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3. Swamps .—How are they passed ? Is anything sunk to 
preserve the roadway ? 
4. Fords .—Are any measures taken to preserve or improve 
them ? Ho the natives understand the natural line of fords 
from salient to salient banks ? 
5. Ferries .—Are any boats kept for the purpose ? how 
maintained ? what payment is made ? any understanding 
with neighbouring tribes respecting them ? 
6. Bridges. —Are any of the following kinds used ?— a, 
bridges of single trees, or trees from opposite sides crossed 
and fastened in the middle ; b , bridges of piles and beams ; 
c, trestle bridges ; d 9 lattice bridges ; e t bridges of upright 
jambs and lintels of large stones ; /, sloping jambs united at 
top ; g, arches of horizontal slabs overlapping and con¬ 
verging, and closed by a large slab at the apex ; A, bridges of 
radiating arches ; i, boat bridges ; h 9 raft bridges ; l , flying 
boat bridges ; m, swing bridges ; n 9 rope bridges ; o, suspen¬ 
sion bridges. 
7. Are corduroy roads known ? 8. What points are attended 
to in selecting the halting-places ? 9. Any kind of inn or 
public house ? and how maintained ? 10. How are travellers 
accommodated in villages ? 11. Are wheeled vehicles used ? 
if so, describe them ? 12. Poles fastened to horses and trailed 
behind. 13. Are palanquins known, and carried by men or 
horses ? 14. Describe pack-saddles, and all modes of carrying 
burdens on animals’ backs. 15. Are cradles or knapsacks used 
on the backs of the men 1 16. Any public conveyances or 
horses ? 17. What ceremonies or salutes are made by passers 
on a journey, or on entering houses or villages'? 18. What 
permissions have to be obtained by travellers ? 19. Any 
passes or complimentary introductions to neighbouring tribes ? 
20. In transporting great weights by large numbers of men 
is the principle of pulling simultaneously by sound of 
music or voice practised, as with* the ancient Egyptians and 
Assyrians? 21. Are great weights suspended by crossed 
beams on the shoulders of a number of men, as with 
the Chinese ? what is the name for this ? 22. Anything 
of the nature of milestones ? 23. Drawings of signposts, 
