Queer Methods of Travel 



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Carabaos Threshing Rice in the PhiHppines 



natives, but unfriendly to the white man, 

 and of great service to the Fihpino, both 

 on the farms and the roads. 



In the towns and cities you see them 

 €ver}-where, drawing heavy loads on carts 

 .and drays, standing patiently in the broil- 

 ing sun, if they can but have an oppor- 

 tunity once or twice a day to wallow in 

 the water and mud of some nearby 

 stream. Without an occasional oppor- 

 tunity to submerge themselves in water 

 they soon become unmanageable and even 

 ■dangerous to those about them. 



While their chief service is for agri- 

 cultural work and the hauling of heavy 

 loads, they are sometimes attached to 

 ■carriages, where horses or ponies are not 

 available, and this is not infrequently the 



case, for the number of horses and ponies 

 in the islands is but about 150,000, while 

 the number of carabao is nearly one 

 million. There is no "speed limit" for 

 the carabao carriage. 



One of the common methods of trans- 

 porting water in the Philippines is given 

 on page 703. The long bamboo pole car- 

 ried on the shoulder of this girl is filled 

 with water. The bamboo is prepared for 

 this service by ]5unching out the sheets 

 of light material which divides it into 

 sections at the joints. 



In China we find less of animal trans- 

 portation and much more performed by 

 man power, and this is especially true 

 of Southern and Central China. At the 

 north; where the climate is that of the 



