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THE ZEBU, 
rank goes out in a Zebu car; she sits in the car 
with a veil over her face, and a maid by her side. 
The rich man who owns the Zebu oxen will not let 
his wife ride in a car that is not very gay ; and to 
make it so, he will dye the neck of the ox a deep 
red, and put a tuft of red or blue wool on its brow, 
and a dash of red dye on each horn, and it will 
have a red or blue net all over its back. The yoke 
also is made very gay: the yoke is a beam of wood 
made to go over the neck of the ox, for it to draw 
the car with ; this beam is made fast to the pole of 
the car, so that two oxen can draw at once, and 
rich men dye this yoke of a red or blue hue, or 
even gild it with gold. The lady not only has her 
maid with her when she goes out, but two men 
walk, one on each side of the car, to wait upon her 
and help to take care of her. 
Zebu oxen like to go into a pool, and they get 
in so deep that the mud on the side of the pool is 
all over them, so that no one can see any part of 
them but the head. They will stay in this cool 
mud all the hot part of the day, and not come out 
till the sun has set. 
