[Footnote 9: For instance, a ruby of four hundred and fifty
miskals, (Dow, vol. i. p. 53,) or six pounds three ounces:
the largest in the treasury of Delhi weighed seventeen
miskals, (Voyages de Tavernier, partie ii. p. 280.) It is
true, that in the East all colored stones are calied rubies,
(p. 355,) and that Tavernier saw three larger and more
precious among the jewels de notre grand roi, le plus
puissant et plus magnifique de tous les rois de la terre,
(p. 376.)]