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6th. The cattle of the valley are chiefly the Malwa 

 breed, white straight-set horns, large ears, high hump, 

 very powerful limbs. The bullocks are chiefly, 

 from their larger size, used in hackeries ; but are 

 rather slow. The hill cattle are beautiful ; spotted 

 red or black on white ground, or the reverse, or mot- 

 tled ; wild, high spirit, and great strength, used 

 chiefly in plough, rather smaller than the Malwa 

 breed. The cows give little milk, those of the Mal- 

 wa breed give a great deal. I cannot imagine any 

 cattle prettier than those. I have procured a number 

 of English, Malwa, Hurriana and Sandee, some from 

 the Nagpore side, and Luckno-down ; but none 

 equal these in beauty and strength.* 



Buffaloes are very plentiful, the best about Barha, 

 half way from Hoshungabad to Gurruwarra; but 

 generally small. I sent to Captain Jenkins, Com- 

 missioner in Assam, and Major White, Political 

 Agent at Bishnatli, to request their assistance to get 

 some of the fine breed from them, and they were 

 obliging enough to assist me in purchasing them 

 twice ; but from their savage wildness, they never 



* Major Ouselcy, who now (18-11) resides at Dorumla, as the Political 

 Agent of the Right Honorable the Governor General for the South- 

 western Frontier, lias still a large farm yard of cattle of various 

 breeds. 11. II. S. 



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