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THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



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from Joseph Beech 



THE WEST CHINA JITNEY 



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Photograph by Robert F. Fitch 



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THE BACK OF MAX IS THE UNWRITTEN EPIC OF SZE-CHUAN 



Coal and other minerals from the mountains, wood from the hills, the merchandise of 

 cities, the grain of the plain, even the pigs en route to market and the men who can afford 

 the fee — all ride on the back of man. 



