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MOZAMBIQUE 



chief breeds of Indian cows and their milk 

 capacity is as follows : — 



The bottles used run six to the gallon." 



Zebu are a race of hump-backed cattle which 

 inhabit India, East Africa, and Madagascar, 

 domesticated from time immemorial ; and though 

 the word zebu is now generally used to describe 

 the Indian race of hump-backs, of which a great 

 many varieties have been produced through arti- 

 ficial selection, it is open to doubt whether the 

 stock did not originally come from Africa. To 

 their extreme docility must be attributed in some 

 measures their capacity for thriving. Tropical 

 Africa abhors bustle, whether in the genus bos 

 or Jiomo ; and the shy, bustling breeds of cold 

 latitudes are unsuited by temperament for hot 

 climates. In addition to being good milkers and 

 beef producers, zebu can be used as riding and 

 pack animals as well as for draught. 



Between the Zambezi and the Chiri is the 

 island of Inhangoma. Inhangoma is in the 



