 ... private individuals, who carry on the workings at their own risk and profit. Slave labour is still employed, but all possible precautions are taken to prevent dishonesty. Thefts are severely punished, and rewards are offered for integrity and success...  Diamonds - Pàgina 5per William Pole - 1861 - 13 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | 1861 - 520 pàgines
...and rewards are offered for integrity and success in working. The slave who finds a diamond of 17 J carats, is crowned with a wreath of flowers, and led...from the beds by pumping ; the gravel and alluvial soil are then excavated and washed in troughs by means of currents of water ; the earthy particles... | |
 | 1861 - 788 pàgines
...and rewards are offered for integrity and success in working. The slave who finds a diamond of 17 J carats, is crowned with a wreath of flowers, and led...The method of working for the stones is very simple. ^Jhe streams are diverted, and the water exhausted as much as possible from the beds by pumping ; the... | |
 | Edwin William Streeter - 1882 - 398 pàgines
...and smuggling Diamonds. As a means of encouraging honesty, if a negro finds a stone of 17^ carats he is crowned with a wreath of flowers and led in procession to the manager. Then his freedom is bestowed upon him, plus a suit of clothes, and permission to work for... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1886 - 710 pàgines
...to stand up submissively and knock for the overseer We might outline the honest fellow on a frieze, crowned with a wreath of flowers, and led in procession to the manager to receive his freedom for the finding of a ten-carat gem. See ! they give him two new shirts,... | |
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