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CASE 2. — Life-size figures of burthen bearers from South 
America. Indian carrying a silla, or traveling chair, in which 
is seated an American on his way over the mountains to Bogota, 
the capital of Columbia. Two Indian cargadores, male and 
female, transporting goods from Guayaquil to Quito, capital of 
Ecuador. 
CASE 3 . — Negro woman, life-size, representing the com- 
mon method of carrying goods on the head in early slavery days 
in the southern part of the United States, also thirteen models 
of cargadores, showing the different methods of transportation 
which prevail in Latin America. 
NO. 4 . — ^^The palanquin used by Mrs. French-Sheldon as a 
carriage, a boudoir and a drawing-room during her explorations 
in eastern Africa. 
NO. 5 . — Sedan chairs used by ladies of Bogota, Colom- 
bia, South America. 
NO. 6. — Phillipan, a primitive palanquin from Antanana- 
rivo, Madagascar. 
NO. 7 . — A Maxilla, or palanquin, from St. Paul de Loanda 
Angola, Africa. 
No. 8. — Traveling hammock from Funchal, Island of Ma- 
deria. 
-On the walls are shown photographs and lithographs of 
burthen bearers and their methods of transportation, from vari- 
ous parts of the world. 
HALLS 40 AND 55. 
PACK ANIHALS. 
Burthen bearing by animals is illustrated by a full series of 
pack animals and saddles. The animals equipped for the jour- 
ney stand on the west side of and in the center of hall, and the 
saddles in a case opposite. Among the most interesting are the 
Syrian pack saddles on the camel; the pack saddle with bales, 
accompanied by Arriero, or mule driver of Bogota; the Lech- 
era, or woman milk peddler, of Ecuador ; and the vanquero, or 
cattle herder, of Colombia, South America. 
CASES 1 ANL 2— Show different stages in the develop- 
ment of pack and riding’ saddles. There are specimens of the 
