Yonmei wrote: The horses knew the routes as well as the drivers did, of
course, and no fuel was lost by the frequent stops and
starts.
Indeed. In my sister's London childhood she would follow the horses
and collect their shit in a bucket. Whether for fuel, fertiliser or
other purposes, I have never asked.
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