196 JEWALA MOOKEE. 



sandy road, followed by a couple of vagabond- 

 looking coolies, one carrying my petarah, 

 and the other a blanket. Thus attended, I 

 entered Jewala Mookee ; where, in spite of 

 the unusual style of my travelling, the 

 kotewal provided me with bearers, and 

 lashing together two bamboos and a native 

 bedstead, I soon rigged out an extemporary 

 palki. 



Jewala Mookee requires a passing notice. 

 Deriving its name of " The Flame's Mouth " 

 from a continuous stream of inflammable 

 gas, which oozes from a sandstone rock ; the 

 spot is held in extraordinary veneration, and 

 is a favourite place of pilgrimages, as well as 

 the residence, of a horde of scoundrelly 

 Fakirs and Brahmin priests, who prey 

 upon the numerous pilgrims and devotees 

 who bring their offerings to the " Flame- 

 faced goddess." The temple, built against 

 the side of the rock from which the fire 

 issues, is of small size, and in no way 

 remarkable except for its roof, which is 

 richly gilt, and for the filthy stench which 



