BOUND FOR THE POLE-INDIAN TRANSPORT MULES FOR THE ANTARCTIC.
Seven inter- ing little passengers. in the shape of Indian tiansport mules, arrived in Auckland on Friday by tin* Aparima. en route i" tin Antarctic. where they will be um-I by Captain Scott in his dash f"i the South Pole. The mules were selected by tin- -Hi -i> of the Army Departm-nt al Simla, and weiv f--r some time trained to sledge work al high altitudes, before being shipped. I ll- \ ire v-r\ small, scarcely larger than big dogs. shaggy-coated, long eared, with hard sinewy legs, and looking as though, despite their size, they are possessed "f great strength ami endurance.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XVLI, Issue 10, 6 September 1911, Page 23
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110BOUND FOR THE POLE-INDIAN TRANSPORT MULES FOR THE ANTARCTIC. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XVLI, Issue 10, 6 September 1911, Page 23
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