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to see tlie festivities. Masks, music, and clowns began to appear. All 

 kinds of songs, namely, Yaman, Kalyan, Jhanjoti, Kanrha, Khambaj, 

 Soni, Paraj, Behag, Surat, Kangra, Bhairawi, Khat, Lalit, Bhairon, 

 taking the form peculiar to itself, began to sing exactly like human 

 beings. Who can describe the pleasantness of that dance ? In all 

 the houses devoted to festivity, viz. : Madho Bilas, Bas Dham, 

 Kishan Niwas, Machhi Bhowan, Chandar Bhowan, women, all of 

 them with dresses covered with brocade, with fringes of real pearls 

 attached to them, rolling about as if they were intoxicated, were 

 kissing those who were sitting there. In the middle of these 

 houses a saloon surrounded with mirrors was built, in the roof and 

 door and compound of which there was nothing but glass, not even 



