Tale of Diamonds

When you go back to the history, you could see some interesting incidents experienced by the travellers in their discoveries. The travelers loved to share the experiences they felt in their journeys. One such tale from 'Travels of Marco Polo' about diamonds is below.

Diamonds have always been looked on as a symbol of power and wealth and they're cherished and valued. They're abundant and ubiquitous in the dense forests, mountains, deep valleys and in the beds of torrents. But diamonds were not so easy to get because of the hindrances. When the rain stopped and the streams stopped flowing from the mountian, attempts were taken by men to get hold of the diamonds. But the obstacle was in getting there as the valleys were infested with venomous snakes.

So enticers like flesh soaked in blood were used to lure the snakes. The diamonds get embedded in the flesh pieces which was eaten by the snakes. Eagles used the oppurtunity of snakes' inability to move faster after the food, pounced on them and have them as their prey.Diamonds were then collected from the feces or droppings of the eagles.Sometimes they were found in the carcass of snakes.

The earliest record of diamond history belongs to 3000 years ago in India, where these stones were first discovered for their property to refract light. Interestingly, the region he talks about in this tale is India.