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i.. tli>- Ion i>:irt of tli.- animal a \.-i\ .-liai.i.-i.-tiMi.- aspect. Tin- limbs are slender, and the 



liack, aft<-r MMIIX' toward* tin- haunches. fnlN suddenly at the tail. 



'I'll-- /.I'u is a .[uii-t ami int.-lli_-.'iii animal, and is ca])uble of being trained in vurioun 

 m.xl.-s for tin- -! \ ire of mankiii'l. It is a good draught animal, and in harnessed either to 

 . .1111.1^. - ..i |.|..ii_hs. \shi.-li it <-an il raw with great steadiness, though with l-ut little speed. 

 Sometimes it is n-^l fur riding, and i> possessed of considerable endurance. U-ii 

 carrying a rider for fifteen hours in a day, at an average rate t li\eoi-si\ mil.- |- i 

 Hi'- Nagore breed is specially .-.l.-l.i-at.-d for its cajiabilities as a steed, and is remarkable for 

 its i-culiarly excellent action Tli.-^.- animals are very active, and have been known to leap 

 ov.-i a f.-n. wliirii \\a.s higher than our live barred gates, merely for the JIUI-JK**- of drinking 



at a certain well, and, baring slakwl tli-ir thir>t. to leap bark a^ain into their own paKtun-. 

 As a beast of burden, the 'Mm is in great request, for it can carry a heavy load for a v.-rv 

 great distance, though at no great speed. 



Tin- /Vim race has a very wide range of locality, being found in India, China, Madagascar, 

 and tli.- eastern coast of Africa. It N Mieved, however, that it native land is India, and that 

 it muM have been imported from then-e into the other roimtries. 



There are various breeds of /el>u. some Mng about the ate of our ordinary rattle, and 

 others varyinir in dimensions from a large Ox to a small Newfoundland dog. ( >n.- of the most 

 familiar of these varieties is the well-known Hrahmin Hull, HO called because it is consi-i 

 to be sacn-d to Mramah. 



Tin- mon- reliirious among the Hindoos, scrupulously observant of the letter of a law 

 which was intended to be universal in its application. l>nt to which they give only a partial 

 interpretation, indulge this animal in the most absurd manner. They place the sn-red mark 

 of Sh:i <>M its body, and permit it to wander about at its own sweet will, pampered by every 

 luxury, and never opposed in any wish or caprice whi-h it may form. A Brahmin Bull will 

 walk aloni: the -tn-et with a quaintly dignified air. in-|--t anything and aiiyttody that may 

 excite liis curiosity, force every one to make way for him--lf. ami if he -honld hapjn-n to take 

 a fancy to the contents of a fruiterer's orgrpern.Tocer'* shop, will delil>erat-ly make lii- rhojre 



satisfy hi- wishes, none daring to cro-s him. The indulgence which is extended to this 



