JEWELS FROM THE SEA
Great excitement prevails at Haga-i Haga, a beach some 30 miles from Eas* London, South Africa, for the tides j have washed ashore many precious stones. Campers digging in the sand have unearthed rubies, a bloodstone, and an amethyst, also many cornelian beads and ancient china. The treasure is supposed to come from an old chest which has been wedged in the rocks for many years. At low tides the chest is visible from
the shore, but owing to the bad currents it cannot be salved. The waves thunder and break on the place without ceasing. It is thought that many years ago a hole was made in the chest with an explosive, and now at certain tides the waves withdraw some of the stones from the interior. Stones (mainly cornelians) have been found for many years by the local inhabitants, many of the women wearing pretty necklets made from the treasure trove o£ this lost chest.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 87, 9 October 1937, Page 20
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