I know of no animal of its size so tough and strong.

It is astonishing, as well as shocking, to see what loads he is made to draw here.

The vehicle to which he is usually harnessed is a heavy, solid affair, frequently as large as our common horse-carts.

He is put to all kinds of work, and is almost exclusively the poor man's beast of burden and travel.

In cities and large towns, his cart is loaded with the infinitely-varied wares of street trade; with cabbages, fish, fruit, or with some of the thousand-and-one nicknacks that find a market among the masses of the common people.