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Within Witbm sioht slbht si , ht of concrete , 40 mile an- an anhour an-hour an hour anhour - hour highwa highways s , , and less thin th'1n th1n ' a hun hundred hundred nundred dred miles roUes from Washington , DC D C 0and , , and Annapolis Annapohs , , , Md , ox drawn vehiclesstill vehicles vehiclessUU vehiclesstill sUU still lumber along ; while whl1e In the Isolat isolat- isolated Isolated Isolated - ed mountain regions of the West West , , sure- sure surefooted surefooted sure-footed sure footed - - footed bUrIOS burros bun os and pack mules mulcs con contmue continue continue tmue tinue to be the only compinlons comp'1nlons comp1nlons companions ' of ofman ofmany ofmany man many rug rugged ed prospectorsI prospectors1I111110n5 prospectorsMillions prospectors prospectorsMillions I Millions 1I111110n5 ofis1tors of \ visitors \is1tors is1tors sisitors arrive at At- At Ati Atlanhc At Atlantic Atlantic - i lantic lanhc City by automobile , alrphne airplane alrplineandtrain and andtrain ! tmln train , , yet et to see the "sights sights " " along tbe the theBoardwalk theBoardwalk I IBoard Board\\ Board Boarda Boardwalk \ a 11\ 11 11they \ , , they hire three wheeled wheeledrolling " wheeledrolling heeled heeledrolling rolling cnairs cnalrs Otiiers Others arrh arrive arrhe e at Ber Ber- Bermuda Bermuda Bermuda - muda aboard palatial palat1al steamships but buttake buttake buttake take to bicycles bIc\'cles bIc 'cles cles \ " ' and horse drawn carrlages carriages car | riages rlages to tour the IslandOn IslandOn Island | On the corners of modern wide widethoroughfares widethoroughfares widethoroughfares thoroughfares of Shanghai , Hongl Hongkong Hongkongand Hongkongand ong ongand and Canton , . , China , the traveler hallaa hailsa hails han : . a nksha rlksha riksha and ft w \ eaves perilously through througha a ma7e mare of motor and pedestrlin pedestrl'1n pedestrl1n pedestrian ' traffic traffic.In trafficIn . In the alley alle al1e ) lIl like e back bach streets of t1i the thenatise thenative nnt1\ nnt1 nnt1e natise \ e towns tons to\ to toss , \ ns , ho\\ ho how hoe however \ e\ e es eer \ er , he may m'l ml miv ' preCer prefer prefera preCera a sedan chair to as a avoid , old jostling men menI menand menand menand and women and stumbling stumbl1ng over o\er o er oser \ chil chil- dill children children - . I dren to whom these mere bywavs bywaj bywa3s s are areI areplaygrounds areplaygrounds areplaygroundsWhit I playgrounds playgroundsWh'1t playgroundsWhit Whit Wh'1t Wh1t ' traveler tra\eler tra eler trawler \ leaves Durban , Natal Natalwithout , , without employing a Zulu rlkshaman rikshaman rikshamanThe ? The dark hued trIbesman- trIbesman tribesman'In tribesmanIn ' - In gay feath feath- feathered feathered feathered - ered headdress henddress and scant clothing . , Is Isonl isone Isone onl one theSouth ' of at the colorful features of the theSouth South African city In remote Szech- Szech Szechwan Szechwan Szech-wan Szech wan - wan province . , China , , wheelbarrows wheelbarrowswhich , , "hlch hlch which " ary aro aru the locil 10c'1l 10c1l local ' transports trdnsports , have haveworn haveworn haveworn worn ruts In flagstone pavements p1vements . ' ; inSumatra In InSumatra InSumatra Sumatra , , If one goes native nathe natise , he must musttra musttrawl musttravel tra\ tra trael trawl \ el In a buffalo dra\\ dra drawn dran \ n cart rhos rhosthatched \ whosethatched hose hosethatched e thatched top Is shaped like a s\\ay s ay sway \ swaybacked saybacked backed hoise hOlse horse , and ] Is s pointed pomted at each eachend eachend eachend end In Palermo , Sicily Slctly , , the purely SlclUan Sicilian purelySicilian purelySlclUan Sicilianva3 w1 \va3 va3 \ wav . ' to get about Is by native nativecart nativecart nativecart cart , . a two wheeled vv \ heeled vehicle on whose whoseside whoseside whoseside side panels are gayly depicted Bible Biblescenes Biblescenes Biblescenes scenes InIreland and SIclllin Slcl1l\n Slcl1l n ' \ panoramas ; and In Ireland , the Irish Jaunting car on onwhich onwhich onwhich which passengers sit baclto back bacl\ bacl \ to back and andface face outward lends atmosphere to a atour tour atour of the Emerild Emer'11d Emer11d ' IsleLlamas IsleLlamas Isle IsleLlamas Llamas still sun carry loads In the Andes Andesand , , and elephants eleplmnts ' ) still tIlI are favored fa\ored fa ored \ among amon amonthe ? tbe the amongthe tiger hunters of Indli Indh Indii In spite spiteof spiteot ot of progr progress ( > ss ! In n Belgium Bclglum , the morning morningmilk milk Is still stili delivered by dogcart at atmany atmany atmany many a doorstep , , and dog sleds are arc yet yetthe the most dependable transportation transporration . in Inthe the Icy " wastes "astes astes of the Arctic and Ant Ant- Antarctic Antarctic Antarctic - arctic . , The Tbe tired e explorer plorer enjoys com com- - fortable comfortable travel In a hammocklike hammocl\1lke hammocl 1lke \ chalr chair borne chairborne chalrborne by native nathe natise porters in central centralAfrica AfrIca ; the mountaineers of northern northernIndia India and western China employ the theyak theyak theyak yak as their beast of burden ; thecamel the thec'lmel thecimcl c'lmel clmel camel ' still stili plods the caravan cara\an cara an carasan \ routes routes-of routes of routesof -of of - . ( ) - f north Africa , Arabia and central centralAsia AsIa buffaloIs ; ; and the carabao cnrabao ( water huffalo buffalo ) Is the dependable draft animal of the thoEast theDast theEast Dast East Indian islands"Floating Islmds Isl'1nds Isl1nds islands Islmds"Floating ' "Floating Floating " Population . " , . " Land transportation Is of no Interest Interestwhatever Interest"batever "batever batever whatever " to millions mllllons of Chinese Chil- Chil ChiI . - Chll.dren Chlldren Children dren are born , . , grow up , marry , , carry carryon on their 11\ 11 hea live 11e \ e ? $ and nnd work aboard the thesampins theS3mp'lns thesampans S3mp'lns S3mplns sampans ' of China's Chinas ' ' floating cities dUes . . Mo Most , > t of the great rh river riser er cities of southern ofsouthern and central centrnl China hive b1\e b1 e bile \ such sudia suchn sucha n a ' 'floating floating ' . 1oatln : ; populitlon popuhtlon population , , " but the boat dwellers boatdwellers of or Sbanglnl Shangh'll Shanghll Sbanghii ' and Canton form large formlarge communities In themselves A traveler Atraveler of or sufficient sumclent energy cnerg-y cnerg y - could 113- 113 ha- ha la . - laboriously 113borlomly haboriously boriously borlomly , progress probress for miles b by } ) jumping " jumpin"from jumpinfrom jumpingfrom en"other enother from tlie the declor deck decl\ decl \ of or one sampan to en an " other enother , . . Like the Dutch canal boat dwellers dwellersthese these river folk foIl . are a race unto them themgels them'selves themselves ' , gels eh es , , . anart a03rt from the common run or of their ofllieir ortheir fellow fcllow men In many cases theIr mode of life hit has h , , been handedn handed n"rom lown'rom lownrom sownprom ' " sown \\n n \ "rom rom prom fatlier father to son for tor generations When generationsWhen Chim's Chims Chln'1's Chln1s China's Chinas ' ' ' teeming acres became becnme expensive e'tpensive etpensive , ana n ngrowing a agrowing agrowing overcro\\ overcro overcrowded overcroelect overcrosded \ elect and ' demanded risertransportation r1\ r1 r1er riser rivertransportation \ er ertranspormUon growing commerce transpormUon transportation In even larger volume vo uuieminy , m'1ny m1ny many ' Ingenious Chinese Chmece ; comblDed combined comblDedbuslneqs combinedbusiness combinedbusiness and took to Uv liv Uvlog livlag llvIng buslneqs business nith sith n Jth economy log lag aboard their tlleir tiny cnft cr'lrt crlrt craft ' . j jAlthough Although bu business lne s might call far and andwide andwide and'wide andwide ' wide along the numerous rh rivers risers ers and andcan andcamis andcanals , can canals 'lIs lIs ' Itas It \ was \\as as ssas the lar large c commercial commercialccnters commercialcenters commercialcenters ccnters centers ot at the mouths of mighty mightystreams mightystreams mightystreams streams that otTeicd olTeled oltered the roost most litelycarrying 11\ 11 11ely litely livelycarding \ ely elycarr carr carrying Ing trade Hence Hente these clUed cities clUede'1rly citiesearly citieseiriy e'1rly e1rly early ' became headquuters headqun headqu11 ters for Cor the tbe ssa ssater \ vvatcr a ater ter d\vclleis d vclleis d\\ellels ellels dwellers dwellersThe dellelsTIle dvclleisThe \ \ The TIle nverman rIvermnn riverman often orten made long voyages voy voy- voynges voyages - ages nges up country countr , , but he ainays alnays ahiays C'1me C1me cime C'1mehome cimehome cimehome ' home to roost Hence the dll duty ty e11 ell- ell - ellsmelling e\ e evil-smelling evil smelling \ 11- 11 11smcJ1lng - smcJ1lng smelling stretches of at rh river riser er and back bach bachash backwash jwash \\ash ash wash \ \ surrounding surroundlDJ such centers a as < ; C'ln Cln Can Canton C'lnton Cmton ' ton ind 'lnd lnd and ' Shanghn hangh'1J hangh1J Shanghii ' , and even cen esen c\ c \ en aroundHongkong around aroundHongIong aroundHongkong HongI\ong HongI ong Hongkong \ and Singipore Slng'lpore Slnglpore Singapore ' , , becune bec'1me bec1me became ' the thenath thenatise thenative nath natise e hcith hC1th heath of an army of s'lmpan slmpan sampan sampandwelling s'lmpand sirnpandwelling ' d\\ d dellmg dwelling \ ellmg Chinese , , \ who ho from chlldhood childhood chlldhoodhn"e childhoodhave childhoodhave hn\"e hn "e e have \ " known no other otlier life'rhe life lifeThe ' The 'rhe rhe visible means of or support or of orthese ofthese ofthese these communities Is the carrying cnrrylng tradefrom tradefrom trade ! from wharf vv \ Inrf h1rf to whirf wh\rC wh rC wharf ' \ , and from bund bundto bundto bundto to steamer or junk junl , across river andup and andup , up canalsBarnyard canals canalsBarnyard Barnyard Afloat Afloat.Some AfloatSome . Some simpans S'lrnpans Slrnpans sampans ' house petty mer mer- merchants merchants merchants - chants and peddlers \ who sho ho carryon carry on asmall a asmall asmall small trade in the necessaries of lifefrom lIfe lIfefrom lifefrom from boit bO'lt bOlt boat ' to boat within the watcr water watcrcblony watercolony watercolony cblony colony Itself Itse1f Occasionally OccaslOnally a craft Is Isfined isfilled Isfilled fined filled ' fo 1'0 10 to 0\ 0 os overflowing 0ertiowing \ ertiowing erflowing with huge white whiteduchs whiteducks whiteducks duchs ducks " which "hlch hlch fatten ! In n the daytime on onthe onthe onthe the ndal tidal mud flats fiats or harvested fields fieldsand , and at night D1ght walk wall , a gangplank backto backto back ] to their floating barnyard . They pro- pro proceed proceed pro-1cecd pro 1cecd - - ceed , , one by one . , In a quacking andpushing and andpushing andpushing pushing single file tile , . , each hurrying not notto notto notto to be the last duck duel , aboard The return returnhome returnhome returnhome home In the evenings Is sometimes sometimesh1stened sometimeshastened sometimeshistened h1stened hastened , . , It Is said , , by giving the hst last hstduck lastduck listduck duck a sharp crack crach with a switch The Theawkward Theawkward Theawkward |