No. 5. 



Nagore Cattle. 



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The Nagore Bull. Fig. 14. 



Wagore Cattle. 



A bull and cow were exhibited at the 

 Christmas cattle show, in London, in 18;32, 

 under the denomination of Nagore cattle. 

 They were beautiful animals, and attracted 

 much attention. They were the property oi 

 Henry Perkins, Esq., of Springfield, near 

 Wandsworth, to whom we are indebted for 

 the substance of the following account of 

 them. 



They were bred by Lieutenant Colonel 

 Skinner, at his farm at Danah, near Pokah, 

 on the borders of the Bichaneer desert, 100 

 miles to the westward of Delhi. They are 

 not buffaloes, but of the highest breed of In- 

 dian cattle. They are used in India by the 

 higher orders, to draw their state carriages, 

 and are much valued for their .=;ize, speed, 

 and endurance, and sell at very high prices. 

 These specimens arrived at Calcutta, a dis- 

 tance of 1400 miles, in January, 1829, and 

 were then something under six months old. 

 They were sent as a present to Mr. Wood, 

 who was then residing at Calcutta, and by 

 whom they were forv^arded to Mr. Perkins. 



Colonel Skinner has a l.irge stock of them ; 

 and six or seven beasts are always kept sad- 

 dled to carry the military despatches. They 

 remain saddled three or four hours, and if not 

 wanted in that time, fresh ones are brought 

 out to relieve their companions. They will 

 travel, with a soldier on their back, 1.5 or 16 

 hours in the day, at the rate of six miles an 



hour. Their action is particularly fine — 

 nothing like the English cattle, with the side- 

 way, circular action of their hind legs — the 

 Nagore cattle bring their hind legs under 

 ihem in as straight a line as the hori-e. They 

 are very active, and can clear a five-barred 

 gate with the greatest ease. Mr. Perkins 

 has a calf which has leaped over an iron 

 fence higher than any five-barred gate; and 

 the bull frequently jumps over the same 

 fence in order to get at the water, and when 

 he has drank his fill, leaps back again. ^ 



The bull (Jupiter) was in high coRdition 

 when exhibited. He is employed in a light 

 cart, in various jobs about the farm: some- 

 limes he goes fore-horse in the wagon-team, 

 to deliver corn; he also drags the bush-har- 

 row, and draws the light roller over the 

 ploughed land. He is very docile and tract- 

 able, when one man drives him, and attends 

 upon him, but he has, now and then, shown 

 symptoms of dislike to others. 



He is fed entirely on hay. Except that 

 when he works, a little bran is given to him, 

 and in the turnep season he is treated occa- 

 sionally with a few slices of Swedes, of which 

 he is very fond. He was at first very trou- 

 blesome to shoe; and it was necessary to 

 erect a break in order to confine him. He 

 was unwilling to go into it for some time, but 

 now walks in very contentedly. 

 I He is very fond of being noticed; and 

 loflen, when he is lying down, if any one to 



