The morning of Powell's departure was, like nearly all Arizona mornings, clear and beautiful; I could see him and his little pack animals picking their way down the mountainside toward the valley, and all during the morning I would catch occasional glimpses of them as they topped a hog back or came out upon a level plateau.
Some half hour later I happened to glance casually across the valley and was much surprised to note three little dots in about the same place I had last seen my friend and his two pack animals. I am not given to needless worrying, but the more I tried to convince myself that all was well with Powell, and that the dots I had seen on his trail were antelope or wild horses, the less I was able to assure myself.
I left the ship at the first port we came to, not feeling at ease upon the sea after all that had happened to me by reason of it, and having disposed of my ivory for much gold, and bought many rare and costly presents, I loaded my
pack animals, and joined a caravan of merchants.
It is certain that the gulch was at one time pretty thoroughly prospected by miners, who must have had some means of getting in with at least
pack animals carrying tools and supplies; their profits, apparently, were not such as would have justified any considerable outlay to connect Macarger's Gulch with any center of civilization enjoying the distinction of a sawmill.
At the appointed time our business committee reported, and said all things were in readdress--that we were to start to-day, with horses,
pack animals, and tents, and go to Baalbec, Damascus, the Sea of Tiberias, and thence southward by the way of the scene of Jacob's Dream and other notable Bible localities to Jerusalem--from thence probably to the Dead Sea, but possibly not--and then strike for the ocean and rejoin the ship three or four weeks hence at Joppa; terms, five dollars a day apiece, in gold, and every thing to be furnished by the dragoman.
Proceeds of "Pints 4 Paws" goes to The
PACK animal sanctuary.
True to form, the eight-year-old
pack animal refused to carry Hugh's bags as they walked from the Lake District to the Yorkshire Moors, following old drovers' paths and bridleways.
Pack Animal Fitness is the first independent company to offer ZUU classes in Scotland.
Dunnage pack: the bundle of your possessions that a packer loads onto a
pack animal. Spot trip: when a packer and animals deliver you and your gear (including food) to a campsite where you'll fend for yourself until he or she returns to help with the trip back to civilisation.
Aside from an elephant, it is the only alternative
pack animal that can carry as much as a horse.
"R's such a timeless image--the shadow of a human leading a
pack animal," BJ says.
It is the 'demonic' or
pack animal that is the Deleuzian favourite, the philosopher's pet.
pack animal - an animal (such as a mule or burro or horse) used to carry loads