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condemned to some degradation. Thus the horse was fated to be henceforth ridden or driven, the buffalo to be led by the nose, and the ass to be for ever despised and tormented.

Added to his docility and gentleness, the buffalo is an inexpensive animal for a peasant to keep, the food he consumes being chiefly grass, with an oc- casional mash of boiled rice. At night he sleeps under a rough attap shed, but his favourite spot, when he is fortunate enough to have a master who cares for his comfort, is near a burning pile of leaves and rubbish, which, when set fire to, smoul- ders away for some time, keeping the tiresome mosquitoes off. When the poor animal is no longer of any use, he is sold to a butcher, who retails the flesh in small cpantities, impaled on short sticks like hahauhs.

Six miles from Tumungong we stopped at the small village of Kinang Kudoe, where our men re- freshed themselves with rice and other condiments,

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