An Embassy to the Court of the Teshoo Lama in Tibet - Prajna Quest

;BOOTAN. 187hair, growing somevvliat longer than the rest :the legs are very shortin every other respect he resembles the ordinary bull. There is a greatvariety of colours amongst them, but black or white are the most prevalent.It is not uncommon to see the long hair upon the muscleabove the shoulders, upon the ridge of the back, the tail, and tuft uponthe chest, and also the legs below the knee, white, when allthe rest ofthe animal is jet black.These cattle, though not large boned, seem, from the profuse quantityof hair with which they are provided, to be of great bulk.They have adowncast heavy look; and appear, what indeed they are, sullen and suspicious,discovering much impatience at the near approach of strangers.They do not low loud, like the cattle of England, any more than thoseof Hindostan, but make a low grunting noise scarcely audible, andthat but seldom, when under some impression of uneasiness.These cattle are pastured in the coldest parts of Tibet, upon theshort herbage peculiar to the tops of mountains and bleak plains.Thechain of mountains, situated between the latitudes21 and 28°, whichdivides Tibet from Bootan, and whose summits aremost commonlyclothed with snow, is their lavourite haunt. In this vicinity, thesouthern glens afford them food and shelter during the severity ofwinter ; in milder seasons, the northern aspect is more congenial totheir nature, and admits a wider range.They are a very valuable pro-''.perty to the tribes of itinerant Tartars, called Dukba, who live in tents,K^and tend them from place to place ; they at the same time afford theirherdsmen an easy mode of conveyance, a good covering, and wholesomesubsistence. They are never employed in agriculture, but areBb