Show POSTMEN oil OD STILTS Gett gellene lutr ab abit ibosh it motle in tlc alc ln nilen ef ct 11 ranee 11 et een ius ind and Da bayoune lis lies that bretch of open country known as the landed Lan dc A preat part of this thie treat tract which was fo formerly merly waste land tins lias been now partially reclaimed and planted v with ith rine pine tres trees alha i hidell are cultivated for the sile of the resin ahli ie extracted tram froni them the re rest of ft however remains v hit icil crid ind covered ni ith gorse garse g orse mid and brown broom the il lages and ant groups of gs in the landes are erv very v scattered and in order to traverse the vl extent of the plains with case the inhabitants use stilts ac t V 1 f I T r q t ii 4 POSTMAN S STILTS aits A A winter seen he elie friench landes cording to the 11 aich at abc a tied to their legs ill these the match their flachs floal sin in the th brushm brush cod und and eau cm cross pools and peat pcs without difficulty they carry any vilh them b a tell ions pole idich series is a I 1 biben the postmen too employ thin means of about in tt arter tiuis nhen the landes Land ci lie aie covered vilah gettin gr g about on oil stilts Is ct cf course iliCi cult and in of older der to ob obviate late the in in and to enable him to get over the iha ground without loss of time the post postman nian has latey fitted to hi stilts a und lind of thin vender fhate which aich enables him to r valk alk on oil the top of the snow now NN without sinking shiling in tile the postman is clad in a white i hite cloak called a capot lined with abet sheepskin aslin skin ind and pro aided ith a hood head ills his legs are aso also coveted with in ill the dunes the postal sen eri ice is carried on by the shepherds on borse horseback baIc lor for it would be impossible to traverse rai erse the sandy tracts on oil stilts |