This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1900 edition. Excerpt: ...for during fine weather in some districts the roads are good and the streams bridged or easily forded; but in other parts and at other seasons an unexpected bath is of frequent occurrence. On most of the larger rivers are numerous boats which carry passengers up or down stream. These boats are made of camphor ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1900 edition. Excerpt: ...for during fine weather in some districts the roads are good and the streams bridged or easily forded; but in other parts and at other seasons an unexpected bath is of frequent occurrence. On most of the larger rivers are numerous boats which carry passengers up or down stream. These boats are made of camphor-wood planks, wide, flat-bottomed, and light. They are built to run the rapids, and are called "rapid boats." Going downstream the steersman stands in the bow with a long oar, and the trip is generally pleasant. The trip upstream is very tedious; the boatmen, wading through the water, grasping a pole tied across the bow, haul the boat slowly along. The sedan-chair is another vehicle of travel. It is carried by two or four coolies, who can go twenty miles a day. The sedan-chair is sometimes a necessity; but to sit cooped up in such a box is to any foreigner who loves scenery and fresh air a great discomfort. The rickshaw, a light covered gig drawn by a coolie, is very common, especially on the roads connecting Bang-kah, Toatiu-tia, and Tai-pe-fu. These cities are situated at the points of a triangle, each about three miles from the others; and the roads between are wide and good, having been built by that energetic and progressive governor, Liu Ming Chuan. About one hundred and fifty rickshaws run on these roads every day. An effort was made to establish a line of English carriages, but had to be abandoned because the horses could not compete with the coolies. A line of railway runs between Kelung and Tek-chham, about fifty miles. The engines are all made in Germany or England, and the cars are fitted up in English style. The road is now owned and operated entirely by Chinese. I am sometimes asked why we do not use a pony or donkey in...
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