ut it is only a portion of a stone
which is said to have weighed 440 carats before it was broken. The
_Great Table_, a rectangular stone seen by Tavernier in 1642 at
Golconda, was found by him to weigh 242-3/16 carats; Maskelyne regards it
as identical with the _Darya-i-nur_, which is also a rectangular stone
weighing about 186 carats in the possession of the shah of Persia.
Another stone, the _Taj-e-mah_, belonging to the shah, is a pale rose
pear-shaped stone and is said to weigh 146 carats.

Other famous Indian diamonds are the following:--The _Sancy_, weighing
531-2/16 carats, which is said to have been successively the property of
Charles the Bold, de Sancy, Queen Elizabeth, Henrietta Maria, Cardinal
Mazarin, Louis XIV.; to have been stolen with the Pitt during the French
Revolution; and subsequently to have been the property of the king of
Spain, Prince Demidoff and an Indian prince. The _Nassak_, 78-5/8 carats,
the property of the duke of Westminster. The _Empress Eugenie_, 51
carats, the property of the gaikwar of Baroda. The _Pigott_, 49
carats(?), which cannot now be traced. The _Pasha_, 40 carats. The
_White Saxon_, 48-3/4 carats. The _Star of Este_, 251-3/32 carats.

Coloured Indian diamonds of large size are rare; the most famous are:--a
beautiful blue brilliant, 67-2/16 carats, cut from a stone weighing
112-3/16 carats brought to Europe by Tavernier. It was stolen from the
French crown jewels with the Regent and was never recovered. The _Hope_,
44-1/4 carats, has the same colour and is probably a portion of the missing
stone: it was so-called as forming part of the collection of H. T. Hope
(bought for L18,000), and was sold again in 1906 (resold 1909). Two
other blue diamonds are known, weighing 13-3/4 and 1-3/4 carats, which may
also be portions of the French diamond. The _Dresden Green_, one of the
Saxon crown jewels, 40 carats, has a fine apple-green colour. The
_Florentine_, 133-1/5 carats, one of the Austrian crown jewels, is a very
pale yellow.

The most famous Brazilian stones are:--The _Star of the South_, found in
1853, when it weighed 254-1/2 carats and was sold for L40,000; when cut it
weighed 125 carats and was bought by the gaikwar of Baroda for L80,000.
Also a diamond belonging to Mr Dresden, 119 carats before, and 76-1/2
carats after cutting.

Many large stones have been found in South Africa; some are yellow but
some are as colourless as the best Indian or Brazilian stones. The most
fam