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By horse or bullock drawn vehicle
===By horse or bullock drawn vehicle===
*[http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/other/019wdz000000312u00024v00.html 1814 Sketches of the line of march with bullock carts, elephants, horsemen, etc.] by Captain Robert Smith, probably Bengal Engineers c 1814. British Library online Gallery. Click on “zoomable image” to enlarge.
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=IYBXAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA179 A description of bullock carts] pages 179-183 ''The General East-India Guide and Vade-mecum ... in British India and the Adjacent Parts of Asia (etc.)'' by J B Gilchrist 1825 Google Books
*[https://archive.org/stream/howworldtravels00meth#page/32/mode/2up "Journeys Through India"] page 32 ''How the World Travels'' by A. A. Methley 1922 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/hobsonjobson029985mbp#page/n389/mode/2up Ecka/ekka] page 336 ''Hobson Jobson''. A small one horse carriage. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ekka_(carriage) Ekka (carriage)] Wikipedia. [http://www.archive.org/stream/hobsonjobson029985mbp#page/n459/mode/2up Hackery] page 407 ''Hobson Jobson''. Bullock cart used for goods and materials, or in some parts of India equivalent to an ekka.[http://www.archive.org/stream/hobsonjobson029985mbp#page/n983/mode/2up Tonga/tongha] page 930 ''Hobson Jobson''. A carriage drawn by a pair of ponies or oxen.
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