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Conveyances in Hyderabad, India 



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art. When he is chosen for this more 

 pretentions service, a light framework 

 is placed upon his back and covered with 

 cloths to screen the occupants from the 

 sun and the observation of the passers, 

 and decorated with pompons of varied 

 colors. In this gorgeous compartment, 

 which may be not inaptly termed the 

 "Palace Car of the Desert," the master 

 of the camel train places his wife and 

 children, his choicest merchandise, his 

 cooking utensils, and daily requirements, 

 and travels in state, the observed of all 



observers, the envy of the wandering na- 

 tive of the desert. 



From Africa we pass to that curious 

 section of Southwest France known as 

 the "Landes," consisting of some 5,000 

 square miles of flat and sandy marshes. 

 The inhabitants are chiefly engaged in 

 cattle raising. The peculiar condition of 

 the soil, composed chiefly of sand and 

 marsh, makes travel by the usual process 

 difficult, and so the shepherds go about 

 on stilts. 



In some parts of this formerly unin- 



