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three Tibetan rugs at 15 Rup. per.  One was blue, another red & third olive in color.  The fur shops are well stocked here with skins of snow leopards, tigers, red foxes, leopards, Persian rugs & cashmere rugs, and many [[strikethrough]] anim [[strikethrough]] other carnivore skins.  On the street we met a wedding procession, a Nepalese bridegroom carried carried in a dandy & proceeded by clarionets of Chinese type & making hideous squeals!  [[strikethrough]] Following the [[strikethrough]]  The bride was not present, she coming tomorrow with another procession.
[[circled]] 13 [[/circled]]  This morning we beheld the object of our pilgrimage.  Kinchinjanga & the snowy range of the Himalayas.  Daylight broke misty but at 6:30 the snowy peaks began to show thru rifts in the clouds

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