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Burtal(jcs with x\uodeii wheel cart in India 



As its name implies, the buffalo lo\es the water and 

 mud, and preters to live where it can teed on the coarse 

 aquatic grasses and reeds which line the banks and spring 

 trom the shallow waters ot tropical streams, and where 

 it can wallow in the mud undisturbed. 



When Ivinir in the water or mire, it is constantly 

 ducking its head under to drive awav from the top of the 

 head between the horns the swarm ot hot Hies which 

 attack it at a place where it has no other means of de- 

 fence. When out ot the water small iiirds ho\er around 

 the animal to teed upon the t^ies and insects wliich pes- 

 ter it. Even in the domesticated state, the buffalo must 

 be given a chance tor a daily wallow or it becomes \ile 

 tempered and unmanageable and sometimes runs mad. 

 When it lacks its daily bath, buckets of water are some- 



