from previous--

ponies  for  tourists  were   of  very  good  nature  selected  by  their  owners,  walking  up  and  through  hills  and  forests  carrying  them   it  felt  the  poor  creatures  were  engrossed  in some  deep  meditative  philosophical   thought, walking  monotonously, unagressive, unattacking, not  very  eager  , unexcitedly