Excerpt from Among Asia's Needy Millions, 1915: Journal of a Visit to the Far East In undertaking a ride in one of these strange vehicles, you proceed as follows: The Shafts are rested with their ends on the ground, you climb in, the little man steps between the shafts, lifts them from the ground, and makes off at top speed. If you are heavy you have grave fears that the first jolt on the road will tip you over backwards and suspend your' man in the air by the shafts. These men are garbed in tight fitting garments akin to ...
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Excerpt from Among Asia's Needy Millions, 1915: Journal of a Visit to the Far East In undertaking a ride in one of these strange vehicles, you proceed as follows: The Shafts are rested with their ends on the ground, you climb in, the little man steps between the shafts, lifts them from the ground, and makes off at top speed. If you are heavy you have grave fears that the first jolt on the road will tip you over backwards and suspend your' man in the air by the shafts. These men are garbed in tight fitting garments akin to an undershirt and knee drawers, and their feet are shod with heavy socks having felt bottoms. The sock is always divided so that there is a place for the large toe separate from the rest of the foot; a straw or fiber hat is worn, which has the appearance of an old-fashioned inverted butter bowl. These. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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