Whatever you do, when a good number has been recommended to you, never, by any chance, attempt to go yourself to the donkey-shed, but send for the animal; else you will be assailed, and tossed to and fro for an hour, by the red-capped, blue-bloused attendant, pushed and jostled, and stunned with their exclamations and attempts to address you in English, until a police officer comes to your rescue, recommends a particular animal, and away you go—having previously made a bargain to pay, either by the hour or according to distance.