sumpter

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We started, my uncouth guide sitting tailor-fashion on the sumpter mule, upon the baggage. 

From The Bible in Spain Vol. 1 [of 2] by Borrow, George Henry

They treated us very well on the journey, giving us sumpter beasts and every thing necessary.

From The History of the Great and Mighty Kingdom of China and the Situation Thereof, Volume I (of 2) by Mendoza, Juan Gonzalez de

This was a number of wagoners and sumpter boys, whom Robert had collected; and having supplied them with military standards, gave them the appearance at a distance of a formidable body.

From The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part B. From Henry III. to Richard III. by Hume, David

Half a dozen sumpter horses were needed to carry the general's tent and equipage; his officers required a score more.

From My Lady Rotha A Romance by Weyman, Stanley J.

As one of the sumpter cattle that carried his tent had fallen into a river, Themistokles's servants hung up the rich hangings, which were dripping with wet, in order to dry them.

From Plutarch's Lives, Volume I by Stewart, Aubrey