Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · New York : Scribner · leaf 63
eyond the means ofthose who serve as carriers. I am not con-sidering, of course, those mighty carriers, theelephant, the dromedary, and the camel.These are exceptional animals, as are also theox of our own land, the Egyptian buffalo, andthe zebra of India, which are employed underunusual… … A PATIENT BEAST OF BURDEN. the civilized world the donkey and the mule more than forty years ago, the dog was very are accepted as the best, the most patient, and largely used by the ragmen and traveling ped- the most tireless of all the beasts of burden, dlers of New York. Every morning the little…
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