The men followed the boat till it reached the wharf, and immediately the picturesque sights on shore engrossed the girls' attention. "Look at that," cried Betty, pointing to a funny little gray donkey harnessed to a dilapidated dump-cart on which was perched a tall, lank negro boy. His clothes were very ragged, and the harness looked as if it might have been mended with the loose bits of them. Odds and ends of string and strips of parti-colored cloth entirely covered up the leather, if there had ever been any.