BOSE The domes?c animals o! the vill?era are cows buffaloes, horses, sheep and goats. The l?w?r elase? the people keep pigs, fowls and ducks. The cattle are small in e/,a?. It is s matter of much regret they are not properly taken care oL In ?ome vill?ge? there are common plots of land for gra?g; but l?Sture groun?ls are very rare, esl?ally in summer. The tollowing things coast!tute the furniture .of an ordinary viilaser; a few tron or brass utensils, earthen vessels, mats two khat?a's or cord of the least made of ?tate leaves, one or beds?ds, and last though not importance, a barrd (broomstick). In a rich man's house, besides these a few more articles are seen. These are pestle and mortar for cleaning rice and pulses, 'one grindstone for grinding spices, and several bellmetal pots. The ordinary dress of a villager consists of three items; one dhuti or cloth reaching as far as the knee, One short cost and a head dress which is a cap. or more usually a turban made of a small chadar. In winter well-to-do hus?dmsn wear a big chadar. A coarse sari forms the entire dress of a woman; sometimes she puts on .a small j?cket. One charpoi and an earthen pot containing fire placed beneath it--these two constitute the principal luxury of the poor people in ?rinter nights. - In villages, far from the towns, money, plays a minor l?rt in ordinary transactions. The villagers seem to be fsmili? mostly with two kinds of money, rupees and piee (kaown ?s k?ncha). In stone places villagers have been found who refuse to accept t?o sams or four anna 'pieces. The local term for two piee is t?kka. When the vegetable deaJer wants one takka for half s seer of potatoes s new comer may get startled and may believe that s rupee is wanted for the pottS. '
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