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 elements. A fire seemed to proceed from his mouth, and the matted locks dropping from his head to the ground were changed by the rays of the sun, to the colour of gold or saffron. He had the board of a goat and the ornaments of a king; his shoulders were high and his arms long, reaching to his knees: his



nails grew to such a length as to curl round the ends of his fingers, and his feet resembled those of a tiger. He was drumming upon a skull, and incessantly exclaiming, 'Ho, Kali! ho, Durga! ho, Devi!'