caravan-teamsters

Updated: May 14, 2025

On the way out I pass a party of caravan-teamsters who have just arrived with a cargo of mohair from Angora; their pack-mules are fairly festooned with strings of bells of all sizes, from a tiny sleigh-bell to a solemn-voiced sheet-iron affair the size of a two-gallon jar.

Thomas Stevens - Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume 1 : From San Francisco to Teheran