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observed, is less than that of grain; for the last is always heaped. CHAPTER 
The Seer of milk is very nearly equal to the English ale quart). She 
generally bears from ten to twelve calves, and is very unruly when May 20, &c. 
the keeper attempts to milk her without the calf being present. A 
female of this breed, when three or four years old, costs from three 
to si * Canter' raia Pagodas, or from 1/. Os. %\d. to 2/. Os. 5±d. A male 
fit for labour sells for from one to three Pagodas , or from 0/. 6s. 8~d. 
to ll. Os. They will convey a greater weight, either in a cart or 
on their back, than a common ox ; but walk very slowly, do not 
endure heat, and cannot easily travel more than seven miles a-day. 
The two stranger breeds are greatly superior in size to the 
Hullu ; but in this country they very soon degenerate. The females 
breed once in two or three years only, and produce in all about 
six calves. For two years after each parturition, they continue to 
give a large quantity of milk ; but in the third year their milk 
begins to diminish; and it entirely ceases about two months before 
the time of calving. In this country, besides what the calf is 
allowed, they give daily from six to eight quarts of milk, and re- 
quire no more food than the common breed, neither do they refuse 
their milk, should the calf be removed or die: a young female of 
tjiese breeds sells for ten to twelve Pagodas (Si. 7s. Qd. to 4/. 06*. 7d ). 
The males are entirely reserved for breeding, or for carrying cloth ; 
one of them will carry as much as six oxen, and will walk faster. 
They sell for about fifteen Pagodas , or 51. Os. 8 id. 
The shepherds are of a tribe called Hal, or Wullay Curubaru ; sheep. 
who in this neighbourhood have generally fixed abodes, and rear 
large flocks of sheep, and long-legged goats. 
I shall take another opportunity to describe the Cari , or sheep 
of Mysore. There are three varieties as to colour, red, black, and 
white ; but these do not constitute different breeds. The red are 
scarce, and do not thrive, being chiefly brought from the Combe- 
tore country ; and it has been found by experience, that no sheep 
thrive here, except those yeaned in the immediate vicinity. 
