Vassili Verestchagin : painter, soldier, traveler : autobiographical sketches (1888)
Vereshchagin, Vasiliĭ Vasilʹevich, 1842-1904 · New York : American Art Association · leaf 57
ON THE DANUBE. 43 Stretched out his hands and bleated feebly. The peasant understood what he wanted, sold him the sheep, and looked after us, smilingly, for a long while. We took the animal … into our vehicle, but presently had to banish him to the baggage-wagons, as he was too dirty to be a pleasant travel- ling-companion.