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low spirits. It settled down all the dust on account of the oblations of blood spilled down. (29)
Thus turning with terror about the surroundings of the temple of Chandika which were of this type, he proceeded to see the temple:
Its ramparts were made extensive and high by the white human skeletons. Its arch-pendents were made of standing skeletons with their heads tied. (30)
And the points of these ramparts were made with the terrible mouths of lions. There flags were made of long and white elephant-skins resting on tall bambo-staffs. (31)
Its open places were terrible and full of prisoners tied with fetters and with downcast faces. It was surrounded by S'abara youths whose hands were occupied with sharp swords. (32)
There the groups of birds were alarmed by the big sound of drums beaten unevenly. It was full of S'abara women weeping indistinctly and miserably. (33)
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