Excerpt from Diamonds In 1905 with my wife I returned to Kim berley. We were members Of the British Association which held its meeting that year in South Africa. I was asked to give one Of the Association lectures at Kimberley and it was natural for me to discourse On Diamonds. During our stay we were the guests Of Mr. Gardner Williams. Returning to England after the visit Of 1896, I gave two lectures on Diamonds at the Imperial Institute and one at the Royal Institution. These lectures, and the lecture delivered at Kimberley, in loos - hitherto only privately distributed - form the basis of the present volume. On each Visit I took abundant photographs, many Of which I now reproduce. A few are copied from plans lent by Mr. Gardner Williams and one or two are from photographs purchased at Kimberley. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.