. Our troubles in Poona and the Deccan by Arthur Crawford. With numerous illus. by Horace Van Ruith . untry where he begins to form thenucleus of a flock of sheep and goats, or to buy to replenishthat he has been grazing on waste lands or as best hecould near home during the hot weather. Gradually increasinghis stock, he drives slowly down to Poona, or by Nassick toBombay, grazing the flocks as they go and being paid ingrain—a seer or two per score or hundred—till he reachesrice stubble-lands, where he not only feeds but pens on selectedseed plots, for which he is paid right well. He buys apon
. Our troubles in Poona and the Deccan by Arthur Crawford. With numerous illus. by Horace Van Ruith . untry where he begins to form thenucleus of a flock of sheep and goats, or to buy to replenishthat he has been grazing on waste lands or as best hecould near home during the hot weather. Gradually increasinghis stock, he drives slowly down to Poona, or by Nassick toBombay, grazing the flocks as they go and being paid ingrain—a seer or two per score or hundred—till he reachesrice stubble-lands, where he not only feeds but pens on selectedseed plots, for which he is paid right well. He buys apony here and a bullock there, till he reaches a goodgrain market, with quite a little train of pack animals 204 OUR TROUBLES IN POONA AND THE DECCAN. heavily laden with grain of all sorts; then he sells the lot,grain and beasts, and hies him to Bandora slaughter-houseswith his bleating flock. He is probably under contract withcommissariat agents at Poona or Egutpoora, and drops themthe fattest animals as he passes. He is also probably underadvances from Bombay butchers. The writer has often met. THE DHUNGAR OR SHEIMIKRD. him in the K(3nkan, with two or three thousand rupees incurrency notes. Heaven knows what he does with his money,for he is always as Mr. van Fiuith here depicts him, seeminglyas poor as Job! He encamps on the outskirts of PoonaCity and never enters it but to sell his grain and to buysome condiments or strong drinks. He is quite harmless—rather a misanthrope withal, and certainly the very last THE INDIAN FIGARO. 205 man to mix himself up with poHtics, or Deccan Sabhamovements. There are besides, the Dhimgar herdsmen who graze herdsof horned cattle on the mountains and forests, but thesenever come to Poona at all. Reducing the milk to gheeor clarified butter, and storing it in leathern dubbas orjars, they sell it to dealers with whom they are usuallyunder contract.
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