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A sacred pool was seen at one place facing the temple.  The waters are said to cause barren women to conceive & I saw several women bathing here.  At another shrine I saw many women praying & this [[strikethrough]] ple [[/strikethrough]] one was said to banish barreness. On the return to the hotel we visited the municipal market.  In a shop near by I purchased some Embroidered cashmere or camel hair rugs.  Tiger rugs here were valued at 250 Ruppees & leopards skins tanned at 50 Rupees, quite as high as at home.  The fruit section of the market contained many large mangoes, pine apples, bananas, pomegranates, & grapes & pears from up country. [[strikethrough]] Mangoes [[/strikethrough]] Pomaloes & limes [[strikethrough]] were [[/strikethrough]] & Jack fruit was