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under which the aniniiils li\e. |]urtah)es in the drier 

 portions of India where tood and water are scarce are 

 thin and scrawnv, and their hides not as good as the 

 hides ot animals liv- 

 int: where the irraz- 

 ing is good and 

 water plentitiil, 

 such as Java, one ot 

 the most fertile 

 spots in the world, 

 with an abundance 

 of tood and water. 

 The Java buffalo 

 hides are, tliere- 

 fore, of particularly 

 good q u a 1 i t \' a n ti 

 are known as Hata- 

 vias, from the port 

 in fava from which 

 thev are shipped. 

 Chinese b u tf a 1 o 

 hides from those 

 sections in China where the animals live under favor- 

 able conditions are also of good quality. 



Singapore hides are those shipped from Singapore 

 and are usually of a somewhat courser fibre than the 

 Katavias, and vary in quality, as in all other cases, 

 according to the conditions under which the animal 

 lives. 



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