Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World • Paragraph 2061
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The Indian women do very hard labor for wages running from 40 one hundredths of a rupee for twelve hours' work to 50 one hundredths of a rupee. They carry mats of sugar on their heads (70 pounds) all day lading ships, for half a rupee, and work at gardening all day for less.