The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-04-27

both principalities.
At the Korean Stations
me new stations on the korean
roads are we'll built. The roadv.
graded SO that it IS level with th.1 u.s.
and it is separated from the tr,,r
stone facings. There are m1s...
guards at every depot, and tie .Ts-..
csc and Korean flags are often crn--
over the entrances. This is esDna..-
so when the army officers 60 over
road. The train which brought
to Seoul had several companies of Vii
Yates in its th~ird-class cars and ill.,
was a colonel or general who traz.a
first class. Delegations Of Japar-.-
and Koreans came down to meet -
and refreshments We're served ia FIJI
common soldiers at many Of the st..,.
At Taiku. a city of 10000, and at .n.
or two other large stations the Ja0sr-
csc school children came en- massa FL
pay their respects to the troops. III.
they marched W and down, drilled ~,
their teachers, crying 'Benzait" a,
May you live TO- years." At -.,
same time, the masses of the Korr5~.
were separated from the station r..t-
forms by fences and could only l...
through the Stats.
The road from Seoul to Fusar =
we'll built. It crosses several range, a-
mountains and has II tunnel 4o4
lCtl lOIlS. mere dTC dOOu1 Ility -r-
tons along the line, the average ill.,
tance between them being less tal.
six miles. / understand that the No
reans are using the road more 1-1
more, and that the freight is ste5GIy
increasing. This is SO on the rOad north
Of Seoul and also on the line {,
C%hernulpo, which is now yielding p
profit.
Man VS.. Steam.
Both Ter II in Japan the r..-
roads have a big competition with an-
man Music. All along the way finn
Toxic to Shimineseki | saw mon. 81.
men and boys hauling great loads ~
carts from town TO own. They v-u
h~arnesseG up like horses and they 1-ar
half double as they pulled their .s-
hlcles onward. There were carts dr1ur
by bulls or bullocks, and not a few l
StOcky ponies. | saw an old man I'll.
a young woman. the latter with q Dtbg
on her back dragging q load of W1J.
and passed hundreds Of women Ca~r,-
ing great burdens. am old thar *
or seven hundred pounds is an ave.,
caftload Tor two persons and taxi
twelve miles is a fair days march
Hullock carts are usually drawn BY
only n animal, and horse carts l5.
wise. In such cases the driver WIZ.
by the animals head. instead Of stem
M ~ ooo oo Jul GU IL.
freight bullocks and horses are ssn.
with straw. and in the interior E --
straw shoes cost about [ cent apple
Korean Transportation.
Here in Korea. where the raiire 81
are oni a few Years old, the tr@o-
portation methods are even mr.
crude. For thousands of years te.~
people have carried all their GO,
from place to place, on the back "
men or pack animals. and they d. 81
To-Day. There are bullock carts in til
c1tles, but the country roads are list.
lore than bride paths, and ah'.
everything is packed from one p.
TO another. The Dorters have q reg
trade, and they have one Of the. str0 PC
est guilds II unions OF the coun-rs
lhey carry their loads on d fran
work made Of forked sticks which
fastened to the back in such a "a,
that the burden sometimes rises ahn<
the mead. This frame is called '-1
lssE n 1t is in common use all CFt
Korea.
] found iggy men at the wharF
Fusan ready to take my trunks "
thelr backs. They rested their jig
on the ground. prOpDing each WITT
forked stick while they put on IL
load. They then kne1t down and th~''-
thelr arms through the TIVE PAD"
loops which fastened them to tn.
shoulders. and rose. carrying =
weights with them. I am Ole hat tE
average porter can get up with ="
or three hundred pounds on his b*r
and t1at he IAN carry five hun"
mounds at a pinch. The average To-.
Tor q long journey is one hunJT
pounds and a porter will take t1~
weight thirty miles q day and not ks
A great deal of goods is carried "
pack ponies and not a little on III
hacks of bulls which are trained ="
the purpose. Such bulls are SIM.
With iron, and they are q conn
sight everywhere.