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devour it ravenously. There are in South Africa 

 and America a number of varieties of maize, but in 

 India I only know of two sorts, in one of which the 

 seeds are white and the other yellow, or a deep red 

 colour, I don't think that there is nmch difference 

 in them as far as horse food goes, but each individual 

 grain should be plump, and fill out the luisk well ; 

 they should be free from weevils, worms, or the 

 marks of attacks from rats and mice. The liusk 

 should be well filled out, and have a shining, 

 pearl-like, glistening appearance, and when let 

 fall on a stone or other hard substance give off a 

 metallic sound. When broken open, the grain inside 

 sliould be of a pure white colour, and of a pleasant, 

 mealy smell, like fresh flour. If it is discoloured, 

 it denotes that it has been wet and fermented. 

 Maize can be crushed by most grain-crushing 

 machines, also in the native mill (chuckle) if the 

 stones are properly set ; but both in South Africa and 

 India the natives pound it in a large wooden mortar 

 made out of the trunk of a tree. 



Wheat {fjhehmi). 



Although it is not to be recommended as a food, 

 still I have seen wheat used when no other grain 

 could be obtained, and it was a choice of it or 



