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of wonder and splendour and moving life. There is
no spectacle in the world more fit to dazzle the
eyes.
There is a quieter scene at the south-east corner,
where, under the shelter of great trees, and remote
from the world that throngs about the inner aisles,
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there are wooden platforms built up to the level o f
the high containing wall. So skilfully is the place
chosen, that one can visit the pagoda a dozen times
without coming upon it. Here pilgrims rest ; finding
shelter from the noontide heat, a resting-place at
night, and at all hours that there is light, from the
first coming of the morning to the passing of the sun-
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