An account of a small book in French, entituled 'Histoire des joyaux et Des principales richesses de l' Orient et de l'Occident, par le Sr. Chapuzeau

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This history treats of diamonds, rubies, emeraulds, pearls, coral, bezoar, yellow amber, amber-gris, indigo, &c. of diamonds; The author shews: 1. The places, whence they are taken; of which he finds but five in all the East-Indies, whereof two are rivers, vid. Saccadan in Borneo, and Nage in the Kingdom of Bengala;