Είναι έθιμο καθιερωμένο από αμνημονεύτων χρόνων μεταξύ των πολιτισμένων λαών, που διαπλέουν τις θάλασσες.
I afterwards learned that it was to discover if we had any diamonds concealed. This practice had been established since time immemorial among those civilized nations that scour the seas.