We should even go the length, if he considers it necessary, of hiding a few rough stones in the earth, which he can dig up to give colour to his story.

Of course the local press would be full of this.

He might present one of the diamonds to the editor of the nearest paper.

In course of time a pretty coloured description of the new diamond fields would find its way to London and thence to the Cape.

I'll answer for it that the immediate effect is a great drop in the price of stones.