Queer Methods of Travel 



703 



Photo and Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, New York 



Carrying Water in Bamboo Tubes, Philippine Islands 



that the mass of humanity is induced to 

 give space for its passage. 



The more expensive type, and that 

 most affected by the wealthy and exclu- 

 sive of the Chinese, are enclosed with lat- 

 tice work, and, while the open type is 

 more convenient for sight-seeing, those 

 having the screen at the sides and rear 

 have their advantages in the crowded 

 native quarters, since the occupant is par- 

 tially screened from view and less liable 

 to have his progress interrupted by the 

 crowd of curious natives, which always 

 gathers at the sight of an American or 

 European traveler in the native quarters. 

 Even in these, however, the traveler is 

 not always free from observation, for it 



was while riding in a chair of this general 

 type that the German Minister, Baron 

 Von Kettler, was attacked and killed dur- 

 ing the Boxer riots in Pekin. 



The sensation of riding in a Sedan 

 chair is not an especially agreeable one. 

 It is placed on the ground for the pas- 

 senger to enter, the coolies take their 

 places at the end of the poles, and at a 

 signal given by the man in the rear the 

 chair is lifted until the poles rest on the 

 shoulders of the men. Then they start off 

 at a quick pace, winding their way 

 through the crowds, jostling, shouting, 

 halting, and again starting as the crowd 

 gives way ; and, unless they keep step, 

 which they seldom do, the swaying, tee- 



