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ground, although she is the hostess, and leaves the two alone; neverthe- 
less, she watches the calf with all the longing a good-natured cow can 
suffer. The mother is so sure that everything and everybody envies her 
her wonderful possession that it took Mr. Wilkie all his time to prevent 
her trying conclusions with Mr. Luke as he tried to get a picture of the 
treasure. Twice she began to assume war-like attitudes, and twice the 
process of posing was interrupted; but when she found that he really 
did not want to carry her baby off in his pocket she yielded with a fair 
grace to the inevitable. The little Highland cow looked on, from a 
respectful distance, as if she could scarcely credit the fact that the men 
were allowed to do that for which she had been so badly humiliated. 
ZEBUS, OR BRAHMIN CATTLE. 
The Zebu has a peculiarity that distinguishes him at once from all 
the other oxen of the world and places him in a distant relationship with 
the camel and dromedary. He has a fatty hump on his back, just above 
his shoulders, and one member of his family has two of them, one behind 
The rich man’s darling. 
