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DIAMOND.
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SECT. III.
Remarks on the Purchase and Sale of Diamonds.
The following observations may be found useful to those who are desirous of purchasing or disposing of diamonds.
I once possessed a brilliant of eight carats, well proportioned, and extremely fine, with the exception of two spots of what is technically called foul; one was in the centre of the table, not larger than a small pin's head, and the other at the corner of the table. It was sold for £380; but had it been quite perfect, it would have obtained from £550 to £600, or more.
The Nassuc diamond, valued at thirty thousand pounds, and which I modelled on
