162 HINDOO CUSTOMS. 



(( will ever be converted by any mission from 

 ff the Church of Rome or any other Church," 



The natives of India have a very strange 

 method of breaking in their bullocks for 

 ploughing. The cattle with which they 

 plough the ground are in general small, yel 

 they are strong enough for the purpose, the 

 earth being only turned up a few inches deep. 

 The larger cattle are selected for carriage,, or 

 for drawing hackeries [carts.] They are 

 first yoked to an experienced bullock,, and as 

 most of them are of an obstinate restiff dispo- 

 sition., they soon lie down. To make them 

 rise, the men twist their tails, and if that does 

 notsucceed, a man throws a tiger's or leopard's 

 skin over his head, and runs towards the bul- 

 lock, which never fails of making him get up 

 immediately. After three or four repetitions 

 of this, they seldom ever attempt to lie down. 

 It has the same effect on bullocks which have 

 never been in a country inhabited by tigers or 

 leopards, and therefore they could never 

 seen a skin of the kind before. 



