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The children all seemed
quite unrestrained & happy,
I saw no women with
bound feet took all the ones
many shopping, all wore
a plain dead black silk
jacket & trousers to which
there was not the slightest
gap sure. The temple of a
medicine god next excited
our attention. This was
situated near one of the city
wells. Here the superstitious
come for advice & cures, One
of the methods is to shake
out of a bundle full of sticks
a numbered one & this refers
to a pamphlet in which is
written the treatment for the
cure of the disease of the person.
The government does not favor
this temple. Even puts its
faith in the hospitals.
In one of the rooms are 60