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B. HUMAN BURTHEN=BEARER5. 
Cas0 1. Indian, from Colombia, South America, (life-sized 
figure), carrying a Silla, or traveling chair, in which is seated an 
American on his way from the coast to Bogota, the capital. 
Case 2. Models of thirteen Cargadores, male and female, 
illustrating the primitive methods of transportation which prevail 
in Latin-America. 
Case 3.— Negro woman “toting,” Southern United States, 
(life-sized figure). Carrying objects on the head is a common 
method in the South. 
Case 4.— Male and female Indian Cargadores (life-sized 
figures), transporting goods from Guayaquil, the seaport, to Quito, 
the capital of Peru. 
Case 5.— Porter (life-sized figure) in a street of Constanti- 
nople, transporting a case destined for the Columbian Exposition. 
Case O. Three peddlers (life-sized figures), walking abreast 
along a street of Constantinople, Turkey, carrying milk, bread, and 
water. 
Case 7. — Sedan chair containing a wealthy lady, who is 
being transported from one part of Constantinople to another, by 
two carriers. (Life-sized figures.) 
Case 8.— A primitive Palanquin, Antananarivo, Madagascar. 
Case 9.— A Maxilla, or palanquin, from Saint Paul de Lu- 
anda, Angola, Africa. 
Case 10.— A traveling Hammock, Funchal, Madeira. 
Case 11 . The Palanquin which Mrs. French-Sheldon used 
as a carriage, a boudoir, and a drawing-room during her explora- 
tions in Eastern Africa. 
Case 12.— Sedan chair used by the ladies of Bogota, Colom- 
bia. 
Case 13.— Fire Extinguisher, with Sergeant of the Fire 
Department, Constantinople, Turkey. 
Case 14. Models of Sedan Chairs from China (the home of 
the sedan chair) and from India; also models of Hindoo porters 
carrying bales, etc. 
