Show AROUND araj 0 ir U T W WORLD a MIN a ir A A I H nil nixb AT AUR ABS nila FEA ahda I 1 i some aviator expected to emulate magellan by long cruise STILL NEW TO MANY LANDS national geographic society says there are many places where airplane automobile and even horse would DC be curiosity washington now that the ho atlantic has bus bron been crossed nit anil there tire nrc plans afoot to fly over tile the pacina tile the day may inny not bu be fur far distant when some boine nordal magellan will make nit an air aar piano tour lour around tho the world says n bullet lu of if tile national geographic society there are arc still many corners of file lie world where airplane automobile anti even tho the horse would be curloss curiosities ties anil and it if at man set net out jo ito tour the aloba and do ns As the lie llo Ito lynns inns d qin respect to adopting native t lie he would have to I to a donkey in 1 america and in tile thu italy holy land climb aboard a camel to traverse vorse african deserts 11 cross ross somo some rivers of india on oil tile lie initiated inflated skins of bullocks and others by it bridge of one rawl ildo rope using elephant as taxi submit to tho the seagoing sea going motion of 0 on an elephant when lie ile continued continue his 1119 journey on land get into a roan mail borne palanquin tit nt calcutta jolt over for far hastern eastern ronda roads in n non shock absorbing cart drawn by olen and in china lie prepared to climb elto a a gednn chair or a A few of curious means of travel are arc described jn in a flat ion to the society by 0 11 1 austin ns As follows ollo wM in ili till parts of that grent linn line of deserts deser tsi stretching from north africa across central asin to northwest chinn tile camel Is everywhere in evidence tile tho total number lit in ilia hie world being estimated tit nt about three thice millions sot not only Is tile lie camel it valuable val freight carrier but lie serves us its tile traveling cur car of if the lie abd tbd carnegles Canu glea flit dm morgans and tile the ller rhoads of the desert when lie he la Is chosen for tills this more pretentious fee it 11 light framework Is placed upon its ills back and covered with cloth to screen the lit occupants froni from tl e sun still and tile lio observation of tile passers and decorated with poni pompons pons nt if various oil colors in tills gorgeous compartment part ment which may inay be not inaptly termed the palace car of the desert tle serl tile the master of the camel train places place A his wife and children ills choicest cliot cost me ills his cooking utensils and dully dally requirements and travels in n state the observed of nil all observers tile the envy cavy of the native natho of the desert craft on the euphrates ott on the euphrates and the tigris are still retained the curious water transports of centuries ngo ago the raft pt f skins and the circular lionts chese these rafts are sustained by inflated skins skin prepared for tills especial purpose find after the raft floats down the river to its destination tile tho inflated skins are removed the air permitted to escape and tile skins liking carefully folded and carried hack back to tile the upper waters where they hey ure tire again inflated and used ns as tile support of at knottier iother nn all and still another raft even more curious to the lie eyes eves of tho the traveler from other parts of the world tire the circular lants made nf wickerwork and covered coveted vi ardth lah skins or tancle ina tie watertight with pitch which are still in dolly daily use on the tigris and euphrates rivers tile tho three principal ineth methods of n transportation of people lit in central and southern china are the lie chair tile the and the wheela harrow probably moro more freight and mure more passengers tire nio transported tian sported in chlon chipa by the he wheelbarrow than by tiny nuy other land method the wheelbarrow there used differs front from that used by us in the fact that the wheel Is set in the center and thus ilius supports the entire load while tile the handles urr arft supported in part by a strap or ropa over the shoulders of tile ho mail who operates it As it result tile the wheel barrow coolie lit in china will transport import nearly a halt ton on ills hla vehicle |