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Show -' i - CARRIED OFF THE X)HINOOR. Lord DalhousUBrouoWt Famous 8trre A From India to .England. BJft Lord Dalhouslo'c name will always j bo Intlmntoly associated with 'tho I famous Kohlnoor diamond, mid tho I story ot bow lie brought it from India I to England lias been retold 'In ono of m the now books. In 184S, 'after tho I H second slkh wnr, Dalhouslo conQscnt- ed the etono on account dt tho heavy I debt owing (he Last India 'company I by tho Lahoro state. Dalhouslo sent I It to Quean Victoria. Great caro had I to bo 'exorcised In carrying It across I India. "Tho tassels of tho armlet, In H which 'tho diamond was set," Bays tho B account, "had been cut oft to dWmln- Ish 'tho bulk and Lady Dalhouslo had H Inclosed the armlet with Its Jewel In H leather bag, this again being sewed H Into a belt lined with chnmols leather, which Dalhouslo woro by night and H ay. Two dogs wcro chained to tho BJ govornor general's camp bed and no BJ one but his wlfo and Capt. Ramsay wero In tho secret of tho jowcl's con-H con-H ccalmont." |