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south, east, and
west; and each
of these is of a
hundred steps ;
but the mo s t
frequented of all
is the northern
approach. Here
a pair of white
gryphons tower
above the road,
and a stream of >
worshippers flows 3
between them. , o
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Children, running o
naked, dive and ^
splash in the open
c ul v e r t , and
thrust their heads
f rom b e l ow
through the open
spaces between
the planks, over
which the goodhumoured
crowd
passes on. Every
one carries his
shoes in his hands, and a notice over the archway
requests “ all but Europeans and Asiatic Englishmen”
to remove the coverinOg from their feet.
