CHAPTER XVII.
THE CITY OF TALI--PRISONS--POISONING--PLAGUES AND MISSIONS.
Three hours later we were in Tali.

A broad paved road, smooth from the passage of countless feet, leads to the city.

Rocky creeks drain the mountain range into the lake; they are spanned by numerous bridges of dressed stone, many of the slabs of which are well cut granite blocks eighteen feet in length.

At a stall by the roadside excellent ices were for sale, genuine ices, made of concave tablets of pressed snow sweetened with treacle, costing one cash each--equal to one penny for three dozen.

We passed the Temple to the Goddess of Mercy, and entered Tali by the south gate.