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A Woman’s Journey Round the World

CHAPTER XIII
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The present one, Mr.Porgi, is the founder of a tastefully-built church.

In no similar establishment did I ever see so much order, or find the natives so well-behaved as here.

On Sundays, after prayers, they amuse themselves with decorous and lively games; while in the Protestant establishments, after having worked all the week, they are compelled to pray all day long, and their greatest amusement consists in being allowed to sit for a few hours gravely before the house-doors.

A person who passed a Sunday in this country among strict Protestants would imagine that God had forbidden the most innocent amusements.
These two religious societies, unfortunately, are not on very amicable terms, and censure and persecute every slight irregularity on the part of each other; by this means not setting the natives living round them a very good example.
My last visit was to the magnificent treasure of Agra, and, indeed, of all India--the famous Taj-Mehal.
I had read somewhere that this monument ought to be visited last, as the others would not be admired at all after seeing this.

Captain Elliot says: "It is difficult to give a description of this monument; the architecture is full of strength and elegance." The Taj-Mehal was erected by the Sultan Jehoe (Dschehoe), in memory of his favourite muntaza, Zemani.


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