 | 1812 - 1020 pàgines
...water. In this vessel all the diamonds found in the course of the day are placed, and at the closeof the work are taken out and delivered to the principal...fortunate as to find a diamond of the weight of an octavo, (17-i carats,) much ceremony takes place ; he is crowned with a wreath of flowers, and carried in procession... | |
 | 1812 - 532 pàgines
...it from him, and deposits it in a gameira or bowi, suspended from the centre of the structure, halt full of water. In this vessel all the diamonds found...octavo (17^ carats), much ceremony takes place. He it crowned with a wreath of flowers, and carried in procession to the administrator, who gives him... | |
 | Anonymous - 1812 - 512 pàgines
...In this vessel all the diamonds found in the course of the day are placed, and at the close of the work are taken out and delivered to the principal...fortunate as to find a diamond of the weight of an octavo (17i carats) much ceremony takes place ; he is crowned wiih a wreath of flowers and carried in procession... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1812 - 506 pàgines
...In this vessel all the diamonds found in the course of the day are placed, and"',!! the close of the work are taken out and delivered to the principal...fortunate as to find a diamond of the weight of an octavo (17j carats) much ceremony takes place ; he is crowned with, a wreath of Bowers and carried in procession... | |
 | 1813 - 818 pàgines
...officer, who, after they have been weighed, registers the pnrtknJars in a book kept for that purposr. When a negro is so fortunate as to find a diamond of Xlie weight ot" of an octavo (I7J carats), much ceremony takes place ; he is crown W with a wreath... | |
 | Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 546 pàgines
...extends them, holding the gem between his fore-finger and thumb. An overseer receives it from him, aiid deposits it in a gamella or bowl, suspended from the...fortunate as to find a diamond of the weight of an octavo (17f carats much ceremony takes place. He is crowned with a wreath of flowers, and carried in procession... | |
 | Edward Polehampton - 1815 - 540 pàgines
...and delivered to the principal officer, who, after they have been weighed, registers the particular* in a book kept for that purpose. ' When a negro is...fortunate as to find a diamond of the weight of an octavo (L7| carats much ceremony takes place. He is crowned with a wreath of flowers, and carried in procession... | |
 | Rev. Edward Polehampton, John Mason Good - 1818 - 566 pàgines
...extends them, holding the gem between bis fore-finger and thumb. An overseer receives it from !iim, and deposits it in a gamella or bowl, suspended from...fortunate as to find a diamond of the weight of an octavo (1?£ carats much ceremony takes place. He is crowned with a wreath of flowers, and carried in procession... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1821 - 976 pàgines
...thumb; an overseer receives it from him, and deposits itin agamellaor bowl, suspended from the center of the structure, half full of water. In this vessel...so fortunate as to find a diamond of the weight of of an octavo (17 J carats), much ceremony takes place ; he is crowned with a wreath of flowers, and... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - 1821 - 768 pàgines
...are deposited, and at the close of the work are taken out and delivered to the principal overseer, who, after they have been weighed, registers the particulars...so fortunate as to find a diamond of the weight of seventeen carats and a half, the following ceremony takes place : he is crowned with a wreath of flowers,... | |
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When a negro is so fortunate as to find a diamond of the weight of seventeen carats, much ceremony takes place ; he is crowned with a wreath of flowers, and carried in procession to the administrator, who gives him his freedom, by paying his owner for... 
