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and during the boiling gradually changes to a golden yellow. The 

 boiling takes 3 to 4 hours and is stopped when the liquid reaches a 

 certain stage of stickiness which is judged by dropping it from the 

 end of a stick. The liquid is then placed in ordinary earthenware 

 ghurras and stored away for 10 to 14 days to crystallise when it is 

 taken to the towns and sold to the refiners or khandsaris. The 

 boiling operation is described in greater detail at page 349 of this 

 memoir. 



