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A man with his performing bear watched by a group of people. Watercolour by an Indian painter, 18--.

A procession of travelling donkeys with saddle-bags and nose-bags. Lithograph after J. Janson, the elder.

A horse-drawn circular cider mill. Process print after a painting by E. Borough Johnson.

Two oxen harnessed to a yoke. Coloured etching, ca 1808, after Scott.

A team of oxen being made to pull a plough. Engraving by P. Moran after R. Bonheur.

A snake charmer from Poonah, India. Watercolour, 1873.

A team of oxen being made to pull a plough. Engraving by M. van der Gucht.

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A horse-drawn circular cider mill. Process print after a painting by E. Borough Johnson.

A team of oxen being made to pull a plough. Engraving by P. Moran after R. Bonheur.

A man with his performing bear watched by a group of people. Watercolour by an Indian painter, 18--.

A snake charmer from Poonah, India. Watercolour, 1873.

Two oxen harnessed to a yoke. Coloured etching, ca 1808, after Scott.