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12 the house? At length the priests decided that though we could not go beyond the scriptural number, the only way out of the difficulty was to reverse the figure and make it 94 cubits; only thus could we cremate him outside the house without violating the sacred books. My word, that was strict observance! Ours is indeed no common country.

And yet, though Janardan comes from the very same soil, he thinks it wise to declare that open highways are best for a country.

Boys, we will have to vie with the wild breeze of the south to-day—and