136 WILD LIFE IN NORTH CANARA. 



frank, manly race, large of limb and 

 fairer than any Hindoos I have seen. 

 I even thought I saw a ruddy tint in 

 the cheeks of the younger men. 



They took me at once to the village 

 cowhouse, which was on the border of 

 the pasture land, about a quarter of a 

 mile off, and pointed out the beam from 

 which the poor young fellow was found 

 hanging. First, however, the herdsman 

 drew me away from the door, and 

 placed me behind the corner of the 

 building while he let out the cattle. 



This was a necessary precaution, for 

 the herd burst out like a torrent, 

 shaggy half- wild buffaloes of the breed 

 found in Soopah; a stranger standing 

 opposite the door would instantly have 

 been swept away. 



