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down l in ' kewra l water. ' The first day give one told as a 

 dose, and on the top of that a feed of wheaten flour unmixed 

 with^ butter, so that the grease may be removed from the 

 cock's throat. Then put on the muzzle, either the leather 

 muzzle, 8 or the string-muzzle 4 (so that it may neither pick up 

 any grit nor drink) and let it loose to exercise itself. There 

 are two times for exercise : first early in the morning till seven 

 o'clock when the cockerel should be fed, spouted with water, 6 



fin 



At four 



o'clock it must be released, spouted as before, and muzzled 

 and freed for exercise till five o'clock. The cock should be 

 studied, to see whether it has increased in strength or not. If 

 the cock is lusty and strong, more halwa should be given to it 

 and less flour. If it is not strong and has become fat, it 

 should, at night, be dry-fomented with a pad. 8 If fat has 

 collected on the langot (stomach), it must be reduced by dry 

 fomentation, and the cock must be kept confined in a warm 

 place away from cold air. In the morning it should be fought 

 for two pani y with a dalbd 10 to see whether it has improved in 

 condition or not. If it has improved, then keep it at this 

 weight and condition. If it has disimproved, fight it again, 

 fat, thin, and medium, and observe in which condition it fights 

 best and keep it in that condition. Every week increase the 



A Kharal karnd, to rub down spice3, etc.. in butter or in juice, on 



a curry-stone. 



* 'Arq~i-keora "keora water. " The keora is a species of Pandanus 

 odoratis8imus 9 a plant whicli bears a strong-scented flower. 



3 Tomrl, a leather tip. 



* Radda (in the text incorrectly roda), is loop-muzzle of cott >n- 

 thread. 



5 Phu% karna: the mouth is filled with water and blown m a 

 spray over the cock's face and head. 



6 Karkul, in text incorrectly qalqul, is a square hen-coop. 



7 Sutl or soil is a round coop, generally called tapa. 



8 The pad is heated before the fire and applied hot. 



V Do pani. A match is made for so many pani or intervals for rest , 

 The first day, the first pani is 20 minutes, the second 30, the third 40, 

 the fourth 50, and the fifth 60. On the econd day (or any pani after 

 the fifth) every pani is GO minutes. 



On the first day, the match may commence at any time between 

 2 and 4 o'clock, usually the second hour. On the second day the match 

 must commence at 2 o'clock. An antagonist failing to come to the 

 scratch when time is called, or to turn up at the correct time, loses a 

 pani. Say A and B make a match for five pani. A sees his cock 

 getting the worst of the encounter: he claims a pani. The fight is 



pout 



A. 



however, has now only 4 pani to his credit while V nas swu .». 

 cocker who first loses his five pani is counted ths loser, and has ^o pay. 

 Though the duration of each pani is fixed by >cale, no limit is nxea 

 for each round in fighting. Written rules are not drawn up : custom 



alone rules. \ y * 



30 Dalba H. is a weak barn-door cock or an inferior game-cock, Kept 

 for a young game-cock to bully. Ghuttha is a quail kept for a BgBWig 

 quail to bully. 



