tabuntshik

Updated: June 1, 2025

Dressed in leather, with a girdle which contains the implements of his veterinary art; a black lambskin cap on his head, the tabuntshik, or herdsman, eats, drinks, and sleeps in his saddle; has no shelter, and dare not even turn his back upon a storm, as the creatures do for whom he is responsible.

Mrs. R. Lee - Anecdotes of the Habits and Instinct of Animals