, 1874-10-15

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Tha Shahs strong box consists Of smAn
room ~ feet " IA fees, reached BY ateop stair,
and entered through. . worry small door. Hero.
epread upon carpets 1io jewels va!uod rs E7, ,0Oos
9oo. uniof among tho lot fs tho Kaianiaf crown,
shaped IKE ataowor-.pot. and toppad by an uncut
ruby M largo as hens ogg, and nuppoaed to
havo como fach Siam. Noar tho crown arc tvo
iamb.skn M c6aa& adorned with eplendid aigrettes
ruby, and o1norald .necklaceB, and hundrods of
rugs. hir. EastTick, who examined tho whole,
states that in addition to these thore are gauut-
lots and bolta covered with pearls and diamonds,
bn ba abonRf IT, am1ng them tho Kaana
10 pounds and ono complete masa
Of pearls. damonda, cnoralda, and rubiea, Ono
OF Two scapbards OF sWoris aro said to bo worth
=. quarter Of million each. Thore Is also tho
finest turquoise in tho world, 8 or inches long
aud without q. flaw and +" I remarked smaller
ono OF unique beauty, throe-eighths Of an Incl
oroad tho color wna lovely, and almost a. ro-
There arg also aa many aapphireu as big ~ mar
6!es, and rubiea and pearls tho siZo OF nuts and
! am certain that counted noar1y 100 emeralds
from half an inch Hquaro to ~ inchee
long md an inch broad In tho sword
acabbnrd, which is covered with diamonds, there
Is not, perhaps, single stone amallor than tho
nail OF mans little finger" Laatly, there is
nn emerald as big rs Q walnut covered with tho
names ~! Of Mngn Who have Possessed it.
~ gems, and particularly those from Egypt.
Their goblets, decorated with thoao stones, wore
copied by the Romans. The 8hnh also posecsao8
pearl worth EGO, 900. But the most ATTRACTIVE
OF all tito Persian Btonce fs tho turqupse which
ia intaid By the native lnpidarios With designs and
inscriptions With great eGectand e1portncsa, Tho
best como from Nishnpoor, in KhofaRsnn whose
mtnes ornamonted tho gold armor Of the Per-
sians, 30 much admired by tha Crooks, Qhardin
records that in tho Trelau1y at Iapahnu ho saw.
"iu each chnmhor, tho atones in tho rough piled
high on tho floor like heaps Of grain, filling in
nNmorablo loathor bags." As with tho King OF
Burmah aud his rubies, the turquoisea of Perpia
arc alwaya first inspected by the Shah. They aro
divided into two cllssos according to Tho position
Ia which they arc found.
The frst, called sengui, or stony arc inctusted
IN tho matrix, and haVo to bo removed by means
Of hammer; tho second aro taken from the
nluTial dopositH, and, though larger, arc Of loss
value than tho former, which arc Of q deep blue
color. Although tho Lord Of Lords oontentcd
himself with taking the least valuable gesna OF
btu incompagablo collection On hia recent tour in
tue West, lo carried no less than 200 talismans,
which. whllo they may bo poor in appearance,
posaess linnitloss value In tho eyoB Of Peraians.
Among othera there was fine pointed star, sup
posed to have boon worn by Roostan, aud boz
Heyed to havo tho power Of making couspi9ntorB
at once confess thoir crimes. Around his neck
tho Shah wore a cube of amber, reported to
hare fallen from heaven in tho sino Of Mahomos
and to confer on It's oWnera inYunernbi1ity.
Most precious Of all, however. aud in Nussoe-
roodeen's caaothe st5uselcss, was &littlo cask-
OF Of gold studded NTH emeralds, and said ID
royal wearcr Invisible &c long as he remalnB