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Tagalog Boys Carrying Vegetables to Manila 



temperate zone and the population less 

 dense, there are horses, though in small 

 numbers as compared with similar con- 

 ditions in the Occident. The street scenes 

 on page 706 show the various methods 

 utilized in the coast cities and the interior. 

 We have here the jinricksha pulled by 

 men, the wheelbarrow, and the coolie 

 porter. The coolie porter is seen every- 

 where, carrying loads of from 150 to 200 

 pounds, divided between the two ends of 

 the bamboo pole, stepping briskly along 

 the street or road, chanting a curious sort 

 of cry, which he imagines helps him to 

 more readily endure the fatigue of his 

 burden. 



The three principal methods of trans- 

 portation of people in Central and South- 



ern China are the Sedan chair, the jin- 

 ricksha, and the wheelbarrow. The 

 Sedan chair gets its name from the fact 

 that it is modeled after a type once used 

 by the aristocracy of the city of Sedan, 

 France. They are much used in Hong- 

 kong, because the steepness of the moun- 

 tain side on which most of the foreign 

 residents live make the use of the jin- 

 ricksha extremely difficult. In the nar- 

 row streets of the native quarters of the 

 great cities they are the only available 

 method for transportation of people, ex- 

 cept that of the wheelbarrow, and in the 

 crowded sections it is only with the 

 greatest difficulty and by the aid of the 

 warning shouts of the bearers of the 

 chair, or the runner who precedes them. 



