild liavo fof ít, ns a medi um of 
I commiintcation with the spirítua! world, ia for from 
j his mirnl. líe who regards it as tho reeopíaclo 

I of his affectioiiB and ^vlio oonfides to ít his gríefa, 

appoaling to ít, bj its oorrospondcnco with tiie spirita 
1 wlio lore it, in ordec to obtain aid and protection 
from tliem, wili flnd liim&elf iti o condítíon in 
which hc can liopo for something, 

An idoa of tho reaenrelies and opinion of tUoso 
who liaTB treatcd on tíiis aubject wílI be obtained 
from the followxng notes from the ifagic " of J. 

B. Porta, The precioua stonos ha vo here been 

clftsgified alphabctically and not accotdiiig to their 
T^lue r— 

-dúfoíí—Strengthena the hçart. Brophylactio 

Bgainat plugue, and cures the biteg of 
veílomoilâ íuaiinnls, 

Neutralisoa magic incantatíons. 

(7í?TOi^íiVlít^—Efl&liTCS TÍctorv'i 
Chrffaoliíe—lnduçQB a man to ropent of th d fauits 
committed bj liítn, 

CAri^ícijrítsas—Strengtbens the sight, enlívons the ; 
spirif, and makes a man feei free and 



joyous. 

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A ON OBira. 


10£9 


CíJJ’flí— Arrests blooüj lícops oíT dvil spirits. Ao- 
cofdÍQg to jWíirsile Ficin ít removes 
psiTiícs [viiíl protocts from tUunder oud 
hail. 

CrapaiKÍim ^Which is found ia tlio head of íoflds, 
is good for tUo purposes of witchcmft. 

iJiawmftd—Conteads agalüst sloeplcssaessi spells 
and eQcUantmííütSi It cnlms aager. 

í/eísiVf_Sootlics headacbcs. 

Fwwmicí—Cures epilepsy. Ia powdcr it arresls dy- 
sentery aud cuios wouiids by veuomous 
animais. 

íJaíctcAídí—'Blackisb stono. Secares from flies 
and insects, Put into tbo mouth, it 
díscovers the secrets of otbors. 

(jí^rfi—Bdngs on ebangos in tlie ntmoapliero, 
Bríngs raiü, mnd and douds. No 
ono 50CS tliis fílotio noiiT. 

JTd/íííríijJí:— Stoaemnknown ia ourdays. It lasaid 
that it could render ono inviBible. 

mamiilàc—íi suapended from tbe neck, it kee]^ 

oíF plague amd tliunderj strengtUens th o 
Lcart and increnaos ríchea and honors. 

Jade—Alieviates paia of the kidnejs. Espels 
graveis from the bladder, and* w ea 
worn as a charm, is a preaervative 
against venomous animais, 

Opai-Stimidãtes the heart, preserves from melaria 
and contagion in the air, drives mj 










I 


j^PPESDICES. 


1030 


L 




g, Jjeart- 




dcspondencj-, preTouts faintin^, „ 
discasea and malígaant aíFdctions, 
í^eríMe^XelIow atona. Cqfcs gout» 
t^<ifíieiiíiis-^apia —■ProT'eiits m í&ea rríago, 
S'/r(ií?{íc^rabubu9 atono. Facilitai^ digestion. 
.-íifrrflíAííe-^Precious atone, to wliicli Píiny attrí- 
bntes tUe poírer of rctaining spirits 
avolced. 

iíí/j-íe-íííMíe—Wljidi is found in tlie nest of cagics, 

discorers tbíefs and accelorates cUilJ- 
birlb. 

müa on tíiís SQbject, it will not bo oufc of placo 
to gire tho following cxtract from tliat roluablo 
and really wonderful work ontitlod “Art Magic; 
or ^ Mundano, Submundano and Snpor-niuntlano 
Spíritism.'* E^ted bj Emma ITanlInge Britten. 

“ The splendid array of oxpcnmonts by irbich 
Baron Von Beiehenbacb has. mtíiin fcbo iast balf 
cenínry and under tho most stnagont test condi- 
tions, prored tbat magna tic ©maaationg strearaod 
frotn shells, afconea and cryaíals, displayiug difrerenÉ 
dogreeg of forco and dlíTorent glmdes and color, 
fo^m and radíanco, oupplcmont Üio opínions of tho 
most autboritatire wiitcrs of diffcrcnfc ages on tho 
saoié gubjoct. 

" Tbat all meUls and orystaUino bodies givo oíf 
magnetie force, ig now prorod beyond queation ; 
thafc íbey are eapablo of producing som namb alie 
or oístatio effaeta in dÜTereut degreog, Yon Edcben- 
bacb a experinients, witb oror a bundred and fifty 


d 


t 

jiB ^ 





















A TREATISÊ ON fflElfS. 




sensítlvcst abundautly demonstratcd; lienc© 
we may bo justified m rcgardiug ivilli some in» 
tercst tho classíficAtiou of tljo diiTereiit qualities 
of miuerals aml precious stoiies# pufc fortli by 
Kabbi Benoiii, a learned writer of tb© fourtcentli 
ccatuiyi said to be ou© of tbe most profotind 
Alchcmists of bis time, wlio allcges Ümt ‘tbe 
loadstoao, sappbirc and diaraond ore all capablo 
of producing somoauibalisni, and whcn combinod 
ínto » talisman, attract such powerful planetary 
spirita, as render tbe bearer alniost iiivincibl©.' 
All precious stones, wbcn cut witb smootb surfaces 
and intently gazed upon, are capablo of prodncing 
somnarabulism in tbe same degreo as tho ciystal. 


also of inducing vísions. 


“ Tbeir varicties of color prove tbat tbey abaorb 
diSereni dogrees of Ugbt, and they ore said to im- 
part unequal degrees of bcot. Tbe Buddbists 
esteemed tli© sappbir© above aU gems, olaímiog 
tbat it prodncôs tranquiUity of mind, and wben 
TTorn by ono wbolly pure and devoted to God, en- 
sures protection against diseoa©, danger, and venom- 


ous reptiles. 

*‘Orpbeus exalis tbe virtues of tbe loadstoao al- 
most as bigbly os dld Riracelsus tbot of tlic mag- 
net. The formor says: ‘Witb tbis stone yoa can 
bcar tbo voices of íbo gods, and leara bcavenly 

iUiags> I 

It will confer stroagth, banisb dísonac, and, | 
wbcn vrom constantly about tbe persoo, irard off < 
















APPESD1CE3. 


í 




opitlemícs má pJaguoB. SiUing down í>ofore it má 
fixiijg voiir gaío onruDBtly iipon it, you Lavo Imt 
o osk of tUe goils for líglu on aoy subject, and 
tbeaiisirer wMi come Lreatüetl out tiirougíi tbo 
Btom Yout soul will hcar it, and yonr senses 
W.11 d.scov'ot ,t clearíj/ OrpUous aays of síones 
in gonml: ' Tiio earííi produces over}-^ good aatl 
OTJi to tnan, but sho also provides a remctly for 
every ill. Thcso arc to bo foiind eLicUy in stoocs. 
Every virtuo is Iiidden withíu thera.’ 

"Bcnont affirms íhat tlio díamond will doprivo 
tlic loadstone of ita vJrtue, and is thc most pon-er- 
ful of all atones to promote spiritnal ccsfasy, 
Amongst a Tarioty of similar aphorisms he saya; 
*Tlio Agato quoncíics thirst if liokl in the month' 
flTid soothcs fevar. 

'Tho Amethyst banislics tlio dcsirc for drinlr 
and promotcs cIiiLstitjr, * 

‘ TLo Garnot preserves licaltlj and Joy, 

'TJio Sapphirc impeis to all good tbidgg likc tbe 
alamonrL 

^Tbe rcd Coral ia a curo for iudigcstion, ^vlion 
veom coiistantly about tbo pcrson. 

‘ Anibcr ís a cure for sore-tUroat and glandular 
sivcllinga. 

‘The Ciyatal promotes sweet aleep and good 
dreams. 

• TLo Emorald proraotea friondahip and coaetoncy 
of mmd. ^ 

















A TltEAT]££ OX OEUS. 


1033 


I * The Onyx is a dcmoQ imprisoned iu stone, wlio 
' wakes only of a night, causing terror and diaturb- j 
í anco to slecpers i.rlio trcar it. 
i ‘Tbe Opal is fatal to love, and sows dUcord 
\ bctvrcen thc givcr and recciver. 

* Tlio Topaz is favoniblo for all boemorrUageai and 
imparls strengtli and good digeetíoa/ 

» Wc give tíioso <iuaínt aplioíisros aot as guídcs or | 
scientiüc itidieations, but to sbow tbo idcag wUicli 
tlic latoüt piia-ers of magnefcic bodíes suggested to | 
observcrs of natural forces," i 

Ifc js sinccrely to bo liopod tbat, ns scienoo and 

pUilosopby marcb band in hand towarde sublime -j 
dcvclopmout, tbings wbich wero knoan to our 
forcfathera and to tbo w^Ise of ancient timos, and 
>vliioU lie bnricd witbia tbe poiiderous debris of ! 
ignorauce, bigotry and unbelief, will gmdiiaUy bo | 
x;<rUf. Atui tliat. alontr a^ith otber won- < 



be madc dcar, as tbe bidden poircrs of tigbt and 
eieclricity bavo becn inade clear to tbo studenta of 
moderu sciencc and to tbo world. 















JtPPEN^DICEB. 


1 

i 

3 

4 
6 


y ^ Í03i 

^fTTfíT ^Tíf 

srunfSf t 

iísí o/ tpúrij íottmfíed. 

Vedanígliagín, 

Araarah. 

*n4H<ií(H! BLívapnikía'ttL. 
CTSFÍHfltg! BújartirgbADtali. 

S'‘ub(laniii:Kva]| 

6 iiftüiil. 

7 TríkíiidnsVaJiah, 

8 GarurapaTÍ oom, 

9 Ilctnachnnílnili. 

50 KlsraçTH: RíiabiJIflbhali. 

55 ^ftra^tfíTíí Yuklikalpa* 

taruli. 

«íffff^Tq*í Jj-oíistattvãQi. 
JaiáJliamb. 
SmnajHnpraâípal], 
^AÍM.flTíT'»: MuJiúrtta- 
vLílltlÍRlA1]jb. 

58 Y^l3^tWT Bnihinnpar4'DiiDi. 

5? <ivy<.iv9 BaJmaparfDiui). 

18 ftaB^JtmriT^ViBHinipnríiiam 

50 S')VDpur^Dqia. 

ÍO ^UHqn BLtfgByqtaiIlt 




21 


23 

23 

24 


52 

lã 

14 

U 


Nímda- 

purtfDam* 

Wt 4|9 Mírkkatl- 

dejnpuráoaiq, 

AgnipuríDaijj^ 

BItavisliya- 

piir^Uam, 

Bralirrtfr- 

va vvjir t tapqrí Bwn. 

38 lííãgapurjfiiatn. 

27 VnríhapqrÍDaBi. 

3S SkanJapurfipan^ 

20 ^TOSrgiPBJT Vjínjanflptiríoaqi 
ST^Kl^^íKúniomspuríoaín- 

81 ^fotBjapnrjÍQani. 

3^ flWTflfJCnn^ BraJintfDda* 
pur^gam. 

^8 Váyupnrtfuam, 

85 NiTiBÍülifl. 

puráriam. 

•<*4\ÍÍWgTTirfT Naadf. 
kcaVaropari^gam, 

J^erfpitrd^nnm.,' 

KíIÍIíi. 

pnrínaiií, 

88 S-^tnbifjirúníaa. 

80 *T'™?:íní^Mj,!,ábíií™iain. 


83 

88 

37 





































A TR.EATISE os OEBS. 


1035 




40 Ssitkritja 

■^ ■ -j 

I makUvalL 

} 41 ^tíTrínHiT lUmSyaynni- 

I 4 a fljiínw croH*iw 

j lUmáyaaaiii- 

j 43 vTt^ CliartttasanliitS. 

; +,[, içiStnT Sua'riitaíiii, 

I 45 fíT^W Niílíottiii- 

40 llatca Paríksli'*- 

: 47 Pín¥akili*i*innl* 

: 43 Prfcloua Stoncs ani Gems, 
By EJwin Strecter, p, 

fl. o. s. 

: 40 The Science o£ Geme, 
Jan'e!BjCoitis,nini^íc*^’‘'*‘ 

Ancient ftitá Moderü. P>' 

Archibal*} UilUDfJ» W* D<>| 

I A.íf., P.B'S-, P.It.íl.8(| 

i| P.R.II-S. 

50 Geps flu J Jewels, By Wa- 
dame De Barren»- | 

g I DiaffionJs and Preoiens Ston- 
ce. Py Hatry Emaimeb 


55 


50 

57 


53 

5B 


60 

61 


6Í1 


63 


; &a The Natural Hlstory flt 
Precíous StonM and of lhe 
precicua Metals* By C.H ■ 

KiiiUi . 

i 53 A Trcrtllso ou Diamenda 
and Bearla. By David 

JeUricSj JeiícUcr, 

I 54 Budimcolar/ Tfcaliae on 
I JÍLceralogy' ByD.Vorley. 


64 

65 

00 

6T 

03 

60 


Tlic Natural Iliatory* cf 

ÜcDiB or Sceií-precioua 

StoDcs. By C. W, Kíngj 
M. A. 

The Eucyclopadia Brito n- 
iiica. 

Tlie Race» o£ Haiikind. 

By TI. BríníHí ii* * » 
Ph, D-, r. L. s.> í- n. 0. B. 
Mogic lifliçíiietíque. Par 

L. A. Cfllpgnet- 
Art Magíc í or M tindane, 
Sub-mniidaiie and Sapcr- 
ijiundane Spiritism. Edifed 
l>y Etnnia líaidinge Brit* 
teu. 

llees'8 Eucyelopffdia. 

Teblrt NaU-o-tilíbol Acm- 

iná. 

Jluniíyií IIiiErtiliú tay- 

yud Ebn-fl-iokrií. 

Muní fedi Hyowín- 
KiiaebuUÁdvií. 

Miohii2Úl Avdín dnr 

Aclvíi-e-iaarucí™^^- 

Tazlíerí Shekliuzíílii. 

Tafalr Âbti-íli-ílíiidí dur 
Advií-e-miifredií. 
Tflíkawtuí Koíiílía 
lEnafuduísnmiiEiii jidinoOae 
dur Advíí-e-muiredí, 



















F 


K. 


1030 


AfrjBSIílCES. 


Ulif 


78 


sa 


70' SLarcIiO K^noon 
AdvJ^-«-niafreilá 
Lukecna gilíiií. 

1 Etbliírít Ebn-e Ba-el 
dqr Ábaíaig Tiblw Ad víá 

2 Ební-bet^r. 
â ShnreLa Müujoíigz Mufitti 

multiiir Efiiiiid íilbo Âd- 
vif, 

i Hywíd. 
i S^msi Hindi, 

' Ektitfr£t*g>t)udí ooí, 

Siiafií íhol AsLbtít Muetu-, 
iniilbnr A'd¥Í*-fl-A'kziá.j 
•c-tnufiiedá-o-in uruccabaj 
ogyrtfhiili. 

Jíid-e-Fonra Sliábi Mob- OC 
tumulbcr Fanoím-c-tnb-o- 
Tafsír A'if(finj A'drJ^'e< 
Idíflú IJÍjidi, 

MukliUiser-e-A'zdi JltisítiJ 07 
niullur Páinwn-e-íeb. | 03 

Tiif«er<, 

Sb£iD.c-IuoI A'dví< cba.fi.jlOO 
zakcriíf. [íqI 

Turbíliúo! Àrwá MustnintiUjloa 
bar l'miooii.c-tt‘b -0 A'(l-103 


30 


00 

01 

0^ 

03 

01 

Oü 


Zü~ 


TÍá, 

Mugiii-cba-c-tulmií. 

Tátíf. 

íltríssol Hjrivíu. 
Bnbín^il JawíLerodur^tfJ- 
ví^-c-mu^rcfdá. 


lOi 

105 

106 

[107 


S7 Hadíycl A'dvirf. 

flS ifí-íJí Ití.oo-inyib jo- 

iiolá JUU8LuT-0-jíjü,t}.W. 

dídl, 

Mufredtf íurjumí-e Jfu- 

sbarrut <ltirfáinjou»e-'in:ílíí- 

jut-o-ídvítf. 

n^di-o-kabír-eLu-o 
Icurí^. 

díin-e-Sajyud Sfjarífud. 
dín Hahomad Ypsuf. 
Kg%jí. 

Kínoon Sbckliyrrígs-lí- 
Sburbe-oo, 

Jím-e-ídvií aíwíi-dtfood. 
Turjum £-0-miietüjáok. 

Ílíkuláte Ho«fliü Ebn-o- 
leílirfk dar Taljiikík A'd. 
víá*(>-A's£iaí.o AdFÍ£,e 
-inufredtf, 

TarjMn£.e.ni((|jerç Hindi. 
Tiikbimftji Advií, 

Kgnáa Bokr£lj, 

Kgn£8 Mosbun-c-Saiyifr. 
Keníg übp-e.SaííGooJ, 

Keii£a fáklinrá, 

S^bcr. 

Kenía BukktíjiújrTi jab- 

iv«n, 

ABaW-tarkíb Kbnjnadí, 

Kentfs NftzibuddÍD Sarq- 
areaudi. 

^uzLdbíi Saiaargandi. 























A TRtÁTlSE OK OEJfS. 


1037 



Ui 

IIS 

llí 

IIB 

IIG 

117 


TuJtbíeát Bayán. 
Khíwáaúl Adri< juIJflkih, 
KlioUBatyattuj í n»b. 
Alwíii Eráke Kowísúl 
Ajib fis SanisÂ. 
Hurauwj^l: juldakl dur 
SaDáyát 

Sndaddu jahnf &b tualiri 
Ml nmtfiub Saníyít* 
M&y Jdin doT Saníyít* 
Tejuirobí SaníjAt- 
K^meliuaan^y^* 

Tíbbo SoháylMBKtainiMlMT 
mllejít-o^ídTií-e-miií- 
redn. 


ItS 


119 

150 

151 
ISS 

153 

154 
ISã 
ISO 

IS7 

155 
ISO 


Kilibúl Aafír dur Saníy 

át 

Amílool EkhUfi ilcíÜr. 
Tftbiyet. 

K^rlb^díii Abl Sídek. 
Kar^bAdm Sibat. 

Ketíbítlm Kabir. 
MoOfseidiboc jekerií. 

Al Erthnd míy-o 
Já1inH>o?> 

lib™ii JíUttOOB Tiirjamí- 
a-£bii'0 Síai» 

Jíen Síiz díU fidvM-e> 
mufredlk 


And severtd otbere. 

















ms 


AFPENDICES. 


Zisí of Genihmeufrotn tohom the Author has 
receiveã help in the geUing of ihe 
Manitnáló. 

J, ü. Caitline 59 , Eaq, 

0 . a Dutt, Esq, 

ITossrs. Hatigpo & Co., Chiueso Firmat Calcutta. 
Pundit ItamprasanDa Srutiratna. 

Upcadra ^ohun QosTami, 

Kalinatli Acbarjae (Nyayabliusan). 
Kabiraj Eamanatb Sen. 

Chiinder Coomaf Sen. 

» Badbikaiiatli Sen. 

Major Bissonatb Upadbaya, of Nepaul, 

Babu Baikuntbanatba Basu. 

H GírídbarI Lai Jabari. 

Jahar Lai Mokeent. 
j, Jabar X 41 I Jabari, 

„ Tbakurdas Jabari. 

„ Sobnolal Jabari 
„ KanayelalJabari 
ti Matb-ulam Jabari, 
ff Basanta Coomar Bazra- 
Moulvio Sayyid Nazir Ahmud, of Cinttagong. 

•, Sbeifc Sumiraddin, of Pubna 
Mokbo Mia Sbabeb, of Mandalay, 

MouItío Abdool Haq, of Afganistban. 

Sayyid Abbae, of Egypt. 

Abmad Sadkataliah Sbabeb, of Ceylon; and 
aereral otbers. 




















COKCIiUDING EEMAKK8, 




I beg- of my rcadera to benr vsp wítli me yet 
ftwUib, and to pardon me. if, beforo britigine to o 
coMlusiou my solf-imposüJ I t«ke tliero ac 
to tlio days wlisn I ™ Uut a littlo ohil . 
momorica of byo-gono tioica ato 

opon mo, aad throusli tlvo long Tiata of iopartoa 

yoaro I oao oco myoolf oLtfmg on tho lap of my 
iontlo motlior, whilo sho amaa«l mo by * 

impraos on my mmd tho namoa of dilforont kindo of 
paooioua aloaoa. It mo tbus tUat my looo foc, oad 

knowledgo of, Bcnw e«w apaco. ^ 

narmttoa mlUocm dry to my roadots, bat to mo 

tho romorabtanoo of thojo iimooont days is fali o 
ploaaantaooo, and I woald, tborofore, agaia bo„ 
fhom to boar ap with mo yot awhilo. I reaio - 
ta” ,raa aia ot aoron yoora old, o-hoa mf ^remd 
mothcr used to gladdea my boyiah haatt a-ith pre- 

aontootrwgot.rrago,oot mth ir''*, 

ioiu^.^jftííiíjt.tlxOírealtUofseTenkiQ^a- T 

rX a Cafa-oyo." aad ao on. I ma ^m - 
loa. iaordiaataly foadof ^'T“í «t 

ThMotw ringa. I ^ 

otlll m .ay P“—““taataada tb, idontlB- 
-p-Lratoaca tbomagidy, aad aa abo 

















appexdíces, 


í. 




is alao weU cducated in otlier respects, I had an 
intclUgent and experíeaeed teacLer in sucli mattcre. 
Sho ja m alout the 7Uk year of lier ago, and 
ber eyes aro not now riiat tbey wera. She cnD. 
howcvep, a voiy oorreet -opinion on tho 
genuinencss or otheríFÍae of a stonOj and accuratoly 

Jtidgíí of its qualities, as soon m ít is placed ia hcr 
liaacls. 

!Froni lier too I leamt to be cautíous wlion pur- 
cLasing jcwolry. I rcmembor that, ín ordor to 
gnard me against bemg imposed upon by dealcra of 
precioas stones, sho would frequently romiiid mo of 
tbo írick wbicb a certaia Jewiali jewebmorcliant 
bad ployod upon my imelo, the lato Baboo SooHeo 

Coomar Tagorc, by palming upon Mm, at a rery 

bigli prico, two bita of colored glass ingcniously 
pasted togeíher, and made to appear esactly liko 
Emerald. iTaying tMs wholosomo lesson in my 
miml, I am carcful in dcciding upon the merits of 
pms and precious stones wbich are brougbt to me 

for saio or opiiüon, and I would adyise cvci^ ouc 

to do tlie some. 

Aboufc 30 years ago, the time wben I bad been 
tokmg my fimt lessons in jewcliy from niy rospect* 
c mo er, tho rage for gems and precioua stones 
\ras high among tho anstoomcy of Calcutta. In 
those days tho nativo nobilifcy «scd to invest a 
goodly portjon of tbeir income ín valuablo jWoIs** 

































A TREJITISB ok obms» 


1041 




Jeweliors camo to tUe metropolis iü larger num 
I bors from tlic Nortli-Western Pcovinccs of índia, 
Trith splentUil assortments of gcins and precions 
Btenes, and found prõütablo market for tliem Uere. 
TLcir constant attondance on tü© wealtUy 
' men of th© town brought abonfc a sort of inti- 
macy between them and their nohlo enstomors, an 
the lattor bad thus ample opportuDitiôs of Icarmng 
a creat dcal about Jeivels and their qualities. A 
i respectablü jeweller, in the oldea times, nraa conai- 
dored íit company, and the briUiaut gatberingg in 
lho bi/itManaa of nativo nohlemen alnrays coun^d 
onc or tffo of the trado araong those presont, Dy 
coDstant associatioa wLtU thein, somo of the loadiog 
meniherg of the nativo nobílity becani© parfcct 
connoiaseurs oí gems and jewels. Amoag th^e 
may bo mentioned the names of the Lite Eajahs 
Baidyanath Boy and Kally Kisson Deb Dahadoor, 

; üio late Daboos Kassinatb MnlUck. Bicnui-sing 
Jlnllick and Síbnaram Ghosc, tUe lato Coomar 
Kally Kissen Eoy, and Baboo Sreenarain Bysack. 
My much revered father, the lato Baboo Hnrro 
Coomar Tagoro, was also a good judgo of je wols, and 
be, likowise, took pains to initiate mo into their mys- 
teries, whea I was a little furllier advanced io age. 


.. ftf .ih.r mrtí *í Ih<1í»- Such M pnt tíi« Bflw in UtH pípriac^ 

M h» IMTI Um Wtiar iLid tiborfl‘PwnLiíiaísd flnaaracrtti otcc 

tbi SSeJ núbiWy Pl ib* iMid by aDTmaiBtr^ !i 

;;n£íi:d^ ^ 

Toeu* in 

ii*4kl bf UrtUrt ^Êàjm &í baVí umJflfgowi línry littk gluugd- 



















tf 

1043 


ArPEjTDic^a, 


i 


i 


j 


Pvem Ciiand Jahari and Purua Cíiand Jabari, two 
of tlie bijheat autUoríties of tliat timo íii íhe 
maitífr of je\veb7, vrere ía consfant attendaace oa 
T ?' ÍJrotber, the Hoii'We Maljarajafi 

a en ro i obaa Tagore, c.s.i., bas cousideraUT 
íielpod am m improyitíg my k^o^v^edge. A piece 
bappluio poss^sscd, apparontly, ofali tberequi- 
sito qaalitips of a pei-fect atono of tbafc deacríjjtioa, 
was onco broaglvt for saio to my uncb, the late 

ã Cingaleso raerclmnt. 
Haboo aopal Lai, .vho bad grcat faith ín thekaow- 
e ge of jovvelry possossed by my rcspected bro- 
Iber, had tJiis Sappliii-e aent to \Vm for ínspection 
ami opm.on. To tbo aurprbe of oll. my brotber 
a otiee proaouneed tho a to aa to ba a counterfeit 
oao, nad oorroboratcd hig bold rerdicÉ by aatigfac- 
tory prac tical proofa, 

T\ itli íbo gron-tli of age, my tasto for gems took 
^ máoT gphere, and I began to feol Ébe waafc of 
writíea ivorks, wliícb ga^e definito accoiinía of nro^ 
cious stonM, the modo of toating them, the way to 
fiod oul tUe,r dcfecta and imperfetions, and anel, 
otf.ermalt=„ aa eoutd materíally lelp ene inaliain- 
lüg n prctty correct knowlodgo of the '^eoiencü" of 
jewelry. I hanteil for Sanaerifc books deroted cxclu- 
SiFely to tbo eubjoct of precious stonea, and hunted 
for a good Jong timo in vaia. Somo time afíer I 
carne ncrosa a .vork entítled tbo ** Maif^apariMd 

leT’; Vr,?"’ eftI,eA.iat!a 

Soe,at,-, Calenlla. Tliia boek, tLengl. „illen in 

^ ■ ...... ..... -M 

















A ‘TTLBATrSE ON QE113. 


1043 


Sanscritj íiftd notes Pitiuched to it in tho Cingoleso 
language, and thcac notes, tliciefore, carne to bo of 
TOiy littlo practical uso to mo. About tbis timo, 
Baboo Jaijar Lai Jaboti {jeweller), of Calcutta, gayo 
me much iaformation on the subject. But I 
was cuiious to tnoíf sometliiiig of wbat Europoan 
jewoUers LaTO wiífcbcn about preoious stoncs, and 
li>id to pfOGure from Kugland tUo woiko cxtaut on 
this subject, tlioro beíng none a^ailable hcre at 
tlie poríod. TVitli tUo lielp of Baboo Jahar Lai 
Mokoem, my kuowlcdge about jewels incroased. It 
gavo mo much. pleasuro to compare tbo tíows 
euuiicíated in the EuglisU worke with tliosc 
of modem jmroUers, and it was, at tbis time, 
that the idea of compiling a hook, whicb 1 had 
ontcrtained iu my mind from a very early pcriod of 
my life, commenced to assumo a dednite sbape. Tbo 
Purina and the medicai and astrological works 
of the Hindus Iuito thrown a fíood of ligbt on 
tbo subject, and it became my oamost ondcaTour to 
prodt by it. The Persian and Arabíc works on 
jcwelry that were in my possession helpod me to 
a material cxtent in obtaíning an Insight into 
the vieWB of the Mahomedan authorítics. The auv- 
teriols now ín band having been considered sulUclcnt 
to atart a work witii, I omployed myself in putüng 
them together with a vícwto publication. Fresh 
light, imporfcantas woll as íutcrosting, began to pour 
ia fcom all sides, and I eagcrly took adrantago of 
tbo new materiopls tbus furnished to me. Lattorly, 

















H 

Babu Giridhari Lcil, 41 welUkaown jeweller, at 
prescnt of Calcuttíi, assUt^d me iti gÍTÍng anytliing 
Íilío a dcÍQife sbape to tbe crndo vietrs of modem 
jeTTollere, tbat haro been traditionallj iianJcd dovru 
from geaeration to goneratioa. I Iiavo succceded i 
in collectiag tlie aaiaes by ivhicíi tUe peoplo of i 

Buroiab, China, Nepaul, Afglianistban, and somo 1 

other oriental ooiintrics, designate some of the prin- < 
crpal jeweb, and Lave inserted them in tlio body | 
of the vvorh, along n-itli other iuformatíon, obtaíned í 
pci-sonolly from them, on tlie jcwela in use in theír | 
respectivo countrie&. í 




I am graíeful also to Mr. Caitbness. of the ílrra 
of Messrs. Coühe and Kclrey, jewel merciiauts of 
Calcutía, and to soveml nativo jewoUers, for tlio 

Identification of many of the stones and for general 
Leip. 


Ihrougli the kind LeIp of my esteemed fricud, 
Mr. O. C. Dutt, i hnvo bcon ablo to ndd a nevr 
feature to my work, namely, nn account of the 
occiiJt powers of gems from a apiritualist a point of 
vion, ITy gratefnl acknoivledgments aro duo to 
him for tbo translation from tho Freiicti and ceríain 
otbcr extraets furníshed to me. 


Aíy acknowledgmcnts are aiso due to tbe autbors 
and oompaers of tbe several workg, to tbo editora 
of magazines and newspapera whícb I Lave liad 
to consult nbilo engaged in getting »p ihi^ ^rork, 
and from wbicb I Lave sómetimos gircn copious 
extracts and reproduced illustratioas. I bavo 



i 






















í TAE«,TISI OH OKV8. 


- 

1046 ^ 




alreody ^íren a Ikt of all the works wliicli ba.To 
supplíed mo with materiaU for the preseeifi cotnpíla- 
tioiij and I take tliia oppottuniiy of expressmg the 
eense of my gratefulness to any gentlomon, pro> 
feseional or amateur, and to the compiler of ony 
work> or the editor of any Journal or newepapcr,— 
not enumerated ín the liat ^ven,*—^from whom I 
hare leceived help ín conaection wíth, the present 
Work. 

It only rcmaíus for mo to express a hopo that 
tliis workj which I haro attemptod my hest to 
render useful to thoso for whom it is intended, wül 
1)0 of practical help to them^ ín testíng, valuíng 
and identífying precious stones, and other Jg wela, 
and ascortaining totíoub important facts regarding 
them. I truJBt also that it will bo fonnd g naín flj-. 
interesting and curioua by the general rcader. 


















iíT fiii<^5eí r^ 

— And, if amODg numerous sbort-comíngs, tho 
lenmed find even some merit (in tUe work), may 
1 find favor in tlieír eyes for the same,—is tbe 
prayer I prefar Tvith my liand upon my head,— 


The Enc. 



Printtd bjf s. c. ãc*t «é Co^, Sl^tdiopft Pfw, 349, An^iJaiar 
Sunif Caií^uíía^ 


1 























THi T^Ín 


>4 iJTiwi ^ ijijA 05 í. II Z. t t 


TNE '■DÜft t tv** iíllt’ll&h a 











r 11 


THE DBtOFf 


TMt, HATTÜK PÍA1KÍN& 
I 


THt OUKItflTAHÜ B1AÍÍQN& 


AySTfllliN ‘fELLOTW fíriLUAtíT 


fHt SAH5V 

9 


THE ÇLiGENIE 


PHCâDEft üBCEM BftlllMWT 


THE,rOl.Aí* íiTíft 


THt tLOBENTiWE BBILMABT ptOt 


THE HeEI ALUE PIAMÚMB 


J 


taq iij* 






















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