VALUABLE PEBBLES
By picking up pebbles on the seashore a resident of Leicester has been able during the last six years to support four beds in Baptist Mission hospitals in the Congo, at Chandrakona, in India, and at Tai-yuan-fu in China. By diligently seeking for ' treasures among millions of common stones she has found good ' specimens of jasper, topaz, amethyst, onyx, sardonyx, chrysoprase, crystal, and agate, besides cornelians, lapis lazuli, and other semi-precious stones. These pebbles have been made into necklaces, rings, and brooches, the larger stones being , used in paper-" knives, small boxes, and.so on. 'flt is a most fascinating hobby," says the searcher. '' Wherever' Xgo during my holidays, I spend my time on the seashore looking for pretty pebbles. In Norway, I have found pieces of topaz arid crystal; this year, during a cruise, round Great Britain, I found some fine stones at Oban and Guernsey."
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Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 136, 6 December 1932, Page 12
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148VALUABLE PEBBLES Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 136, 6 December 1932, Page 12
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