[55] According to the above rule, the king of Portugal's diamond, weighing 11 ounces, 5 gros, 24 carats, would, if perfect be worth 224,500,000l. sterling; but this diamond has many flaws, and is of a yellowish water. [56] See Journal Econ. 8 Oct. 1751. [57] This name is given by the French jewellers to a precious stone of a yellowish green. Mr. Lehman has given a curious and learned dissertation on this stone, inserted in the Mem. of the Acad. of Berlin. See the year 1755, p. 202. [58] See Bayle's Dictionary. * * * * * Typographical errors corrected by the etext transcriber: In-Indiæ=> In-Indiæ {pg 290} Inez de Casto=> Inez de Castro {pg xxiv} surpise=> surprise {pg xxiv} Viscu=> Viseu {pg 5} reigns of government=> reins of government {pg 9} disuade=> dissuade {pg 11} conqering=> conquering {pg 13} enevitably=> inevitably {pg 31} prefering=> preferring {pg 28} Peter de Mendoca=> Peter de Mendoça {pg 40, 48} indispensible=> indispensable {pg 46} atchieving=> atchieving {pg 49} citizens=> citizens' {pg 101} independant=> independent {pg 110} Estevarn d'Acugna=> Estevan d'Acugna {pg 70} duke of Braganzá=> duke of Braganza {pg 94} banished Portugal=> banished from Portugal {pg 118} fidelity of of a man=> fidelity of a man {pg 144} Cindad-Real=> Ciudad-Real {pg 146} ideot=> idiot {pg 167} for the purchasing a variety=> for the purchasing of a variety {pg 214} garrsion=> garrison {pg 272} in in this town=> in this town {pg 276} particulary=> particularly {pg 293} are are oblong=> are oblong {pg 306} End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The History of the Revolutions of Portugal, by Abbé Vertot and Louis de Boisgelin