The oxen are large, white, and thin haired, with thick short blunt horns, and having a hunch like a camel between the shoulders about two spans round.

Three oxen and a mule were all our animals, and the adults must still walk, as they had done on our desert route.

When they arrived at it, the whole mystery was explained, for they found that the man was James, who lived at Forester's father's, and the oxen were his father's oxen.

The oxen to draw them were hardy, well trained, and rapid walkers.