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from the cut throats of the cattle. This should, I think, be stopped. A mutton
market was built in 1874, out of municipal funds, outside the Kumbhári yes on
an open space over the Lenki Nullah, and to the west of it is the slaughter
- h o u s e , w h e r e 2 3 s h e e p a n d 7 6 g o a t s a r e s l a u g h t e r e d d a i l y . T h e m a r k e t i s a
tiled building, with a central passage, on either side of which are 8 stalls. There
is another mutton slaughter-house in Begum Peit, which is also paved at the bot
- t o m . M u t t o n i s a l s o s o l d i n a c h u p p e r e d s h e d i n S a k h a r P e i t , a n d i n a n o t h e r n e a r
Bijápur ves, both of which belong to the Municipality, and there is also a private
mutton market in Mungulwar Peit. The animals are inspected before and after
slaughter by a European overseer, but the fees are collected by contract. For
slaughtering cattle one anna per head, and for each sheep or goat 6 pies are
charged. There are stated to be about 20 beef and 80 mutton butchers in the
town ; and I am informed that there are 300 grain shops and 6 liquor shops,
besides two licensed places where opium is sold.
15. The following return shows the number of animals in the city at the
time of the census of 1872 :—
Horses and
Mares.
Ponies.
She Buffa-
loes.
Bull
Buffaloes. Bullocks.
Cows.
Asses and
Mules.
Sheep and
Goats.
Total.
21
69
948
375
1,094
582
750
396
4,185
The milch cattle, which are stated to be about 84 in number, are distributed
over the town and its suburbs. None of these animals are kept in built
stables, but are tethered in the open court-yards, or too frequently are kept
inside houses.
16. The bodies of Hindoos of caste are burnt at the Shelgi Nullah outside
the Tuljipur ves on the north-west, and Dehgaon ves on the west. Lingayets
are said to be buried in the town near Mulkarjun's temple and outside Tuljipur
ves, near Bunlumgund's well on the Hippurgeh road on the north. The Bunnias
and Mahrattas bury their dead close to the manure-yard. outside Baleh ves.
This ground was in a disgraceful state when I visited it, skulls and bones being
seen in all directions. The low caste Hindoo burial ground is separated from
the Bunnia grave-yard by some pits, where night-soil was formerly deposited. It
was in a far cleaner condition, and evidently care had been taken to protect
the graves and to keep the surface clean. The Mussulmans have one burial
ground situated on the embankment over the Sideshwar Tank immediately to
windward of the Collector's Kutcherry and by the side of the municipal garden, to
both of which places it is in dangerous proximity, and another on the embank--
ment of the old bund to the west of the Sudder Bazaar and within a few hun
- d r e d y a r d s o f t h e C o l l e c t o r ' s h o u s e , t o w h i c h i t i s m u c h t o o - c l o s e . T h e r e i s a l s o a
Dokhma for the Parsees on the south-east of the town on the Hudgi road
beyond the military Cantonment ; whilst all Christians and Jews are buried within
Cantonment limits near the Moti Bagh.
17. The water-supply of the town was formerly entirely, dependent on the
Shideshwar Tank which covers, when full, an area of 38½ acres, and holds in its
deepest part 13 feet of water ; but latterly the people have gone to the canal from
the Ekruk Lake, which passes the town on the north and west, being distant
1,100 yards from the Tuljipur gate and 874 yards from the Baleh ves and 500
yards from the Dehgaon ves. The Shideshwar Tank is fed by catch-water drains
which have been made in the neighbouring high ground, and which pass by the
Sudder Bazaar and through the suburbs. I have already mentioned one source
of impurity ; and, in fact, with all the care taken it is impossible to prevent these
canals being fouled, as I have seen night-soil lying in their beds. Mr. Grant, the
present Collector, to whom the City owes so much, has urged the adoption of a