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We were soon making progress
along a road filled with carts like
our own, only the others were filled
with natives. The temple stands
on an island in the middle
of a square tank (they call it).
I suppose the whole thing is
artificial. It was very pretty
and surrounded by crowds of
people all in their holiday dress
when they had any clothes on at
all. Our guide bargained for a
boat and we paid the price of
a whole loaf to get it for ourselves
instead of going with a crowd
of natives. Some [??] boats were
round and looked like half a
cocoanut. We were rowed across
and visited the temple. At a distance
it looked rather picturesque