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When a number of cows are kept in the same yard, the oldest 

 cow always takes precedence, and pushes the others with her horns 

 if they interfere with her. She chooses her own rack, and if she 

 sees another rack better furnished, she dispossesses the original 

 proprietor, and with an air of ridiculous complacency appropriates 

 it to herself. None of the junior cows attempt to leave the yard 

 or enter it until she has preceded them, and so jealous i? she of 

 her authority, that if any enter before her she refuses to move 

 until they have been turned out. She then looks round in a dig- 

 nified manner, and marches in, followed by the rest of the troop. 



The Zebu, or Brahmin Bull, is a native of India. It is 

 a very conspicuous animal, on account of the hump on its shoul- 





Zebu. 



ders. There are different breeds of it, some larger than the 

 American cattle, and some hardly larger than an ordinary hog. The 

 Hindoo treats it with great reverence, and will not suffer it to be 

 molested. It is in consequenife so tame and familiar that it will 

 oft«n walk down the streets, examine the shops, and perhaps help 

 itself to some sweetmeats ; or it will lie down in the narrow street; 



