altel) THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 
Photo by Rollin T. Chamberlin 
A GROUP OF GIRLS WHO WERE PICKING FLOWERS UNTIL FRIGHTENED BY OUR KODAK 
Photo by Rollin T. Chamberlin 
ALL BAGGAGE GOES BY COOLIE: THIS ONE IS CARRYING THREE HEAVY AMERICAN SUIT- 
CASES, AND SOME SMALLER TRAPS IN ADDITION 
Equipped in this way, a coolie will walk all day long under a load of 40 pounds in each of 
his two baskets and cover 25 or 30 miles of mountainous road without apparent fatigue. On 
a journey he will keep this up for several weeks at a stretch. Though generally not large of 
frame, these men are marvels of physical endurance (see page 1103). 
