THE HUMAN BEAST OF BURDEN. 



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same is also true of Japan and the countries south of China. (Fi^s 45 

 46, 47.) V ' ' 



Fig. 45. 

 Shouldek-yoke and Carrying-baskets. 



( Cat. No. 74506, U.S. N. M. China. Gift of the Chinese Centennial 

 Commission, Philadelphia, 1876. 



Fig. 46. 



Simplest form of frame for shoulder 



YOKE. 



(Cut. 



No. 541-4. U. S. N. M. Ch.na. Gift of the Chi 

 Centennial Commission, Philadelphia, 1876.) 



Fig. 47. 

 Japanese Peddler and shoulder- yoke. 



(From a photograph in the V. S. National Museum.) 



H. Mis. GOO, pf. 2 19 



