The Republican journal., 1905-01-26
RRAzIlIAN DIAMONDS.

DkAL"
Almost Inaccessible to Foreign
Ut h'u.. W. Lives Sacrificed to the Shin
.s MANY
Isg 'O' ,r.>pondence Of The Journal. ]
'F7 ,..,-. IA LAPA, BRAZIL. Dec.
B'S .anl Though enough diamonds
iiN .ary dug in the wilds of Brazil
II Simplify the markets of Europe,
c''A knows nothing whatever. of
BE- wv nnpre the gems are obtained,
CF ' Tstiee richness and extent of
3" IS to the Brazilian news
' u might search them from
..Ie7tly day in the year with
90 tst. able to find word of
III .,,,. This drought of informa-
-'' t.ont. partly due to the fact
9, .s rtlerplising reporter is not
H.. and, as at the north, and
tucjean journals contain
s... We call news" but are
.Jt to romances and to
s~u'ons on all manner of
,-. use of present practical
... &. also possible that the
.... being aware that moth
49,. ...l. Il cupldity will enthuse
49,, III. ur countrymen, consider
...... tnuish no statistics con-
..r... .t-.uts of their labor.
~. rl This Bahia province. in
... -r.st mines are located,
... r. Mention of finding out
.....rI4 ourselves, of pilgrimag-
amond fields and even of
..,. aen Iuquisitlve fingers into
rs. lfljlng out precious stones,
.u.I4. flefner pulled plums from
. Il. 4. Janeiro acquaintance
,l-. from the attempt by
manner of bugabooS,
u SIZE as we neared the
aur in Bahia they pro-
.ue. eoiutely impossible. They
..Ei est colors the long, ard
re,, nto uninhabited regions,
.- r. oWmmodations exist, for
beast and certainly none for
,e .- ,old blood curdling tales
.rn.-a winch Brazilian savages
Ne 0mG ated upon travellers, of
.rar IT.. hoaconstrictors and other
~4, .ae jropical wilderness; and
,.st tH-aI even went so far as to as
a.i ..rIt are no more diamond
III, Oh. country, at least none
aa ,-l ut the present day.
.H. -1N-st terrOrs we knew one
D.. M rue, that hundreds of
.s..4 H les have been sacrificed
.suHu Uug in Brazil; for in this
Dame Nature protects
'5a-Hr- 1897 placing them in fever
Il- nlse-b breeding di tr lets,
dangerous to travellers
Taguus that guarded the
If. .... H llesperides. SO, final
M std with ourselves, be-
MI and journalistic pride,
Mt than half way, to this
....-- ul Good Jesus" which
.ar the jumping-off place
zatlou as exists in inte-
l The very verge of un-
0 10 reach it we travelled
es . TRY by stage-coach to
...t-' Village on the Rio Sac Fran
t-l Tor weary days we sail
tu that mighty river in a
thatched jagan S.
.sco. rising somewhere
ANS of MinaS- Geraes,
IL mOrthWard, cutting
"a twain, and enters the
way below the port of
. Wong its far southern
ally i'll the province of
-t.- the most celebrated
rs are found. Time was
0f Bonn Jesus da Lata
e -' important Of them all,
tst diamond ever discOv-
was found near this vii
|.- ~ of its finding is as fol
' Years ago, when all the
l about was still waste
' noonlight night a certain
.' mlei das Dores Machado,
F 'a"r4 was several miles far
Yer, was riding homeward
fl 'sUccessful search after a
."W aIefully picking his way,
Di' II IS necessary, among in
."". ant hills and armadillo
' '.r' Ire spied an object of Won
" H'2otaess glittering on top of a
4o'W of fresh sand which an in
'.'.- iatu" (burrowing owD had
'-i.sa mp Dlsmounting quickly,
Vi" rs much astonished as delighted
'" TIA. 1t was a diamond, and a
WIZ ,'" At first he said nothing
VT III TIE uls neighb0rs; but the latter
W -0' long remain in ignorance of
'''. Mat he had taken all the slaves
'N ''Iiu and set them to searching
'''+ti'ng on the desolate prairie
d '9 we slrange news spread. PEG
%eAt' ia from all parts, wild with
"uri' and III six months time
''.5'lo almost uninhabited region