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The last line was screamed, rather than sung, as a parting shot to the discomfited minister of Nobo Kumar, and Nobo Kumar himself joined in the laughter, and sent some presents to the brave Amazons.

Turning from the narrow lane, the party of Nobo Kumar went to visit a more respectable portion of the bazaar. A colony of North-west merchants had settled in this place, which was accordingly called Khotta-bazaar, or the market of the North-westerns.