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HALL 38. 
B. HUMAN BURTHEN=BEARERS. 
Case 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.) 
No. 8. — Fillijan, a primitive Palanquin, Antananarivo, Mada- 
gascar. 
No. 9. — A Maxilla, or palanquin, from Saint Paul de Loanda, 
Angola, Africa. 
No. lO. — A traveling Hammock, Funchal, Madeira, 
No. 11. — The Palanquin which Mrs. French-Sheldon used 
as a carriage, a boudoir, and a drawing-room during her explora- 
tions in Eastern Africa. 
No. 12. — Sedan chair used by the ladies of Bogota, Colombia. 
No. 13. — Fire extinguisher, with Sergeant of the Fire De- 
partment, 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. 
