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IS 229.2 Story of an Emigrant.
roof surmounted by a round cupola. They are made of
brick, with a coating of white plaster on the outside; there
are no windows, and only one door, opening on the river side.
WATER CARRIER.
Inside this door is a niche in which the idol is placed. Only
the Brahmins are allowed to enter these temples;
wherefore the common heathen has to content himself with
simply looking at the god from the outside; the Christians
also are generally kept at a respectful distance.
Here and there along the banks of the river nestle rustic
villages, the houses of which are generally square, and from
sixteen to twenty feet on the sides, with pointed thatched
roofs. The walls are of bamboo poles, interwoven with
grass mats or plastered with mortar. There are no wooden
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