, 1873-01-26
HARPER'S MAGAZINE.

| several SoOd etor1e6.
| HARPER'S MAGAZINE.
| After travelling for thirty-fve days through
treeless. stormy plains, or over barren hills
with nought but flock OF shoop hero and there
or dirty and dilapidatod boer's house, to brea1
the monotony; after having been alternately
pinched by cold and scorc11cd by heat, having
shot no game but an ugly baboon, and tho hos
! pitable beers Of the country, with whom We
tried to be friends, calling Us "dom" English.
men, and slamming their doors i'll our faces, Al.
bert E. Coleman tells us how he, with hie
| friends, entered the great central camp Of Du
Toit's Pan, III the
SOUTH AFRICAN DIAMOND FIELDS.
They vent to work like the other industrious
diggers they found there:
Adsy or 80 after We commenced digging, ns was
busy in our claim preparing to sink shaft, WIS
startled By hearing most tremendous shouting and
diggers Caffres and Hottcntots making for distant
claim at the top Of their speed while their unearhy
"hoo1ays" and cries inspired Ill outsiders with curl
oatty to know what WAS up Upon reaching the centre
OF attraction found large crowd swnyng to and fro
around shallow hole: In this hole was red-shirted
mond-over which his lips scarcely closed, while his
cheeks sTs1sd out with its stzs Tho crowd kept
i % L e Sa Tne How big
difficulty squeezed it out anu held the 9littering gem
In bis palm as general answer to all inquiries his big
Dutch face beantng all around with child-ke COM
placency. he could rise superior to all common
troubles, now fortune had been 80 generous His
saw man 10 Years old With perfectly aa ss.sd Ice
The calm joy Of that continuance is what artists
search after in vain.
wonderful. It ia ike hive Of bees swarmpg tho
comb, while the noise Of countless iron buckets bang
aa Is9s s9us.ns Of an pays
noise Of wheels and cries Of men, make up1oar like
that from the Tower Of Babel. One said, It's Babel
upside down." The immense size Of the excavations
strikes strangers with an1aze1aent. Imagine twelve
ddocks from go to 800 yards long md As feet deep
room, II flied with water sufficient to float twelve
Grcat Easterns, and number Of other chips besides,
and you can reazc the amount Of work which has been
dono in nine months. AL the diamondiferous eo1
from the inside claims has to be removed in carts,
and generally goes to the owners tents where ho and
n' tbs IT, Dit from ho e
side claims is deposited on thta. Month by month
these mounds increased, until now they are miniature
mountains, and, when last visited the spot, from
their elevation commanded tine view Of the sur
rounding country, the diversified camp, and could
down o tho gss dss md b pits e The
though slaves IN ao1ne Oriental sulans Employ. oc-
hand. shout out Diamond boss !" Tho others would
take up the shout, and grand yell would echo and
happy digger descended take possession Of bis nnd
Once upon time, though, mans happiness on
such OCCASION was turned very speedily to
lug nne sto,y :; d. anlo"s ,ao ~
vas esloeneea at nc 70" huen ast "eeA Ino 1uag-
~ aaa ~ eao ~ - g, oss aauS o
.st t1; . ~ .to ,.h Nv. 1 Aeo4. 10 aloas
ment BUSTED along with peculiar aacrity. a digger
diamond estin,sted nt from ATTY ia sixtv carnts,
Weight. he mt It into hts mouth ana an nroeeeded
to the % out o. the aes;
the machnn. Perfeetiy naturally. and According to
@ Gsfq %a o. o ne,as ne seah9
brother with d few Of fhoae flowers of 1anuun1e for
which tho dieouRs are achieving reputation Alas
as ho made these cursory observations the diamond
escaped from betwee his lips fell into the adjoining
claim, and was seen no mora Of cnl We have heard
a. 1uiss ~ ~ tes 6un we
Diggers Gazette.
From careful calculations it Is found that about
hnre a"I ~sxar ~ ~ ~ se
mass Of gems but few are 'pure wntcr brillIauts"
perfect White stone Of any SIZE Il indeed treasure
ity Of 1nda consist Of aawed spotted or discoored
aonea angular chips OF small fragments, which latter
snI Tcsd toa tha ~ th .n,t h n,aas ~
rily caused tremendous fail in their values Unlike
0'ee 9e no rat afe n t
Rush Claims, made large fortunes. They rot their
ground Tor d9 nothing III, found one to twenty diamonds
e. coo, and their diamonds brought a very fajr and
PRICE Que suuts made fl1, 600 in q
.tth for c and denarted wra,thv nan sntan
Behrnan wrecked tho coast iort his ship, and
u the ena thcs 10 .ne Me~ msa e4 1To o wnica
money. money S>~N w. - ~0 ~' '''''' "'''0'' @::11
A bocr, by wemmor, turned out in one day 81
1' % & wegm1'K fespeeoTe7 nss 5 earSs a ~
10 nelda . .few dayB before, after N absence Of
month ana upon bus arr;al 70 vas @ 9aey M presented by
,pward Of 500 diamonds! He is now decidedly tho
ehest digger IN ths e1mp a. and d, although worth his
nod 1nrE viii and no one owa how a. his section IL
lot hsK worked out and ere this he may be q second
stewart OF Rothschd and digger prince among his
ellows.
Mr., Coleman once Ind the pleasure Of holding |
n his hands 8 15o-carat diamond uo says: at
:. .z.-1a.;11. l.. .a..,,toI,- dooor;bo T. 1bo-o
lnpossaoae 10 aoeaoa'oiy oeseA1oo w. !ue'e