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...if someone who could answer. This is a temple of Durga. She was never married, a [illegible] which accounts for her terrible temper doubtless, as she is the goddess of destruction. She has many hands and each one holds an instrument of destruction. Every Tuesday a live goat is sacrificed before her. It is not plain what the fools think they are doing when they come to worship. This morning (Saturday) we left the hotel at 7 and drove to the Ganges. There we took a boat and rowed up and down...