He took with him five servants and "five strong packhorses" to carry their provisions. Strings of packhorses travelled along a network of bridle paths. In these distant parts all goods were carried by trains of packhorses. The Austrian Army still uses Haflingers as packhorses in rough terrain. Men looking for game took the lead and the families followed with loaded down packhorses. Use of packhorses dates from the neolithic period to the present day. Earlier travelers had ridden on horseback, trailing packhorses. Provisions were carried on packhorses, supplemented by wild game the men shot as they traveled. Soon a train of packhorses arrives, bearing all kinds of valuables for him. Many, though not all packhorses are also trained to be ridden. Packhorses are used worldwide to convey many products. Packhorses have been used since the earliest period of horse domestication. Packhorses have been used since the earliest period of domestication of the horse.