Chamberlain, James Franklin, 1869-1943 · London : Macmillan & Co. · leaf 240
ful stones to play with ? Itis said that some of the Boer children in SouthAfrica collected them, thinking that they weresimply pretty pebbles. Long ago the Boers lived in Holland. Doyou know where Holland is? They were notallowed to worship God in their own way, andso they left their homes and… … Fig. 55.—^A Diamond Mine at Kimberley, South Africa One evening a traveler stopped at a Boerfarmhouse. He saw the pretty stones whichthe children were playing with, and he recog- 228 HOW WE ARE CLOTHED nized them as diamonds. Of course the newsspread, and people came to dig the preciousstones from…
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