MILK-BAG. — SOUR-MILK. — BUTTER. 
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The top of the head is of a darker color than the body. The ears are 
ovate, obtuse and of a uniform grizzled dark-brown, covered with 
very short close hairs ; the anterior edge being furnished with upright 
white hairs as long as the ear itself. The hair over the eyes is 
whiter ; the cheeks are of the same color as the sides ; and the 
whiskers are white. The general length of the hair on the body is 
one inch; but along the withers it is sometimes of double that 
length. 
The following figure represents a Bachapin milk-bag. It is 
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formed from a single piece of raw ox-hide, sewed together in a manner 
which the engraving will best explain. The opening at the top is 
closed by a large wooden stopple, and at bottom there is always a 
small hole by which the klowa, the whey or thin part of the milk, is 
drawn off. 
As these bags can never be cleaned so perfectly that all taint 
of former sour-milk is taken away, they, in a few hours, coagulate 
whatever milk is put into them ; an effect which these people, are in 
general not desirous of preventing, as milk in that state is found to 
be much more refreshing and agreeable in hot weather, than when it 
is fresh or sweet. The little butter which they have, and which is 
generally used for greasing their skin, is made accidentally by the 
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