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short time in the morning and in the evening, during the heat of the day, 

 they are unloaded and suffered to graze. Goats are chosen, from their 

 superior boldness and activity, as leaders of the flock, and are furnished 

 with bells. 



The common diseases of sheep, such as rot, mange, small-pox, &c. 

 are all here prevalent, and in some years, extremely destructive ; the 

 goats are further liable, in wet weather, to a species of Barsati, called 

 " Khuri" which frequently terminates in the loss of the hoofs. 



The casualties are further augmented by exposure and fatigue, by 

 accidents, and by wild beasts ; and as the females — even those with young 

 at their feet — are not exempted from labor, it can be a matter of no sur- 

 prise, that the Bhotia annually finds himself called on to make a fresh 

 outlay for keeping up his stock. Many of the Jowari Bhotias possess 

 flocks of Tibet sheep ; this is a powerful long-legged animal, resembling 

 the Iceland ram, and similarly subject to produce an additional number of 

 horns, individuals being sometimes found with as many as five horns. 

 This sheep carries from fifteen to twenty seers, its wool is also of a 

 superior kind, known in commerce under the name of Bayengi, and 

 the price is, at the same time, not greater than that of the common hill 

 sheep ; these considerations would lead to its exclusive introduction were 

 it found capable of enduring the change of climate, but failure in this lat- 

 ter point, restricts its employment, as in the Yak to the Himalaya and its 

 native country. These flocks are, in consequence, kept by their owners 

 at some adjoining village in Tibet, and are brought into use on the 

 opening of the upper part of the Ghat. The goats consumed for food 

 and sacrifices, are also procured from Tibet ; they are of the description 

 which yields the shawl wool, and are to be purchased there at from twelve 

 annas to two rupees each. 



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