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small pond, in which our clothes are being washed. From 

 the door of my tent I have a capital view of the proceed- 

 ings, and discover the Indian washerman's method of 

 getting up fine linen. It is very simple ! He lays the 

 garment on a big stone in the water, and beats it with 

 another nearly as big, until the buttons begin to come 

 off — then he knows it is done. It reminds me of the 

 cooking recipes in a lady's newspaper! "When the sugar 

 has arrived at crackling point it is done," and so is the 

 garment, which is then handed over to the dhurzi to be 

 repaired. By the time it has left his hands it is generally 

 dirty enough to return to the washerman's. 



