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CHAPTER to bring- up the young, and the stragglers. Some of the cows
are however so vicious, that no milk can be taken from them. They
are all white, but are not fit for carriage, being too small. They
are very hardy in the plough, or machine for raising water called
Capily ; but are rather unruly, even after emasculation ; so that an
ox of this breed does not bring more than 40 Fanams, 11 4*. \\xd, ■•
while the more tractable, but weaker cattle, bred in the villages,
sell for from 60 to 70 Fanams, or from ll. Us. 5\d. to 2/. 36'. %d. Bulls
for breeding sell for from 50 to 80 Fanams, or from ll. 11*. I^d. to
Ql. 9s. lid. The forest males are emasculated when between two
and three years old; and are sold off at four, when they are fit
for labour. The cows have a calf once in two years, and generally
breed five times. In the rainy season, a cow gives daily l£ Seer,
or 90 cubical inches, and in the hot season •§■ Seer, or 36 cubical
inches. The village cows being kept in the house at night, and
being fed there, give about two Seers a day, or rather more than
two ale quarts. These forest cattle are always kept in herds, which
contain about 150 young and old, male and female. A herd of this
kind requires the attendance of five mem One man carries the milk
home to the village, and brings provisions ; for the women dare not
approach. The other four men lead the herd to pasture. The calves
are secured in a fold strongly defended by thorns; and on the
outside of this the (Goalas) cowherds build a small hut, in which
they sleep surrounded by the cattle, and defended by them from
the tigers. When water or grass fail in one part of the country,
they remove to another, and are under the grass renter (Hulu-
bundi) of Chatrakal, exactly on the same footing with the (Donigars)
shepherds.
In the wastes buffaloes are never kept; but in every house the
■women of the (Goalas) cowherds, and the people of the villages,
keep at least one or two female buffaloes ; for the greater part of
the milk used in the country is procured from this kind of cattle*
ioffaloes,
A JOURNEY FROM MADRAS THROUGH
I
CHAPTER to bring- up the young, and the stragglers. Some of the cows
are however so vicious, that no milk can be taken from them. They
are all white, but are not fit for carriage, being too small. They
are very hardy in the plough, or machine for raising water called
Capily ; but are rather unruly, even after emasculation ; so that an
ox of this breed does not bring more than 40 Fanams, 11 4*. \\xd, ■•
while the more tractable, but weaker cattle, bred in the villages,
sell for from 60 to 70 Fanams, or from ll. Us. 5\d. to 2/. 36'. %d. Bulls
for breeding sell for from 50 to 80 Fanams, or from ll. 11*. I^d. to
Ql. 9s. lid. The forest males are emasculated when between two
and three years old; and are sold off at four, when they are fit
for labour. The cows have a calf once in two years, and generally
breed five times. In the rainy season, a cow gives daily l£ Seer,
or 90 cubical inches, and in the hot season •§■ Seer, or 36 cubical
inches. The village cows being kept in the house at night, and
being fed there, give about two Seers a day, or rather more than
two ale quarts. These forest cattle are always kept in herds, which
contain about 150 young and old, male and female. A herd of this
kind requires the attendance of five mem One man carries the milk
home to the village, and brings provisions ; for the women dare not
approach. The other four men lead the herd to pasture. The calves
are secured in a fold strongly defended by thorns; and on the
outside of this the (Goalas) cowherds build a small hut, in which
they sleep surrounded by the cattle, and defended by them from
the tigers. When water or grass fail in one part of the country,
they remove to another, and are under the grass renter (Hulu-
bundi) of Chatrakal, exactly on the same footing with the (Donigars)
shepherds.
In the wastes buffaloes are never kept; but in every house the
■women of the (Goalas) cowherds, and the people of the villages,
keep at least one or two female buffaloes ; for the greater part of
the milk used in the country is procured from this kind of cattle*
ioffaloes,