AMAZING JEWELS
The special correspondent <*f the "Daily Mail," on his account of the ceremony, ears:— ''The seats reserved for the native princes began to present the appearance of a solid phalanx of emeralds and pearls. It was hardly possible to distinguish the colour of the ebogas or ceremonial dress that each wore. Pearls and emeralds in descending curves from shoulder to shoulder covered many of the Maharajahs from collar to -waist, displaced , only to exhibit the star of their Order. Many of the jewels had been taken out from the hoarded treasuries for the first time, for many years. A* a distance the effect was euperb, and yet. intensely refined. "Looked at closely the jewels worn by the princes almost <tefied belief. There were ropea upon ropes of pearls of perfect metre and the sise of pigeons' eggs, emeralds the size of hens' eggs, and one swordblitt. composed of a single emerald."
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 11505, 11 February 1903, Page 5
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153AMAZING JEWELS Press, Volume LX, Issue 11505, 11 February 1903, Page 5
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