Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 August 1895 — The Cows of Delhi. [ARTICLE]

The Cows of Delhi.

The crowded streets of Indian cities present manifold attractions, but the study of native life and manners in Delhi is frequently interrupted by the gray herds of Brahman cows, which roam about at their will, with the evident conviction invariably entertained by these pampered animals that their own inportance far exceeds that of the community which they inconvenience by their presence. An overturned stall witnesses to the selfassertion of the sacred kine, and as our carriage disperses a blockade of sleek backs and interlacing horns, an indignant member of the scattered conclave wreaks vengeance on the battered chariot by pushing it along with these natural weapons to the end of the street. The “raison d’etre” of the assembled cows is found in the presence of a great Hindoo temple, where a glimpse of glittering images in fretted shrines is unwillingly granted to the unbelievers, whose feet are forbidden to tread the sacred courts of the Brahman sanctuary.—All the Year Round.