Then I followed it to the sorting tables and saw the men deftly and swiftly spread it out and brush it about and seize the diamonds as they showed up.

I assisted, and once I found a diamond half as large as an almond.

It is an exciting kind of fishing, and you feel a fine thrill of pleasure every time you detect the glow of one of those limpid pebbles through the veil of dark sand.

I would like to spend my Saturday holidays in that charming sport every now and then.

Of course there are disappointments.