«8 T)R. AITCniSOX OK THE FLOEA OF LAllUL. 



Yak cow, '^ Drino," gives tlie richest milk and greatest quantity, 

 from which a rich yelloAA^ butter is made. The " Dzo " cow ia 

 next as to quantity and quality. The common Cow, " Ba," yields 

 the least and poorest milk. The butter obtained from the milk 

 of the two latter is nearly white, and far from the rich quality of 

 the first. Ewe-m.ilk is also used. 



Butter, " Mar," " Gya-Mar," is made for household use ; and of 

 the butter-milk, "Dharra," the natives are extremely fond, con- 

 verting it not unfrequcntly into a fermented beverage, " Tragmo," 

 by mixing it Avith a sort of leaven made from roasted barley-meal : 

 this is only used during winter ; it has not an agreeable taste. 



Clarified butter, " Grhee," is chiefly imported from KuUu; it is 

 used only in the houses of the rich. 



Curdled milk, " Zho," is used for eating, though not to a great 

 extent. 



Cheese the Missionaries never saw, although they have heard 

 of its being used in Ladak. 



The flesh, " Sha," of nearly any animal is eaten by the Lahulees ; 

 but, as a general rule, they will not kill an animal for the purpose 

 of eating its flesh. But they will eat the carcasses, whether the 

 animals have died from starvation, violence, or sickness. When, 

 however, they are hard pressed for food, o 

 meat for a long time, long for the " flesh-pots," half-a-dozen men 

 will agree to kill an animal in unison, and thus, in accordance 

 with their religious tenets, divide the hideous crime of purposely 

 killing an animal over the community, each man having only to 

 undergo a portion of the punishment that would have otherwise 

 fallen upon one head only. 



By their religion they are led to believe that the soul of a man 

 after death enters into the body of some animal ; hence their hor- 

 ror of killing animals wilfully. 



A servant-girl of M, Jacschke's was lookii _ 

 at the killing of a sheep for the benefit of the mission, when she 

 suddenly burst into tears and said, " Alas ! who knows but that 

 this is my poor mother's life we have just taken ? " — she having 

 lost her mother but a short time previously. 



The flesh of the Cow is eaten on the sly by the Lahulees, so that 

 they may not raise the ireful feelings of their neighbours the 

 Hindoos : they do not eat the flesh of tlie genus Equu^. 



Of wild animals, the Ibex, " Kyin," is common on the hills ; 

 Musk-deer, " Ropotsi," are occasionally to be seen, as also a Lynx, 

 "Shan," and the AVolf; but the last is more rare. A yellow 

 Bear, " Dred," " Ded," is occasionally to be heard of as being seen 



