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(25)  In the afternoon we drove over with our baggage to Smiths house opposite the Rhajas castle.  There was in his compound a large pond with broad stone steps leading down to it where the women of the village came constantly to bath & wash their scanty wardrobe.  They bathed with their togas on exposing on the shoulders & calves like the Burmese [[symbol: female]]s.  The managers house was a heavy brick affair with plaster walls & flat brick & plaster roof of the usual style.  It was fitted with electric fans & light & very comfortable.  The Rhajas castle loomed up nearby a large building of several