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a few cats any amount of donkeys several
ponies but no horses. We also saw one or
two of those bullock carts we hear so
much of thus two bullocks with a huge
[sketch of bullock cart Title Man walking] log of wood laid across
their shoulders attached
to a shaft from the cart
the whole weight is borne
by the lower part of the neck & shoulders.
There is no harness but a piece of rope
round the horns. It looks to me tough
work & seem rather cruel but perhaps
it is not so bad as it looks. We saw several
large birds with white bodies & black
wings something similar to the American
Condor but not quite as large. There are
large deep wells in different parts of the
town where the women come to draw
water and carry it in pitcher or buckets
on their heads. The women here seem