. The Baganda . artificially were too great atax on the herdsmen, and the calf invariably died. Cattlewere not killed for food except by chiefs, and they chose eithera male animal or a cow past bearing or a barren one. Peasantswho had to part with a cow for any reason either sold it orelse killed it in the market, and then sold the meat an animal died from sickness the herdsmen did nothesitate to eat the meat, and they left nothing but the skinand the bones which were too bie and hard to crunch. Herds- XII THE KEEPING OF COWS, ETC. 421 men often bled the animals when they wanted to
. The Baganda . artificially were too great atax on the herdsmen, and the calf invariably died. Cattlewere not killed for food except by chiefs, and they chose eithera male animal or a cow past bearing or a barren one. Peasantswho had to part with a cow for any reason either sold it orelse killed it in the market, and then sold the meat an animal died from sickness the herdsmen did nothesitate to eat the meat, and they left nothing but the skinand the bones which were too bie and hard to crunch. Herds- XII THE KEEPING OF COWS, ETC. 421 men often bled the animals when they wanted to have a feast;this was done by opening one of the arteries in the neck, anddrawing off as much blood as they thought the animal couldspare without being seriously weakened. The animal wassecured ; a rope was tied tightly round its neck, to cause theartery to swell ; the artery was then lacerated, and theblood was caught in a vessel and cooked with a mixtureof butter and fat. The only decoration which the Baganda. FIG. 75.—HERDSMAN CHURNING. placed upon their cows was a bell tied round the neck of afavourite animal. A large sheep was frequently herdedwith cows, for it was thought that the sheep gave health tothe herd, and also kept them from being struck by a cow had twin calves, a bell and a necklet madeof a creeper were tied round its neck. Herdsmen wereproverbial thieves, and they made a great profit by thenumerous animals which they stole from their masters ; theywould exchange calves, taking the cow-calf for themselves,and putting a bull-calf in its place ; and they would often 422 Goats andsheep. THE BAGANDA CHAP produce a cow-hide to prove that a cow or a calf was dead,when really they had stolen it and taken it away to somedistant part of the country Goats were herded in large flocks ; almost every peasanthad one or two animals which he kept for any urgent need,especially for paying fines. Chiefs frequently sent goats totheir peasants to keep for them, an
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