Smithsonian Report, 1957.— McClure 



PLATE 6 



1. Where traffic is light, a costly bridge would be no great improvement over this simple 

 bamboo cable. With the aid of a sturdy hardwood clip, it uses the force of the current 

 to propel the heavily laden ferryboat to and fro across the Siku River on the border of 

 Tibet. (Photograph by F. N. Meyer, from the U. S. Department of Agriculture.) 



2. Bamboo provides the yoke and the "bed" for oxcarts, the principal means of transporting 

 building materials in India, Pakistan, and many other parts of the Far East. 



