The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1919-09-25
AROUND WORLD
next AIR FEAT
Some Aviator Expected to Emu
late Magellan by Long
Cruise.
Still new TO MANY LANDS
National Geographic Society Says
There Are Many Places Where
Airplane, Automobile and Even
Horse Wouc Be Curiosity.

Washington.-"NOw that the' At
lantic has been crossed and there are
plans afoot to fly over the Pacific, the
day may not be far distant when some
aerial Magellan will make an air
plare tour around the world" says
bulletin of the National Geographic
society.
",There are still many corners of the
world where airplane, automobile and
even. the horse would be curiosities.
And if a man set out to tour the
globe and tlo as the Romans do in re-
spect to adopting native conveyances
he would have to:
eResort to a donkey in Spanish
America and, in the Holy Land.
"Climb aboard camel to traverse
African deserts.
"Cross some rivers of. India on the
inflated skins of bullocks, and others
by bridge of one rawhide rope.
Using Elephant as Taxi.
"Submit to the sea-going motion Of
an elephant when he continued his
journey on land.
sect into a man-borne palanquin at
Calcutta.
"Jolt over far Eastern roads in
non-shock absorbing cart drawn by
oxen.
"And in China he prepared to climb
into q iinrikisha, sedan chair or
wheelbarrow."
A few of these curious means OF
travel are described in communica-
ton to the society by o. P. Austin, as
follows:
ain all parts of that great line of
deserts, stretching from North Africa
across Central Asia to Northwest
China, the camel is everywhere in
evidence; the total number in the
world being estimated at about three
millions.
"Not only is the camel valuable
freight carrier, but he serves as the
travelling car of the Rockefellers, the
Carnegies, the Morgans and the Har-
rimans of the desert. When he is
chosen for this more pretentiOus Serv-
ice a light framework is placed upon
his back and covered with cloths to
screen the occupants from the sun
and the observation of the passers,
and decorated with pompons of. varl-
Gus colors. In this gorgeous COM
partment, which may be not inaptly
termed the palace car of the desert,
the master Of the camel train places
his wife and children, his choicest
merchandise, his cooking utensils and
daily requirements, and travels In
state, the observed of all observers,
the envy of the. wandering native OF
the desert.
Craft on the Euphrates.
"On the Euphrates and the Tigris
are still retained the curious water
transports of centuries ago-the raft
of skins and the circular boats
These RATS are sustained by inflated
s,.;ns, prepared for this especial pur'
pose, and after the raft floats down
the river TO its destination the inflated
skins are removed, the air permitted
to, escape, and the skins carefully
folded and carried back to the upper
waters, where they are again inflated
and used as the support of another
and still another raft.
"Even more curious to the eyes OF
the traveller from other parts of the
world ape the circular boats, made OF
wickerwork and covered with skins
or made watertight with pitch, whict
are still in daily use on the Tigris
and Euphrates rivers.
"The three principal methods OF
transportation of people in central
and southern China are the sedar
chair, the jinrikisha and the wheel
barrow.
"Probably more freight and more
passengers are transported in China
by the wheelbarrow than by any other
land method. The whee!barrow there
used differs from that used by US in
the fact that the wheel is Set in the
center and thus supports practically
the entire load, while the handles are
supported in part by strap or rope
over the shoulders of the man who
operates it. As a result, the wheel
barrow coolie in China will transport
nearly half ton on his vehicle"