Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-21
The World
In Forty Vehicles

Nov that the Atlantic has been
| crossed and there are plans afoot to
/ fly over the Pacific, the day may not
be far distant when some aerial Ma
gellan will make an aeroplane tour
! around the world" says a bulletin OF
the National Geographic Society.
There are still many corners or
the world where aeroplane, automo-
bile and even the horse would be Gu
( riosities. And If a man set out to tour
! the globe and do as the Romans do
in respect to adopting native covey-
ances he would have to:
Resort to a donkey in Spanish
America and in the Holy Land.
Climb aboard a camel TO traverse
] African deserts.
Gross some rivers of India on the
Inflated skins Of bullocks, and others
by a bridge of one rawhide rope.
Submit to the sea going motion
| of an elephant when he continued his
journey on land.
Get into a man-borne palanquin
at Calcutta.
Jolt over far eastern roads in a
! non-shock absorbing cart drawn by
I oxen
And in China be prepared to climb
into a jinrikisha, a sedan chair or a
wheelbarrow."
A few of these curious means of
travel are described in a communtca-
ton to the Society2by Q. T. Austin. as
follows: ,
In all parts of that great line of
deserts. stretching from north Africa
across Central Asia to Northwest
China, the camel Is everywhere IN eN-
idence: the total number in the world
being estimated at about three mil
lions.
freight carrier, but he serves as the
travelling car of the Rockefellers, the
Carnegies. the Morgans. and the Har-
rimans of The desert. When ne Is
chosen for this more ~pretentious ser
vice, a. light framework is placed upon
his back and covered with clothes to
screen the occupants from the u ano
the observation of the passers. ano
decorated with pompons of varied
colors. In this gorgeous compart-
ment. which may be not inaptly
termed the Palace Car of the Des-
ert.' the master of the came. tran
places his wife and children, nl'
choicest merchandise, his cookins
utensils, and daily requirements anT
travels in state, h observed OF al
observers. the envy of the wandering
native of the desert.
"On the Euphrates and the Tigri'
are still retained the curious waite
transports of centuries ago-the raf'
of skins and the circular poats- lhes'
RATS are sustained by inflated skins
prepared for this especial purpose
and after the raft floats down tn
river TO its destination the inflated
skins are removed. the air permitte'
to escape, and the skins CAREFUL!
folded and carried back TO the uppe'
waters. where they are again inflated
and used as the support OF another
and still another raft.
Even more curious. to the eye
of the traveller from other parts Q
the world, are the ircular boats
made of wickerwork and coveret
with skins. or made water-tight witt
pitch. which are still in daily use OF
the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
The three principal methods o
TRANSFORMATION of people In Contra
and southern China are the Soda
chair, h jinrilSisha and the wheel
barrow.N
probably more freight and NOR
messengers are transported in Chini
bv the w~heelbarrow h by any othe
+. land method. The wheelbarrow the
uesd different FROM that used by us, u
the fact that the wheel is set in IN
t, center and thus supports practicail
the entire load. while the n d ar
supported in part by a strap or rop
ever the shoulders of the man wn
4 operates 1t. AS a result, the wheel
barrow coolIe in China viii trans
port nearly = half ton on his Sehicie-