India and daily life in Bengal . A Bengal barber zvho has found a job. 4 sacred bull. Moliadabc Some Pests of India 109 barks, and then another and another, until you thinkthey are barking for a prize, and the one that can barkthe loudest and longest gets it. The bark is not reallya bark such as we hear in this country, but more ofa howl. They do something of the work of the scav-engers, but the jackals could do that better and savethe annoyances the dogs bring. Many of them areowned by no one. The Hindus never kill anything, soof course the dogs are allowed to multiply as much asthey like. Th
India and daily life in Bengal . A Bengal barber zvho has found a job. 4 sacred bull. Moliadabc Some Pests of India 109 barks, and then another and another, until you thinkthey are barking for a prize, and the one that can barkthe loudest and longest gets it. The bark is not reallya bark such as we hear in this country, but more ofa howl. They do something of the work of the scav-engers, but the jackals could do that better and savethe annoyances the dogs bring. Many of them areowned by no one. The Hindus never kill anything, soof course the dogs are allowed to multiply as much asthey like. The government recognizes them as a nui-sance, and very wisely puts a bounty on their a year the low-caste people (maters) in some dis-tricts set apart a day for killing dogs. They will takea large bamboo club which they hold by both hands,allowing it to hang down their backs. In this waythey walk about the streets and bazaars. The dog seesnothing of the club, as they manage to keep their facestoward him. They wait until his attention is taken upby somethin
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