OF KAMAON. I87 



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 Cows and bullocks vary in price, from 5 to IS rupees eachj the latter, 



when broken for the plough, fetching the highest. 



Female buffaloes sell for 15 to 20 rupees. 



The number of cattle, agreeably to enumeration in 18S^, was as follows ; 

 giving a total of 241, 314< animals. 



Cows. Bullocks. Buffaloes. 



Kamaon, 58,280 36,938 42,959 



Gerhwal, Q>Q,S55 28,546 8,236 



The goats in this province are, generally speaking, low, and stout made : 

 those bred in the northern pergunnas attain, however, a very fair size. The 

 rearing of these animals is difficult, as during the rainy months they are liable 

 to many disorders, and are frequently poisoned by eating the rank weeds. 

 As there is considerable demand for goats, both for religious sacrifices and for 

 food, they bear a high price, full grown males and females selling for from 

 two to eight rupees each, and half grown kids in proportion. The goats of 

 the northern pergunnahs, which are used for carriage in the Tartar trade, 

 sell for four to ten rupees each. 



The breeding of sheep is confined to the northern pergunnahs : the same 

 causes which check the rearing of goats, prove equally fatal to the sheep, and 

 they are bred only with a view to sale, for carriage to the Bhotias, who 

 willingly pay from three to six rupees each for them. 



The grain is ground by means of water mills, which are extremely nu- 

 merous : the declivity of the rivers, which is always considerable, greatly aids 

 the erection of these machines. A small stream being diverted from the 



